We recall the anniversary of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity's Confirmation on 8 June 1891 in the Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon, with eyewitness testimony provided by her biographer, Father Conrad de Meester, O.C.D.
Quote of the day, 3 June: Mother Clare Joseph, OCD
We recall the anniversary of the profession of the foundress of the Discalced Carmelite nuns in the United States, Mother Clare Joseph Dickinson on 3 June 1773, with an excerpt from her journal of the voyage from Netherlands to America on the anniversary date.
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."
Quote of the day, 21 September: Céline Martin
When she went to Rome, she told me that she had no fear of her purity being tainted by anything she came across on the trip, because she had placed herself under St Joseph’s protection.
Quote of the day: 18 November
Behold this nail; it is a sign you will be My bride from today on.
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: 11 September
Since that first embrace, Jesus did not let me go
St. Therese and the 1891-92 influenza pandemic: Holy Communion — Saint Therese of Lisieux: A Gateway
The pandemic allowed Therese to receive Jesus every day
Quote of the day: 24 June
My brother died the Sunday after the feast of St. John
Quote of the day: 16 June
For whom do you work? Whose service are you doing?
Quote of the day: 15 June
If we don’t feed on Jesus, we'll succumb to weariness
Feeding on Jesus — Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.
We must not stop being fed by Jesus
Quote of the day: 11 June
Thérèse predicted that after her death, we would never lack “our daily bread”
Quote of the day: 9 June
For a Carmelite, Communion is heaven
Marie du jour 2020: 24 May
I had the joy of receiving Communion at Notre-Dame des Victoires
Quote of the day: 11 September
Since that first embrace, Jesus did not let me go
Quote of the day: 13 July
Since that first embrace, Jesus did not let me go but took me for Himself
14 June: Blessed Maria Candida of the Eucharist
The more intense this intimate life is, the more we will be Carmelites
Quote of the day: 3 June
we had the happiness of going to com[muni]on
Quote of the day: 8 May
I saw that he was my whole life
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