Author: The Sword of the Spirit

COVID-19 – A Sign from God? – Part 2

One month after the writing of the first part of this article COVID-19 is still with us, and much of the world is still under restrictions intended to contain the spread of the virus.

To you is the promise of the resurrection from the dead

Eulogy of Chale Mántica by Jean Barbara
Date: April 7th, 2020
Rest now Chale from all your labors.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Even though the sole word “apocalypse” causes terror in many people who associate it with catastrophes and horror, the book of Revelation, sometimes referred to as Apocalypse is above all a book of victory and hope

COVID-19 – A Sign of the Times?

What are we as Christians supposed to make of all this? Is this – or in what sense is this – one of the “signs of the times” that we are supposed to look for? Is this a sign of the end times?

Brotherhood of Hope: Celebrating 40 Years of Faithfulness

2020 marks the 40th anniversary of the Brotherhood of Hope! God’s grace and the strength of the Holy Spirit has grown our Brotherhood from a few laymen and our founder, Fr. Philip, to a flourishing community of 25 consecrated religious Brothers, 18 of whom are perpetually vowed. 

God talking to all and to the Sword of the Spirit

When you have nothing, then you will have Me! When you have to depend on nothing, work, money. riches, food, etc. then you will realize I exist. That I am God. That I am the creator and provider of all things…

A Time of Storm – A Time of Faith

Let us reflect on Jesus’ words to Peter, his first representative on earth, when, on a stormy night, and frightened by the violence of the wind and the waves, the old fisherman, the rock of Christ’s church, has faltered and is sinking: “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”

The Spiritual Meaning of Fasting

Some of the Old Testament background, spiritual dimensions and a few practical guidelines about the practice of fasting.