My Idendtity before God and Man

What identifies us before God and man? When people see us in the Mall, walking down the street, entering Church on Sunday morning, what do they really see? What kind of impression do we give at first glance? What do we want people to see? Below is a homily given on the Feast of St. [...]

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Father Damien of Molokai In May 1873, the apostolic vicar of Hawaii, Bishop Maigret shared with some of his priests the concerns he had about the state of neglect the lepers were suffering. Since 1864, the terrible scourge of leprosy had been spreading in the archipelago. In the face of danger, the government had decided [...]

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There were many other religious that met the same fate as the 16 Carmelite martyrs of Compiegne. This is an account of Father Toulorge, “martyr for truth”. Autumn 1703, The French Revolution has entered its most violent phase, the Reign of Terror. Priests who had remained in communion with the Holy See were being hunted [...]

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“What is real?” asked Pope Benedict XVI on May 13, 2007. “Are only material goods, social, economic and political problems reality? This was precisely the great error of the dominant tendencies of the last century, a most destructive error, as we can see from the results of both Marxist and capitalist systems. They falsify the [...]

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Blessed Francisco Palau, OCD The Church is the work of Christ, the work through which He continues and is relected, and through which He is ever-present in the world. She is the spouse to whom He has offered Himself completely. . . . If God loved the Church to the point of sacrificing His very [...]

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Elizabeth of the Trinity In Search Of the Absolute By Elda Maria Estrada, OCDS Editor’s note: This is the final part of a retreat originally recorded and distributed as an audiotape album by ICS Publications. We hope you enjoyed it printed in its conversational style as a 5-part series. Part V: Elizabeth’s Spirituality of Interiorization [...]

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Elizabeth of the Trinity In Search of the Absolute Elda Maria Estrada, OCDS Editors Note: This was originally recorded as a retreat and distributed as an audiotape by ICS Publications. We hope you enjoy it printed in its conversational style as a 5-part series. Part IV – Elizabeth: A Prophet of the Presence of God, [...]

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CATHOLIC MORAL DRESS CODE “Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they that search his testimonies that seek him with their whole heart.” (Psalm 118) Being a Catholic, a practicing Catholic, means living a life in accord with the Laws of God (Commandments) and the [...]

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Elizabeth of the Trinity In Search Of The Absolute Elda Maria Estrada, OCDS Part III – Elizabeth: A Life Utterly Lived in Praise of Her Three: The Blessed Trinity Elizabeth lived her vocation, even before she entered Carmel, as a praise of glory of the Trinity. In this presentation I have broken down the components [...]

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Elizabeth of the Trinity In Search of the Absolute by Elda Maria Estrada, OCDS Part II of a VI Part Series – Elizabeth: Process of Becoming When Elizabeth first entered Carmel and they assigned her a particular cell, her first comment was, “The Trinity is here.” A week later, she was given a questionnaire to [...]

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