Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
Like the valiant mother of the Maccabees, Blessed Teresa of St. Augustine, prioress of the Carmel of Compiègne, presided over the martyrdom of her daughters as she blessed and encouraged them all.
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In a letter to his parents written on this day in 1876 before entering the novitiate, St. Raphael Kalinowski says: “a year ago there came to me, like an echo, a voice from the grilles of Carmel.”
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While St Teresa was sick in Burgos in 1582, Blessed Mary of Jesus and the Discalced Carmelite nuns in Toledo sent 200 ducats of silver to help the Saint. Her words of gratitude come to us thanks to the correspondence of Blessed Mary of Jesus.
For the birthday of a novice, Sr. Martha of Jesus, St. Thérèse wrote a poem on 16 July 1894. It reads, in part: "Close to you, O my loving Mother! I've found rest for my heart..."
Holy Spirit, inspire me; Love of God, consume me
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You will rest in that blessed crypt… but please wait a little longer.
My steps surprised a dark Iscariot plotting in my own will
Bella, bella, bella! Such a devout image!
No worldly beauty could compare with them, not even the delightful splendors of the new Basilica of Lisieux
The gaze of Mary is God's gaze directed at each one of us
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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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