Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
St. Louis Martin wrote to his wife, St. Zélie Martin to describe his happiness when he was able to visit the shrine of Notre-Dame des Victoires on a business trip to Paris: it "is like a little heaven on earth."
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..."
Telling the story of a layman she knows, St. Teresa explains that we can practice obedience and the trials and distractions that result do not disturb our prayer because the Lord repays us well.
It was absolute solitude, that solitude in which God speaks to the heart
My joy is to love suffering, I gratefully accept the thorns mixed in with the flowers
Joy is in my heart... This joy isn't fleeting... I possess it without return
Yes, Mother, you are the celestial Madonna who guides us
Who will not find balm for his pains by considering the torments of Jesus and Mary?
They meet only a Mother who is gazing on them and smiling on them
Love is the name of this ineffable Tree
We must always keep our eyes on God
I felt freedom in having so little esteem for temporal goods
Blessed be he who arranges everything for our good!
This is her message: happiness is in God alone
Are we drawing closer to God with every step?
Discalced Carmelite martyr of the Spanish Civil war who was executed on 15th August 1936. "Blessed be he who arranges everything for our good! In possessing him, we possess everything."
"Be at peace"
"True happiness is not of this world."
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