St. Elizabeth of the Trinity explained to Canon Angles, “I live in thanksgiving.” What a blessed ideal to adopt today and everyday. Read this excerpt from her letter and discover the secret to her attitude of gratitude.
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Quote of the day, 1 November: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
We often recall the words of St. Thérèse that the Virgin is “more Mother than Queen” but we don’t often hear the rest of the quote concerning her beneficence toward the saints in glory.
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Quote of the day, 12 April: St. Teresa of Avila
In the Sixth Dwelling Place of the Interior Castle, St. Teresa once again commends the practice of reflection on the Passion of Our Lord: "Life is long, and there are in it many trials, and we need to look at Christ our model, how He suffered them, and also at His apostles and saints, so as to bear these trials with perfection."
Quote of the day, 11 February: Saint Zélie Martin
Saint Zélie Martin learns that her breast cancer has reached such an advanced stage that it is inoperable. She writes to her husband, "I'll go to Lourdes on the first pilgrimage, and I hope the Blessed Mother will cure me, if it's necessary. In the meantime let's stop worrying."
12 July: Saints Louis Martin and Marie Azelie Guerin
Do as I did: pray, and you will not be carried away by the current.
16 May: Saint Simon Stock
Venerated for his personal holiness and devotion to Our Lady
Quote of the day: 3 March
The scapular is essentially a habit
Quote of the day: 13 February
Her Sisters referred to her as the "Mobile Tabernacle"
Quote of the day: 26 December
Oh! How beautiful is this good Mother! How good she is!
Santa Maria in Traspontina
Flos carmeli, vitis florigera, splendor coeli, virgo puerpera singularis
Flos Carmeli: Novena 9
Acuérdome que cuando murió mi madre... afligida fuime a una imagen de nuestra Señora
Per Adversa: Novena 8
Cuando ves a mi Madre que me tiene en los brazos
Carmelitis Da Privilegia: Novena 7
¿Qué me puedes tú dar a mí?
Paradisi Clavis: Novena 6
Aquí se hace devota de la Reina del Cielo
Inter Spinas: Novena 5
Si la Virgen acababa con su Hijo que viésemos a nuestro Padre libre de estos frailes
Mater Mitis: Novena 4
Que nosotras hagamos la vida como verdaderas hijas de la Virgen
12 July: Saint Louis Martin and Zelie Guerin
Do as I did: pray, and you will not be carried away by the current
Quote of the day: 31 May
Her humility was so real for she was always forgetful, unaware, freed from self.
Pray a lot, my dear little girl, for the success of the pilgrimage to Chartres
Marie du jour: 18 May
SALVE, Regina, mater misericordiae, vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve
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