St John of the Cross describes the inauguration of the friars' new foundation in Córdoba, Spain: “All the streets were beautifully decorated [....] This took place on the Sunday after Ascension Thursday.”
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Quote of the day, 30 January: Pope Honorius III
On 30 January 1226, Pope Honorius III signed the bull "Ut vivendi normam," which approved St. Albert's Rule and guaranteed the existence of the Carmelites. Tradition indicates that the Virgin Mary herself appeared in a dream to the Pope, recommending the approval of the Order, and announcing the sudden death of two of its principal enemies.
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Quote of the day, 28 November: St. Teresa of Avila
On 28 November 1568, the Discalced Carmelite friars began their new life in Duruelo. St Teresa wrote: “the first Mass was said in that little stable of Bethlehem, for it doesn't seem to me the house was any better.”
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Quote of the day, 24 August: St. Edith Stein
St Edith Stein tells the story of how "a small group of nuns and visitors" in 1560 began to discuss with St Teresa the idea of establishing a new monastery in Avila
Quote of the day, 31 May: Mother Bernardina Matthews, O.C.D.
After a passage of two months, the nuns arrived at New York on the 2nd of July, Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Quote of the day: 16 October
Read the story of how St. Elizabeth of the Trinity was originally destined to enter the Carmel of Paray-le-Monial
Quote of the day: 9 October
I say, in the name of the Lord himself, that you should be encouraged in such a great undertaking
Quote of the day: 18 April
They could not sufficiently admire the genius of Madame Acarie
Quote of the day: 3 January
God decides your vocation
Quote of the day: 26 December
Oh! How beautiful is this good Mother! How good she is!
Quote of the day: 30 November
One will go directly from her deathbed to her home in heaven
Quote of the day: 28 November
On the First or Second Sunday of Advent, in the year 1568, the first Mass was said
Quote of the day: 12 September
I felt freedom in having so little esteem for temporal goods
Quote of the day: 4 September
I feel deep sorrow, and the first day cried and cried
On St. Bartholomew's day the habit was received by some and the Blessed Sacrament was reserved
Quote of the day: 2 August
“We went to Mass, and she didn’t come back.” - Mme. Catez
Quote of the day: 17 June
Permit me also to invoke the little Carmelite, St. Thérèse
Quote of the day: 5 June
They could not sufficiently admire the genius of Madame Acarie
Quote of the day: 26 May
Getting into the wagons was like stepping into purgatory
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