Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
St. John of the Cross says that "faith lies beyond all this understanding, taste, feeling, and imagining." Bishop Báez explains that it's the loving and welcoming presence of Jesus that gives us the faith we need to live: not only faith in God but faith in life, in ourselves, and others.
Scripture presents Elijah as a man of crystalline faith
These Sisters in the Incarnation are My Sisters, and you delay?
Do as I did: pray, and you will not be carried away by the current.
It takes courage to dream, not mere imagination
Blessed be he who arranges everything for our good!
Do as I did: pray, and you will not be carried away by the current
Getting into the wagons was like stepping into purgatory
The official website of the Archives of the Carmel of Lisieux offers a sample of mail received from the front line, a selection of illustrated letters, postcards and holy cards, as well as ex-voto offerings from grateful soldiers.
Discalced Carmelite martyr of the Spanish Civil war who was executed on 15th August 1936. "Blessed be he who arranges everything for our good! In possessing him, we possess everything."
"One thing alone is certain: that God is and that his hand holds us in being."
The qualities of nonviolence are many; courage and human greatness stand above the rest
"Take courage, the order of the Blessed Virgin will flourish"
We must be willing to accept generously the will of God, whatever it is, because it will always be what is best for us."
“the Lord told me, ‘don’t be afraid'”
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