The following text is taken from an unpublished study by Charlò Camilleri, O.Carm., Carmel: A Spirituality of Beauty (2003). Prefiguring the splendour of mystical grace Sacred Scriptures teach us that no one is capable of looking at the face of the living God and continue to live. For this reason the face and the glory […]

F’dan it-tieni Ħadd tar-Randan il-Kelma ta’ Alla tiffukana fuq il-persuna ta’ Ġesù Kristu bħala l-qalba tal-fidi tagħna. Ġesù huwa u għandu jkun il-fus li fuqu ddur il-fidi tagħna, is-sies li fuqu nibnu l-ħajja tagħna. Huwa il-bidu u t-tmiem ta’ dak kollu li nemmnu fih. Lil dawk li huma tiegħu Ġesù jħabbrilhom li “ma jmutux qabel […]

6th August is a great feastday in the Church’s liturgical calendar. Both East and West celebrate the Transfiguration of Our Lord before chosen witnesses: Peter, John and James the three solid columns of the Church: Peter the Rock of Faith and Pastor, John the Eagle of Contemplative Love, James the Pragmatic preserver of Tradition through […]

Gospel Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain where they could be alone. There in their presence he was transfigured: his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as white as the light. Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared to them; they were […]