Blessed Elia of St. Clement, whose memory is observed today by Italian Discalced Carmelites, has been called "useless," but the depth of her spiritual insight is vast. In this quote, she senses the "vastness" of her soul.
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Quote of the day, 3 April: St. John Paul II
On 3 April 1987, St. John Paul II presided at the beatification Mass of Teresa of the Andes. In his homily, he praised the young Chilean and proposed her as a model for youth: “Happiness is found only in God; only God is infinite joy.”
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St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena 2022, Day 5: The secret of peace and happiness
“I believe that the secret of peace and happiness is to forget oneself,” St. Elizabeth says. St. Paul explains: “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed… persecuted, but not forsaken.”
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Quote of the day, 30 October: Hermann Cohen
“God makes himself like us in order to love us,” Hermann Cohen preaches. “He has descended from the heavens because of his immense love and for our salvation. There is only one happiness—to love Jesus Christ and to be loved by him.”
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St. Thérèse of Lisieux Novena 2022, Day 6: Jesus alone
If the psalmist prayed “for God alone my soul waits,” then St. Thérèse repeated that heartfelt cry with greater fervor: “My only peace, my only happiness, my only love is you, Lord!”
Quote of the day, 10 September: Père Jacques de Jésus
Quote of the day, 10 September: Père Jacques devoted his Friday evening retreat conference at the Carmel of Pontoise to the Cross and suffering. Paraphrasing St Teresa, he said, “Life without suffering is a waste of time. Every hour not united to God's will is an hour squandered.”
Quote of the day, 11 August: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
In a tender letter to her mother, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity reassures her mother once again that her heroic sacrifice will be recorded "in the great book of life." But she also intimates that her health is failing: the prioress insists that Elizabeth should "spend time out in the fresh air."
St. Edith Stein Novena 2022: Day One
The prophets called on God’s people to wait with hope. St. Edith wrote, “to suffer and to be happy although suffering […] this is the life of the Christian until the morning of eternity breaks forth.”
Quote of the day, 22 June: Silvio José Báez, o.c.d.
"Do whatever he tells you" (Jn 2:5), were the instructions from the Mother of the Lord to the servants at the wedding banquet. Bishop Silvio José Báez reminds us that if we put his gospel into practice, our lives will be transformed in unexpected ways...
Quote of the day, 19 June: Hermann Cohen
In his canticles "For the Love of Jesus Christ", which were published in 1851, the Servant of God Hermann Cohen wrote a summary of his vocation in the dedication pages of the book, closing with a hymn of praise to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament: "Throw yourselves at His Feet; give Him your heart, and He will bless you."
Quote of the day, 18 June: St. Teresa of Avila
We recall the death of the "holy nuncio" Nicolás Ormaneto on this date, 18 June 1577 in Madrid. He was the nuncio who favored the Teresian reform and helped it to flourish in the first fifteen years of Teresa's tireless efforts to establish the discalced friars and nuns in Castile. When she mentions her first meeting with Fray Jerónimo Gracián in Beas, she writes that Ormaneto :sent to see him and then gave him authority over the discalced friars and nuns of Castile.:
Marie du jour 2022, 24 May: St. Louis Martin
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."
Marie du jour 2022, 7 May: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
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..."
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2021: Day 2
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.
Quote of the day: 5 October
It was absolute solitude, that solitude in which God speaks to the heart
St. Thérèse Novena: My Joy! — Day 3
My joy is to love suffering, I gratefully accept the thorns mixed in with the flowers
St. Thérèse Novena: My Joy! — Day 2
Joy is in my heart... This joy isn't fleeting... I possess it without return
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, July 8–16, 2020: Day 7
Yes, Mother, you are the celestial Madonna who guides us
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, July 8–16, 2020: Day 5
Who will not find balm for his pains by considering the torments of Jesus and Mary?
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, July 8–16, 2020: Day 2
They meet only a Mother who is gazing on them and smiling on them
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