One of the great admirers of Therese was Pope Piux X, the pope of simplicity, who kicked off her process of beatification and canonization. Some of his statements on Thérèse have become famous. To a priest who protested that in Thérèse there was nothing extraordinary to recognise her as saint he answered bluntly: “What is […]

L-Ilma ta’ San Albert ta’ Trapani Fil-Karmnu tal-Mdina fid-depożitu tar-Relikwi tal-Qaddisin, tinsab relikwa interessanti għall-forma u għall-użu partikolari tagħha. Hija relikwa ċkejkna fl-għamla tagħha, forma ta’ id u fit-tarf imqabbda ma’ Katina eleganti tal-fidda. Fin-nofs in-naħa ta’ quddiem fiha frammenti ta’ reliwki ssiġillati u miksija bi ħġieġa u fuq in-naħa ta’ wara nsibu kitba mnqaxxa […]

Fir-Ritwal Karmelitan insibu diversi barkiet marbuta mal-festi tal-Milied. Fosthom insibu t-tberik tal-inbid, simbolu tal-ferh spiritwali tal-kontemplazzjoni, ghall-festa ta’ San Gwann l-Evangelista li l-festa tieghu tigi fl-Ottava tal-Milied u t-tberik tad-deheb, l-incens u l-mirra, kif ukoll il-gibs ghall-festa tal-Epifanija. Fil-Karmnu tal-Imdina inbierku l-mirra fil-festa tal-Epifanija. Il-barka fuq il-mirra li fil-qedem kienet tintuza bhala duwa w ungwent […]