Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
We recall the birth of the Servant of God Hermann Cohen on this date in 1820, with links to biographical sketches by his admirers and fellow Jewish converts. Cohen himself cries out, “I love Jesus Christ—that’s the secret of my immense peace.”
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“God makes himself like us in order to love us,” Hermann Cohen preaches. “He has descended from the heavens because of his immense love and for our salvation. There is only one happiness—to love Jesus Christ and to be loved by him.”
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After many attempts in the 17th and 18th centuries, the Servant of God Hermann Cohen was the Discalced Carmelite friar sent by Pope Pius IX to convert England in 1862.
I was very moved and felt the Lord was touching me. When the priest raised the host, my tears began to flow.
Adorable sacrament, blessed spring from which my dry lips can drink the first fruits of eternal life, my heart is filled with joy. I need to bless you and sing your praises in songs of joy and thanksgiving.
Come to this heavenly feast which has been prepared by eternal wisdom. Come, draw near. Abandon your baubles and empty dreams, cast off the rags that cover you. Ask Jesus for the shining robe of pardon, then with a new heart, with a pure heart quench your thirst at the limpid fountain of his love.
I was born and lived in this state of original sin, unransomed by holy baptism
Some verses alone of that divine book scattered my doubts and caused an unexpected and indefectible light to fall on my eyes
The reason why our master does not always allow us to hear his voice is because he wishes to be sought after
Keep aspiring to that peace which awaits us in the arms of God
Holy Virgin you have done me a great favor
We must now build a church in the garden
Mercy should put the brake on indignation
As he lay dying, Hermann Cohen intoned the Salve Regina
So I am going to die. May God’s holy will be done.
I love Jesus Christ—this is what I want to proclaim
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