Sr. Patricia Victoria Jorge Villegas

From that moment, Theodore’s life would take a different turn. Leaving the house, he met his brother. “Where are you going?” he asked, clasping his hand. “Close by,” Theodore replied. In fact, it was “close by”… He was about to take just one step to reach his desired destination: one …

“O God, my God, to Thee do I watch at break of day” (Ps 62:2). In this verse the psalmist, with unction and poetry, reveals the way of the innocent, who seek the Most High from the dawn of their lives. In fact, just as the sun, when it begins …

Carmel!… A word that resounds through history like a bell! It evokes great events; it brings to mind prophetic deeds and extraordinary accomplishments of chosen men. Mountain of the prophets, where the fiery Elijah confronted the priests of Baal and slew them in the valley of Kishon (cf. 1 Kgs …

In the middle of the 11th century, as one of the most beautiful ceremonies in Christendom took place – the elevation of a prince to the imperial dignity, the crown of which was by election – Europe witnessed something different: Henry III had left the tutelage of his son in …

There have been periods in history when Holy Church has shone before men with great splendour, like a queen ruling over her people firmly and sweetly; at other times, she has made herself small in the arms of her sons, hiding her wisdom and grandeur in order to be carried …

After the First Crusade, proclaimed by Pope Urban II, the Holy Sepulchre of Our Lord Jesus Christ was recaptured from the hands of the Mohammedans, and the Christians founded a kingdom in Jerusalem. By its august link with the Saviour, it thus became the centre of attention of all Christendom. …

Forming one Heart with her Divine Son, “the First-born of all creation,” in whom “all things were created, in Heaven and on earth” (Col 1:15-16), the Blessed Virgin is the axis around which the events of history revolve. God modelled all of creation on Jesus and Mary, and any forms …

Paris, January 21, 1793. The beating of drums are heard throughout the capital, followed by the roar of a crowd thirsty for blood. Suddenly there is an astonishing silence, which takes over the square as the criminal reaches the scaffold. The criminal? Yes. What law had he broken? The law …

Countless times we heard our beloved founder comment on the parable of the prodigal son, analysing the characters that make up the scenario divinely idealized by Our Lord Jesus Christ: the father, the older brother, the prodigal son himself in his various states of soul. However, we were surprised one …

Orphanhood is one of the most terrible sufferings a man can endure. Something similar to this excruciating hardship undoubtedly assailed the Apostles when Our Lord ascended to Heaven. He whom they considered their Master, Model, Father, Friend, and Redeemer had departed… A cloud had enveloped Him during the Ascension, and …