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Blessed Elia of St. Clement was beatified on 18 March 2006 in her native Bari, Italy. She prayed: “Crucified with You, I want to love You until death; I fall asleep clasping the cross of my Jesus.”
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“In the unity of the same faith and love, we'll find in God those dear departed ones who have gone on ahead of us,” writes St. Elizabeth of the Trinity. “Never have I felt them so present!”
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Blessed Mary Josephine of Jesus Crucified Catanea was a Discalced Carmelite nun from Naples who had experienced a miraculous healing and had great trust in God's will. We share one of her many famous quotes: "God's will is a kiss of His love..."
"The soul must practice the following instructions if it wishes to attain in a short time holy recollection and spiritual silence, nakedness, and poverty of spirit, where one enjoys the peaceful comfort of the Holy Spirit," writes St John of the Cross in the introduction to The Precautions.
O my Lord, what do I have except what you have given me? You are the source of goodness and bliss.
The good spirit is born only of the Spirit of God
Who would not cry in your arms without instantly receiving your immaculate kiss of love and comfort?
Without the Eucharist we’d have nothing to say to the world
Descend to suffering humanity from the height of Carmel
I am not forgetting you on my cross, where I taste unknown joys
She bore much that was painful and did much that was good
As Thou didst not lose them in giving, so we do not lose them by their return.
"my heart is right beside you"
Before I go, I want to leave you my statue of the Most Holy Virgin as a sign of our perpetual union. It has been my constant companion. She has been my intimate confidante from the youngest years of my life. She has listened to me tell of my joys and sorrows. She has often... Continue Reading →
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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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