For Saint Teresa, Jesus is the foundation and model of humility in the spiritual life. Humility plays an important role in our interior growth in holiness, and in truthful relationships with God and others.
St. Teresa of Avila Novena 2022 — Day 5
Quote of the day, 27 May: Discalced Carmelites
The Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne were beatified on 27 May 1906. Now the Holy Father has granted the opening of the Process of Equipollent Canonization. We have the details from the Discalced Carmelite General Curia.
Quote of the day, 8 May: St. Albert of Jerusalem
"The Apostle would have us keep silence, for in silence he tells us to work. As the Prophet also makes known to us: Silence is the way to foster holiness. Elsewhere he says: Your strength will lie in silence and hope."
Quote of the day, 30 April: St. John of the Cross
An recurring theme in the writings of St. John of the Cross is his counsel on how to achieve union with God; in other words, how to become a saint. In the Ascent of Mount Carmel, he explains in concrete terms the need to conform our will to God's will and to detach our soul from all things in order to go to God.
Quote of the day, 11 December: St. Maria Maravillas of Jesus
I saw clearly that a soul which sanctifies itself becomes fruitful in attracting souls to God.
Quote of the day, 19 November: St. Raphael Kalinowski
St. Raphael of St. Joseph provides an answer to the question, "How does one become perfect and holy?"
Quote of the day, 6 November: The Carmelite Rule
You must use every care to clothe yourselves in God's armour so that you may be ready to withstand the enemy's ambush.
Quote of the day, 8 October: St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara
A priest has to approach God with a humble heart because he has received everything from God.
Quote of the day, 4 February: Blessed Marie-Eugène
Today, holiness needs to overflow, it needs to reach everyone, permeate all walks and states of life
Quote of the day: 23 October
Her great desire will be fulfilled: I will be a priest, an apostle according to God's heart
Quote of the day: 20 July
Elijah, the prophets and conversion of heart: Elijah is the "father" of the prophets
12 July: Saints Louis Martin and Marie Azelie Guerin
Do as I did: pray, and you will not be carried away by the current.
Quote of the day: 19 June
My tear-filled eyes became fixed on a picture of the Sacred Heart
Quote of the day: 12 June
I had the opportunity to meet personally this witness of Christ
St. Thérèse and the Offering to Merciful Love: A proposition for all the baptized
This Offering is central within the doctrine of Thérèse
16 May: Saint Simon Stock
Venerated for his personal holiness and devotion to Our Lady
Quote of the day: 15 May
They tarried long in the solitude of the desert
Holiness and habits
It would be far better to have holiness under a worldly habit
The blank canvas
How easy it is to be a saint!
Quote of the day: 30 November
One will go directly from her deathbed to her home in heaven
Carmelite Quotes 
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