Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
Learn the story of Mother Teresa of Jesus from the first Carmel in Maryland: a relative of Francis Scott Key, author of the Star-Spangled Banner, and the daughter of Clement Sewall, famed in the history of Georgetown.
On the feast day of St. Germaine de Pibrac, the nuns of the Carmel of Dijon celebrated the feast day of their prioress, Mother Germaine of Jesus. St. Elizabeth of the Trinity asked her sister for a few favors; one was: "could you also copy the 'Salutaris' by Gounod for me?"
We began the month of May rejoicing with St John of the Cross in the knowledge that "the Mother of God is mine." Today, Bishop Báez reminds us who she is. "Mary reveals herself to us: empty of self, placing all her trust in the Father's mercy."
When a smallpox epidemic broke out in Baltimore in the closing months of the year 1882, many persons begged the Discalced Carmelite nuns to pray for an end to the calamity. The nuns chanted the now-famous prayer, Stella Caeli Extirpavit to Our Lady, for help in time of pestilence.
Merry Christmas greetings from Carmelite Quotes: May the peace of Christ come to dwell within your hearts this Christmas
The bells of the cathedral have just finished their beautiful ringing in of the Feast of the Immaculata
Nothing but death will be able to separate me from the company of my Sisters
Grant us grace to climb Mount Carmel and to learn that love is loss. Guide us still our ways outdistance all earth’s treasures save the cross.
On Carmel's children thy favors bestow, Star of the Sea
En los amores perfectos esta ley se requería: que se haga semejante el amante a quien quería | In perfect love this law holds: that the lover become like the one he loves
Jesus Christ, our Lord, true King of all! | ¡Jesucristo, Señor nuestro, Rey verdadero de todo!
¡Oh noche que guiaste! ¡Oh noche amable más que el alborada! | O guiding night! O night more lovely than the dawn!
One ought to have deep compassion for the soul God puts in this tempestuous and frightful night | Esta tempestuosa y horrenda noche
O King of Glory and Lord of all kings! | ¡Oh Rey de gloria y Señor de todos los reyes!
Moses also declared before God, present in the burning bush | También la manifestó Moisés delante de Dios en la zarza
The Lord has always revealed to mortals the treasures of his wisdom | Siempre el Señor descubrió los tesoros de su sabiduría
Sólo Dios basta, Dieu seul suffit : chanté par Céleste Daher (YouTube)
A novena to St Teresa of Jesus guided by Discalced Carmelite student friars in the Philippines
A novena to St Teresa of Jesus guided by Discalced Carmelite student friars in the Philippines
A novena to St Teresa of Jesus guided by Discalced Carmelite student friars in the Philippines
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