I have also reflected on how the Blessed Virgin Mary was a perfect Carmelite. Her whole life was to contemplate, suffer, and love. She did it all in silence and in solitude.
Saint Teresa of Jesus of the Andes

Alexander Murashko (Ukrainian, 1875–1919)
Oil on canvas, 1909
National Art Museum of Ukraine
of the Andes, T 2003, The Writings of Saint Teresa of Jesus of the Andes: An Abridgement, translated from the Spanish by Father Michael D. Griffin, OCD, New Life Publishing Company.
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