St. Elizabeth of the Trinity described for her family the 1903 Easter celebration in the Carmel of Dijon. “It seemed our Master was going to appear to us... as He once did to Mary Magdalene.”
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Quote of the day, 8 April: Sr. Gemma, OCD
Carmelite theologian Sr. Gemma Hinricher, OCD explores our fundamental question, "where is God in our lives," suggesting that He is more hidden than absent in the dark, parched stretches of daily life.
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From Darkness to Light — Silvio José Báez, ocd
“We know that the light of Jesus is always with us,” says Bishop Báez. “Like the man born blind, we allow ourselves continually to be enlightened by Jesus. We weren’t created to dwell in darkness.”
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St. John of the Cross Novena 2022, Day 2: Stillness
As the Eyptians pressed hard behind the Israelites, Moses told them, “you have only to be still.” In 'The Dark Night,' St. John of the Cross proclaims that he found “sheer grace” in darkness, hiddenness, and stillness.
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Quote of the day, 21 November: St. John of the Cross
St. John of the Cross’s eleventh poem closes with a classic quote: “love works so in me that whether things go well or badly love turns them to one sweetness transforming the soul in itself.”
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Quote of the day, 30 July: St. Teresa of the Andes
Ask the Virgin Mary to be your guide – to be your star, the lantern that shines for you amid the darkness of your life. #StTeresaoftheAndesTweet
Marie du jour 2022, 16 May: Jessica Powers
It is hardly surprising to learn that the poet Jessica Powers was a great hymn writer, too. One of the hymns that she wrote for the Carmelite liturgies appears on the Solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. In it, she mentions the gift of the scapular.
Quote of the day, 27 February: St. Teresa of Avila
Like our Lord in today's gospel reading, St. Teresa compares the soul to a tree that is planted by the fount of life. "There would be no freshness, no fruit, if it were not for this fount sustaining the tree, preventing it from drying up, and causing it to produce good fruit."
Quote of the day, 13 February: St. Teresa of Avila
From the beginning of the Interior Castle, St. Teresa of Avila explains what it would mean for this "beautiful castle... to fall into mortal sin; there's no darker darkness nor anything more obscure and black...."
Quote of the day, 15 December: Mother Agnès of Jesus
We must be in darkness to see the divine light pass over us...
Quote of the day, 5 December: St. Edith Stein
The greatest figures of prophecy and sanctity step forth out of the darkest night. [...] Certainly, the decisive turning points in world history are substantially co-determined by souls whom no history book ever mentions.
Quote of the day, 23 September: St. John of the Cross
For the blinder love is the more it gives such life, holding the soul surrendered, living without light in darkness.
St. Edith Stein Novena 2021, Day 7: Oppression and dryness
For God’s sake they are able to suffer a little oppression and dryness without yearning to return to those better times
St. Edith Stein Novena 2021, Day 2: The Doctrine of the Darkest Path
The darkest path is the most secure: "Whoever seeks God and nothing else is not wandering in darkness no matter how dark and poor you think you are."
Quote of the day, 24 January: St. John of the Cross
Abandonment is a steel file and the endurance of darkness leads to great light
Quote of the day: 17 November
I do not hear his voice. Nothing. Darkness.
St. Thérèse Novena: My Joy! — Day 4
My joy, it's the Holy Will of Jesus my only love
St. Thérèse Novena: My Joy! — Day 1
He knows that even though I don’t have the joy of the Faith, I try at least to do its work
Quote of the day: 6 July
Abandonment is a steel file and the endurance of darkness leads to great light
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