Holy Father, with my brothers and sisters I want to risk my life, not waiting for tomorrow, without fear of being wounded, like knights without pay, as Teresa said...
Quote of the day, 13 September: Miguel Márquez, O.C.D.
A Carmelite response to the sexual abuse crisis
In the year 2021, the Catholic Church's sexual abuse crisis continues. But the wise response of the Carmelite saints endures: prayer, perfection and the search for truth.
Quote of the day, 21 August: Kieran Kavanagh, O.C.D.
"To found a monastery where there will be only fifteen nuns and no possibility for any increase in numbers. They will practice a very strict enclosure and thus never go out or be seen without veils covering their faces. Their lives will be founded on prayer and mortification."
Quote of the day, 23 July: St. John Paul II
She who belongs to the "weak and poor of the Lord" bears in herself, like no other member of the human race, that "glory of grace" which the Father "has bestowed on us in his beloved Son"
Mariam Baouardy: Encounter and fellowship
Sister Mariam Baouardy's docility to the Holy Spirit made her also a means of encounter and fellowship with the Muslim world
Quote of the day, 12 May: Sister Lucia
A surprise phone call to the Prioress on the morning of the 12th came... delivering an order from the Holy Father for Sister Lucia
Quote of the day, 11 May: Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.
Christian love has a social and political dimension. We love when we design and organize social life in such a way that no one suffers
Quote of the day, 28 April: Pope Francis
She was called “Chiquitunga” by her father, and still today by the people of Paraguay
Quote of the day, 11 April: St. John Paul II
At the summit, as the source and goal, is the merciful love of the three Divine Persons, as she expresses it, especially in her Act of Oblation to Merciful Love
Light of Christ for the Church in Chile — St. John Paul II
Light of Christ for all the Church in Chile: this is Sister Teresa of the Andes, Teresa de Jesús, a Discalced Carmelite nun and the first fruits of holiness of the Teresian Carmel in Latin America
Quote of the day: 13 November
May this new way of life give us peace based not on terror, but on mutual trust
Beatification of Mary of Jesus Crucified: Homily of John Paul II
Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified is an example not only for her people but for the whole world
Quote of the day: 6 November
Although he was an excellent soldier and a great leader, he never permitted these personal talents to prevail over the supreme action that comes from God
Quote of the day: 4 November
John of the Cross, with his own experience, invites us to trust, to let ourselves be purified by God
Quote of the day: 22 October
Edith Stein's sacrifice is a cry for, and a service to peace
Elijah: Man of crystalline faith — Pope Francis
Scripture presents Elijah as a man of crystalline faith
Multiformis Sapientia Dei — Excerpts
The manifold Wisdom of God sometimes reveals itself more manifestly to certain beloved disciples of Christ
Quote of the day: 27 August
St Teresa teaches us to be unflagging witnesses of God, of his presence and of his action
#OurLadyOfMountCarmel #VirgendelCarmelo
Quote of the day: 21 June
The extraordinary divine initiative is manifested, felt and then described plainly
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