Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
In 1576, St. Teresa of Avila described her mystical experiences in an objective way. We share excerpts concerning an "impulse" with references to her writings that provide us with examples of this grace.
St. Edith Stein examines woman's sins and defects of character that are as old as the fall of Adam and Eve.
In the translated works of St. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, we find this meditation on our Lord's resurrection: "Thou didst wish to appear to Mary first because she had conceived Thee..."
On the feast day of the male religious who died in the Spanish Revolution in the 1930s, we recall St Teresa's counsel from the Way of Perfection: "It is clear that if someone is a true religious or a true person of prayer and aims to enjoy the delights of God, he must not turn his back upon the desire to die for God and suffer martyrdom."
And if I rejoice, Lord, in the hope of seeing you, yet seeing I can lose you doubles my sorrow. Living in such fear and hoping as I hope, I die because I do not die.
If I spoke before, it was to promise Christ. If they questioned me, their inquiries were related to their petitions and longings for Christ in whom they were to obtain every good.
Her great desire will be fulfilled: I will be a priest, an apostle according to God's heart
Have a habitual desire to imitate Christ in all your deeds
What do death and life mean to me? Jesus, my joy is to love you!
Mental prayer, in my opinion, is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends
I have lived and am living the divine will.
My tear-filled eyes became fixed on a picture of the Sacred Heart
Thérèse predicted that after her death, we would never lack “our daily bread”
What you most seek and desire you will not find by this way of yours
if we beg the grace to be profoundly humble
Let your life be transformed
Cleanse your soul of every desire, attachment, and ambition
If someone is a true person of prayer he must not turn his back upon the desire to die for God
Blessed be he who arranges everything for our good!
!["I took for my advocate and lord the glorious St. Joseph and earnestly recommended myself to him. [...] I don’t recall up to this day ever having petitioned him for anything that he failed to grant."](https://scontent-dfw5-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t39.30808-6/336879821_1374507696727108_3000064146961560788_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=GeKBPoaKfMcAX_QOTF6&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfBQ98yZ_dpFqhPvUWdp1Cq8NMY7bwsNY0_97P0_Bcsw3g&oe=64238CFB)
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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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