Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
Blessed Mary of the Incarnation, the famed founder Madame Acarie, was beatified by Pope Pius VI on 5 June 1791, amid the anti-clerical uproar of the French Revolution. Here is her prayer of surrender to God, "O more than admirable power."
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St. Oscar Arnulfo Romero was martyred on 24 March 1980 as he celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters' cancer hospital in San Salvador. In his last homily he said God blesses “every effort to better society.”
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Bishop Silvio José Báez reminds us that goodness, truth, justice, and non-violence are like the mustard seeds of the Kingdom of God. Nothing can stand in the way of their growth.
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St. Edith Stein writes, “In faithful trust, we must abandon our souls to the sovereignty of the Holy Spirit. It is not necessary that we experience the epiphany in our lives.” Edith urges trust and abandonment.
Carmelite scholar Father François de Sainte-Marie shares several gems of wisdom from Blessed John Soreth concerning the Carmelite Rule. Here's one example" "Do you want to get to heaven? Embrace the baseness of poverty and it will be yours..."
On 10 June 1914 Pope Saint Pius X signed the decree introducing the cause for the beatification and canonization of Thérèse of the Child Jesus that was submitted by the Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux.
In God's new kingdom, the role of the human couple has changed; it has become a relationship of mother and son
The Kingdom of God grows with a power of its own, which isn't dependent upon us; it is a call to trust in the loving power of God
No Caesar of this world can demand that which belongs to God.
To be a disciple of Jesus means to take up the cross and follow him
For Secular Carmelites, Mary is a model of total commitment to God’s Kingdom
The kingdom of God began on earth when the blessed Virgin spoke her “Be it unto me"
All those who have confessed the Child have entered the kingdom of God
I dream of a Church that is much more prophetic than diplomatic
"It is not necessary that we experience the epiphany in our lives"
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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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