So there is no opposition of the contemplative life to the active. The former is the great support of the latter.
Quote of the day, 27 July: Blessed Titus Brandsma
Elijah: Man of crystalline faith — Pope Francis
Scripture presents Elijah as a man of crystalline faith
Carmelite spirituality: apostolic or contemplative?
Carmelite spirituality is not contemplative and apostolic. It is apostolic because it is contemplative
Quote of the day: 21 May
Dear Gertrud von le Fort, I received your dear letter of Ascension Day
Quote of the day: 20 May
She is another Mary Magdalene whom nothing must distract from the One
Quote of the day: 25 November
Today we dare to introduce to the world this cloistered religious
Quote of the day: 12 November
Carmelites depend on God alone
Quote of the day: 1 November
I wish her to be called—Teresa of Jesus
Quote of the day: 15 June
Let us live with God as with a friend
Quote of the day: 11 June
Oh, my Sister, "to be Him," that is my whole dream
Marie du jour 2019: May 2
Burying myself in the depths of my soul
Quote of the day: 9 April
O best of fathers, how accountable we would be if we didn’t become saints
Quote of the day: 6 April
Gregory IX frees the Carmelites from property to focus on prayer
Quote of the day: 16 March
Your lifted hands are the very strength and hope of all our rising churches
Mary, Mother and Teacher
She is the model of all who live by the Spirit of the gospel
What is a person to do with his desire to be with the Lord?
Five Traits for a Contemplative Life: Fr. Nicholas Blackwell, O.Carm.
Action and Contemplation: Beginning to Pray Blog
The greatest mystics never saw a tension between apostolic service and contemplative prayer -- for them, it would be impossible to have one without the other. How is it that these prayerful people did more than those who feel they are too busy for prayer?
St. Edith Stein Novena – Day 1
This prophet whom God commanded to go forth into the desert is to be the model of all who withdraw into solitude renouncing sin and all sensory pleasures, indeed all earthly things.
"Blessed cloud of God’s protection"
Triduum of Prayer for the Beatification of Chiquitunga – June 22
"Once you receive your call, you follow once and for all"
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