Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
Saint Teresa of Avila died in the arms of her nurse and companion, Blessed Anne of St. Bartholomew, at 9:00 in the evening on the 4th of October in the year 1582 in the Carmel of Alba de Tormes. We recount the events of that monumental day.
Blessed Anne of St. Bartholomew describes her experiences as Prioress in Paris in the year 1605. She tells us that four professed religious and two novices left Paris to found a new Discalced Carmelite monastery in Amiens on Pentecost. There was a Pontifical Mass and the Bishop had the head of St. John the Baptist carried in procession!
Ana Garcia was born at Almendral, Castille, in 1549. In 1572 she made her profession as a Carmelite in the hands of St Teresa at Saint Joseph’s, Avila. The Saint later chose her as her companion and nurse, and she subsequently brought the Teresian spirit to France and Belgium, where she proved herself, like Teresa, a daughter of the Church in her great zeal for the salvation of souls.
Blessed Anne of St. Bartholomew was beatified on this date in 1917. Pope Benedict XV invoked her as a "defender of the peace" in the midst of World War I
St. Joseph placed before my eyes all the graces with which God had favored me
"Especially during Lent try to have periods of solitude, silence, and recollection alone with Jesus in the desert. Minister to him with the angels, work for him after the example of St. Joseph in the home of Nazareth..."
In the world's great hour of need, Carmelites can follow the example of Blessed Anne of St. Bartholomew: "I was seized about midnight with a great fear and I commenced to pray, my arms extended towards heaven."
En fin soy hija de la Iglesia… “Finally, I am a daughter of the Church.”
Two days before her death, she said to me once when we were alone: "My child, the hour of my death has come."
What infinite love burned in that sacred heart of yours, Lord Jesus!
Saint Teresa chose Blessed Anne as her companion and nurse
I was seized about midnight with a great fear and I commenced to pray, my arms extended towards heaven
The Carmel of Pontoise was founded with the aid of Madame Acarie on 15 January 1605
"My child, the hour of my death has come."
I loved her very much and endured with her her labors and pains
My crimes were public, my repentance must be public, too
May her prayer help us and her example inspire us
I will lead you, myself, to the place where you will be a religious
Do not let us go any more where there are other persons
‘Tis not yet time to stop, keep them raised towards heaven
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Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices. ~ St. Teresa of Avila
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