Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
When a close friend was filled with anxieties before an operation, St Elizabeth of the Trinity wrote to encourage and console her friend: “I am asking God to ease them, to calm them Himself.”
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We have the right to dream of a Nicaragua without rulers who oppress the people, where the dignity and rights of every person are respected...
Sister Constance of Jesus, the novice and protomartyr of Compiègne, was seized with fear before their arrest. A clandestine priest offered her spiritual counsel: "you feel your head separated from your body and you enter paradise; are you happy?" She replied, "Yes, I'm no longer afraid."
St. Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart was heroic in her charity and compassion, especially for the sick in the infirmary of the Discalced Carmelite monastery of Florence. When one of the nuns who was mentally infirm became quite insane, St. Teresa Margaret asked to be allowed to care for the nun, although it was terrifying. The Saint would kneel and pray before a statue of the Blessed Mother every time she would need to enter the patient's locked room.
For the birthday of a novice, Sr. Martha of Jesus, St. Thérèse wrote a poem on 16 July 1894. It reads, in part: "Close to you, O my loving Mother! I've found rest for my heart..."
"I would desire all fears so as not to offend for an instant Him who in an instant can annihilate us, because it pleases His Majesty that there be no one against us whom He will not put to flight."
On the evening of that unforgettable "first day of the week," the day of the Lord's resurrection, Jesus appeared to the disciples, full of mercy. He didn't reproach them; he didn't accuse or reject them. Instead, he offered them his peace.
Jesus, my Jesus! [...] You see my weaknesses, my cowardice, my fears, my miseries! [...] I'm afraid of sacrifice, of the Cross.
St. Zélie Martin, pregnant with Céline, is tortured with fear that she will lose the pregnancy or the child will die in infancy like her last two babies: "you can't imagine how frightened I am of the future... The best thing to do is to put everything in the hands of God..."
"You do a great injury to God in believing you're going to Purgatory. When we love, we can't go there."
Oh, how we ought to pray for the dying! I would gladly spend my eternity beside them, to help them, for there is something frightening about death!
"It's trust and nothing but trust that must lead us to Love"
The soul does not fear death when she loves; rather she desires it.
Her great desire will be fulfilled: I will be a priest, an apostle according to God's heart
'Let yourself be loved more than these' is your vocation
Mental prayer, in my opinion, is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends
We have the right to dream of a Nicaragua without rulers who oppress the people
To believe means to trust, first of all
On St. Gregory Nazianzen's Day, May 9 they vowed not to leave
I believe that justice is a non-negotiable; the truth must be established
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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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