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On Holy Thursday, 1 April 1920, St Teresa of the Andes began to experience the first signs of her terminal illness, typhus. Nearly one year earlier, shortly after she entered Carmel, she wrote about her mystical introduction into the Passion of Christ.
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In her article for the Augsburg Post published 31 March 1935, St Edith Stein explains the heart of the Carmelite Rule, "meditating on the Law of the Lord day and night and watching in prayer."
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Stained glass artist Sister Margaret of the Mother of God, OCD (Margaret Rope) has been honored by the town of Woodbridge (Suffolk), England with a historical plaque.
On Palm Sunday, 30 March 1572, when receiving Holy Communion, St. Teresa experienced the sensation of blood filling her mouth. “I felt that my face and all the rest of me were also covered with this blood.”
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On 29 March 1987 St. John Paul II presided at the beatification of the Discalced Carmelite Martyrs of Guadalajara: Teresa, Maria Pilar, and Maria Angeles. We’ve translated an excerpt from the Holy Father's homily.
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St. Teresa was born on 28 March 1515 to devout parents in Avila. St. Edith Stein describes her birth and background: “Teresa, a bold warrior for God, came from such a race of heroes” as the knights of Old Castile.
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Bishop Silvio José Báez, OCD reflects on Jesus’ command, “Lazarus, come out!” and its impact on those of us who hear Jesus’ message, letting him grasp us by the hand, leading us from the dark tomb to new life.
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"The Holy Spirit is present in our hearts like an underground spring," writes Father Antoine-Marie Leduc, ocd. He explains how spiritual desires within us indicate the Spirit’s presence.
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St. Edith Stein contemplates the link between silence and the Annunciation of the Lord: "The decision for the Redemption was conceived in the eternal silence of the inner divine life."
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St. Oscar Arnulfo Romero was martyred on 24 March 1980 as he celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters' cancer hospital in San Salvador. In his last homily he said God blesses “every effort to better society.”
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Today once again we read St. Edith Stein's powerful words, "God is truth," written on 23 March 1938. She adds that God's mercy can't be contained by the boundaries of the "visible Church."
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The Servant of God Sr. Maria Lucia, although born on Holy Thursday 28 March 1907, had a baptismal certificate that indicated she was born on 22 March; here is the story of her two birthdays.
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St. Teresa of Andes was canonized on 21 March 1993. St. John Paul II reminds us that Teresa “was predominantly a contemplative soul” who fervently practiced her apostolate as the “sister of the priest.”
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St. Teresa of Avila was profoundly devoted to St. Joseph. Early in her autobiography, she tells how she took Joseph as her "advocate and lord" when she was seriously ill: "I have experience that he helps in all our needs."
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“We know that the light of Jesus is always with us,” says Bishop Báez. “Like the man born blind, we allow ourselves continually to be enlightened by Jesus. We weren’t created to dwell in darkness.”
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Our growth in silent prayer leads us from “thinking much” to “loving much,” as St. Teresa of Avila says. Thus, the next stage of prayer “means focusing a loving gaze on Jesus,” writes Antoine-Marie Leduc, o.c.d.
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Blessed Elia of St. Clement was beatified on 18 March 2006 in her native Bari, Italy. She prayed: “Crucified with You, I want to love You until death; I fall asleep clasping the cross of my Jesus.”
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St. Thérèse writes, “This God of goodness and mercy will magnificently reward not only the striking things done for Him, but also the simple desires to serve Him and love Him, because He sees everything.”
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Carmelite poet Jessica Powers draws upon her Irish heritage in the poem, "The Far Island"; she writes, “Heaven to me a mystic Erin is / God’s sea-encircled dwelling, wholly lit / by its own inner and eternal day / and all my birds of longing nest in it.”
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Scripture says, “there were some who pleased God and were loved by him.” St. Thérèse places these words in the mouth of St. Joseph: if you knew how to grasp the truth that Mary reveals, “you would seek only what would make your soul pleasing to God.”
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