The whole family of Carmel in the homeland, with Mary its Mother at its head, is the reason for our joy and praise to the Father on this day. We recall our brothers and sisters who once dedicated their lives to continual prayer on earth and now share in the worship of heaven. We unite ourselves spiritually to their glory, all the while journeying along the paths they traveled with courage, as they lived in obedience to Christ and followed in the footsteps of Our Lady.
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1 October: SAINT THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS
Thérèse Martin was born at Alencon in 1873. At the age of fifteen, she entered the Carmel at Lisieux. She practiced heroic humility, evangelical simplicity, and trust in God, and taught the novices these virtues by word and example. She offered her life for the salvation of souls and the growth of the Church. She died on September 30, 1897. Canonized in 1925, she was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1997.
17 September: Saint Albert of Jerusalem
Albert Avogadro was born about the middle of the twelfth century in Castel Gualtieri in Italy. He became a Canon Regular of the Holy Cross at Mortara and was elected their prior in 1180. Named Bishop of Bobbio in 1184, and of Vercelli in 1185, he was made Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1205. There, in word and example, he was the model of a good pastor and peace-maker. While he was Patriarch (1206-1214) he formed the hermit brothers of Mount Carmel into a collegium and wrote a Rule for them. He was murdered at Acre on September 14, 1214, by the Master of the Hospital of the Holy Spirit, whom he had rebuked and deposed for immorality.
20 July: OUR FATHER SAINT ELIJAH
The prophet Elijah appears in Scripture as a man of God who lived always in His presence and fought zealously for the worship of the one God. He defended God's law in a solemn contact on Mt. Carmel, and afterwards was given on Mt. Horeb an intimate experience of the living God. The hermits who instituted a form of monastic life in honor of Our Lady on Mt. Carmel in the twelfth century, followed monastic tradition in turning to Elijah as their Father and model.
Quote of the day, 15 May: Titus Brandsma
In today's Gospel, Jesus says, "as I have loved you, so you also should love one another." As a professor at Nijmegen, Titus was known to say that we must "look upon everyone with God’s eyes so that we love them as He loves them."
14 November: ALL SAINTS OF OUR ORDER
We recall our brothers and sisters who once dedicated their lives to continual prayer on earth and now share in the worship of heaven
1 October: SAINT THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS
Born in 1873, Thérèse Martin died in the Carmel of Lisieux 30 September 1897. She was canonized in 1925; in 1997 she was declared a Doctor of the Church by St. John Paul II.
17 September: Saint Albert of Jerusalem
St. Albert of Jerusalem wrote a Rule for the hermit brothers on Mt Carmel
20 July: OUR FATHER SAINT ELIJAH
ZELO ZELATUS SUM PRO DOMINO DEO EXERCITUUM: I have been most zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts
1 October: SAINT THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS
Help us to follow the way of Saint Thérèse with confidence
Quote of the day: 20 July
Elijah, the prophets and conversion of heart: Elijah is the "father" of the prophets
1 October: Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
Help us to follow the way of Saint Thérèse with confidence
Advent 5: Banquet
"I repay you well for the banquet you prepare me this day"
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