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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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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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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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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
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
Read the story of how St. Elizabeth of the Trinity was originally destined to enter the Carmel of Paray-le-Monial
I say, in the name of the Lord himself, that you should be encouraged in such a great undertaking
On St. Bartholomew's day the habit was received by some and the Blessed Sacrament was reserved
They could not sufficiently admire the genius of Madame Acarie
God decides your vocation
Oh! How beautiful is this good Mother! How good she is!
One will go directly from her deathbed to her home in heaven
On the First or Second Sunday of Advent, in the year 1568, the first Mass was said
I felt freedom in having so little esteem for temporal goods
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
“We went to Mass, and she didn’t come back.” - Mme. Catez
Permit me also to invoke the little Carmelite, St. Thérèse
They could not sufficiently admire the genius of Madame Acarie
Getting into the wagons was like stepping into purgatory
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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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