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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Advent I — Let us go up
In "The Spiritual Canticle," St John of the Cross writes, “let us go forth to behold ourselves in your beauty to the mountain and to the hill,” which is to “knowledge in the divine Word, who in his height is signified here by the mountain.” Here we share excerpts from the Saint's powerful commentary.
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Elijah, our Guide and Father
All of the Carmelites proclaim Elijah to be their guide and father
Quote of the day: 23 May
The elevator that should lift me up without fatigue
Quote of the day: 27 February
How do we become holy? It is here that John of the Cross makes a painful observation: I am confident that the Lord will help me explain this matter because it is extremely necessary to so many souls. Even though these souls have begun to walk along the road of virtue, and our Lord desires... Continue Reading →
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena – Day 7
To ask for your prayer, that I may be wholly faithful
Quote of the day: 28 June
How can the heart that belongs to one belong completely to the other?
Novena to St. John of the Cross – Day 1
What profit is there in anything that is not the love of God
Lady of the mystic mountain, where the Lord has set His throne, grant us grace to climb Mount Carmel..."
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