Mary Magdalene bore the surname of the noble family of Pazzi in Florence. Already by the 15th century, the Pazzi family exercised great political power. She was born on 2nd April 1566, given a good education and, from her childhood, she had a deep sense of the presence of God, a great love for the […]

Kwadru ieħor interessanti li juri lil San Elija huwa kopja ta’ original li jinsab fiċ-CAEM, Lleida, Spanja attribwit lill-Fra Karmelitan Adriano León (1550-1604). L-oriġinal iġib fuqu f’kitba gotika b’influwenza umanistika d-data “An.D. 1597” u l-qjies tiegħu huwa ta’ 44’2 x 27’4 x 2’5 cm. L-orġinal huwa maħdum biż-żejt fuq tavla waqt li l-kopja li tinsab […]

San Xmun Stock: 850 mit-twelid, 750 Sena mill-mewt 16 ta’ Mejju 2015 Is-snin 2014-2016 nistgħu tassew insejħulhom “Snin Karmelitani” għax matulhom jaħbat għeluq l-400 sena mill-mewt ta’ P. Jeronimo Gracian (1614-2014) il-500 sena mit-twelid ta’ Santa Tereża ta’ Ġesù (1515-2015), 750 sena mill-mewt ta’ San Xmun Stock (1265-2015), u l-450 sena mit-twelid ta’ Santa Marija […]

Waħda mil-leġgendi jew fjuretti Karmelitani taż-żminijiet tan-Nofs tgħid li l-Familja Mqaddsa ta’ ġesù, Marija u ġużeppi, kienet titla’ fuq l-Għolja tal-Karmelu, mir-raħal viċin ta’ Nażaret, biex jiltaqgħu ma’ l-eremiti, ulied il-Profeta Elija, li kienu jgħixu “qrib l-għajn tal-Profeta”. Din il-leġġenda ħelwa trid turi l-verità profonda tar-rabta spiritwali tal-Karmelitani mal-Familja Mqaddsa. Fil-fatt fil-Karmelu insibu mħabba speċjali […]

Saturday 14 December 2013 – Feast of St John of the Cross At the Carmelite Priory Mdina. 6.40am Solemn Morning Prayers, 7.00am Solemn Eucharist with homily, 13.00 Office of Readings and Midday Prayers. The first disciples of St. John of the Cross, unaffected by the scholasticism which was to prevail afterward, follow his Trinitarian schema. […]