In a letter to his parents written on this day in 1876 before entering the novitiate, St. Raphael Kalinowski says: “a year ago there came to me, like an echo, a voice from the grilles of Carmel.”
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Quote of the day, 24 April: St. John Paul II
Already in his first encyclical, John Paul II highlighted the mystery of merciful love contemplated in Christ the Redeemer: "'God is love'... This revelation of love is also described as mercy; and in man's history this revelation of love and mercy has taken a form and a name: that of Jesus Christ."
2022 Online Lenten Retreat: “Let’s get started!”
Throughout the weeks of Lent, Saint Luke and the Carmelite saints will introduce us to the mystery of Divine Mercy in preparation for the great Easter feast. In Week Three, Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection says that God in his mercy lets us make up for lost time so that we can return to him in trust and abandonment. "He is always ready to receive us lovingly."
2022 Online Lenten Retreat: Drawn to Prayer
Throughout the weeks of Lent, Saint Luke and the Carmelite saints will introduce us to the mystery of Divine Mercy in preparation for the great Easter feast. In Week Two, St. John of the Cross invites us to move from despair to joy and to rely on God’s mercy.
2022 Online Lenten Retreat: Never without the Holy Spirit!
Throughout the weeks of Lent, Saint Luke and the Carmelite saints will introduce us to the mystery of Divine Mercy in preparation for the great Easter feast. In Week One, St. Teresa of Avila testifies to the reality of mercy and shows us the way to fall in love with God: to desire his mercy more and more.
2022 Online Lenten Retreat: To glorify God’s mercy
Throughout the weeks of Lent, Saint Luke and the Carmelite saints will introduce us to the mystery of Divine Mercy in preparation for the great Easter feast. On Ash Wednesday, we contemplate God's merciful love with St. Thérèse.
2022 Online Lenten Retreat: Experiencing Divine Mercy With the Saints of Carmel
Lent is approaching and the Discalced Carmelite friars have especially prepared a free online Lenten retreat for you. The theme is Experiencing Divine Mercy With the Saints of Carmel.
Quote of the day, 11 April: St. John Paul II
At the summit, as the source and goal, is the merciful love of the three Divine Persons, as she expresses it, especially in her Act of Oblation to Merciful Love
Thérèse: Saint of Divine Mercy — Discalced Carmelite Friars
I want to write down a dream that I had about Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus
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We have the right to dream of a Nicaragua without rulers who oppress the people
Quote of the day: 24 June
My brother died the Sunday after the feast of St. John
Marie du jour 2020: 9 May
I have no other remedy than to approach His mercy
Quote of the day: 19 April
She became a living icon of God who shows his power in mercy
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