St Teresa encourages her nuns to praise God because they "truly belong to our Lady." Teresa urges the nuns to imitate the Virgin, trusting in the merits of Christ and "of the Virgin, His Mother."
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Quote of the day, 25 May: St. Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi
St Mary Magdalen de’ Pazzi was half a century younger than St Teresa, yet Mary Magdalen was drawn to the same love of poverty. Read about her 1587 call to wear a patched habit and remove her shoes.
St. Titus Brandsma took great pride in his Carmelite vocation, but never out of vainglory. To him, it was an immense privilege to be called a "Brother of the Virgin Mary."
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Quote of the day 15 April: St. Edith Stein
St. Edith Stein was clothed in the Carmelite habit on 15 April 1934. Edith describes her longing for silence before the ceremony and her novice mistress describes what happened that day. Plus, we have two videos of vocations from Carmelite monasteries in Mexico as examples.
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Quote of the day, 15 February: St. Edith Stein
On 15 February 1934 St. Edith Stein knelt before the nuns of the Carmel of Cologne-Lindenthal and formally requested to be clothed in the holy habit of Carmel. We trace a few details from her letters and the biography written by her novice mistress.
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Quote of the day, 26 January: St. Edith Stein
St Edith Stein's time of postulancy was moving quickly. In January 1934 she wrote: "As I stand in our peaceful choir I cannot thank God enough for having lifted me out of the whirlwind and set me in this profound peace, that I have done nothing to deserve."
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Quote of the day, 7 January: Pauline Martin
As St. Thérèse concludes her retreat to prepare to be clothed in the Carmelite habit, her sister Pauline writes to encourage her: "the Beloved runs over the hills; He is coming; He is here; only two days more!"
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Quote of the day, 26 November: St. Raphael Kalinowski
St. Raphael Kalinowski received the Discalced Carmelite habit on 26 November 1877 and made his religious vows on the same date in 1878. Here is an excerpt from his conference for the Discalced Carmelite friars in Wadowice: “Mother of God, Hope of the World.”
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Quote of the day, 7 August: St. Teresa of Avila
St. Teresa impresses upon her nuns, "Shouldn't we consider ourselves lucky to be able to repay something of what we owe Him for His service toward us? I say these words "His service toward us" unwillingly; but the fact is that He did nothing else but serve us all the time He lived in this world...."
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2022: Day 3
"...it is on this evening that the Carmelite Fathers hold their Benediction in honor of Our Lady of the Holy Scapular, in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel."
Quote of the day, 8 July: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
At the beginning of the novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity writes to her great friend and spiritual companion, Canon Angles: "please consecrate me to the Blessed Virgin, for she, the Immaculate One, gave me the habit of Carmel..."
Marie du jour 2022, 12 May: Titus Brandsma
In 1915, Titus Brandsma wrote an article that was published in the review 'Karmelrozen' that describes Saturday Marian devotions in Carmelite churches. "Simply by thinking of Mary's help," he wrote, "we feel ourselves strengthened in our weakness."
Marie du jour 2022, 4 May: St. Teresa of Avila
In all that I say in this book I submit to what our Mother the Holy Roman Church holds... If there should be anything good in this work, may it be for the honor and glory of God and the service of His most Blessed Mother, our Lady and Patroness, whose habit I wear despite my being very unworthy to do so.
Quote of the day, 6 April: Mother Agnès of Jesus
We remember and celebrate the anniversary of the day Pauline Martin was clothed in the Discalced Carmelite habit, Friday 6 April 1883 in the Carmel of Lisieux
Quote of the day, 5 February: Blessed Titus Brandsma
In an excerpt from the new English biography of Blessed Titus Brandsma, he talks about the great joy he experiences when he wears his Carmelite habit "because it is the symbol of Mary’s protection."
Quote of the day, 10 January: Mother Agnès of Jesus, O.C.D.
Pauline Martin explains that Thérèse "could have legitimately taken the Habit... before the end of October, but she in fact didn’t take the Habit until 10th January 1889."
Quote of the day, 12 August: Paul-Marie of the Cross, O.C.D.
As the soul is united to Christ, so Carmel is hidden in Mary. She is, par excellence, the contemplative soul.
Quote of the day, 29 June: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
For the Carmelite there is only one occupation: “to love, to pray.”
Quote of the day, 15 April: Teresia Renata Posselt, O.C.D.
"It was a feast such as the Cologne Carmel has never seen"
Quote of the day, 6 April: Pauline Martin
The day of my Habit Reception, 6th April 1883, my poor little Thérèse, who was very sick at that time, came to embrace me before the ceremony
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