Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
Father Jerónimo Gracián of the Mother of God was born on 6 June 1545 in Valladolid. Although he wasn't the first Discalced Carmelite friar, St. Teresa saw him as the ideal and made a personal vow of obedience to him.
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St. Edith Stein wore a wreath of white roses on the day of her temporary religious profession, 21 April 1935. Here she describes some of the celebrations, and Discalced Carmelite nuns explain the details.
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Do you proofread your letters before sending them? In this quote, St. Teresa of Avila admits that "I never reread mine." She considered it to be a "waste of time."
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St. Thérèse replies on this date in 1896 to two letters from Maurice Bellière—his anguished plea in July from the barracks in Caen and his grateful 14 October thank-you after his return to the seminary.
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On 21 June 1897, two great events occurred in the life of St. Thérèse of Lisieux: she offered a photo album to Mother Marie de Gonzague for her feast day, which contains some of the most memorable photos of Thérèse and the community. And, on the same day she wrote the landmark Letter 247 to seminarian Maurice Bellière, encouraging him in his desire to become a saint. We offer our translation of a key paragraph and explain why our translation varies from others.
Léonie Martin died early in the morning on 17 June 1941. We share the last two letters exchanged between Léonie and her sisters Pauline and Céline.
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity was thrilled to learn that her second niece was born during Holy Week 1905, and she wrote to her sister Guite as soon as permitted: "Here is Odette arriving on the day when the Master was sold to redeem her little soul"... it was Spy Wednesday.
I have not forgotten your business matter, but nothing more can be done now, although I have a great desire to do so. Entrust this earnestly to God and take our Lady and St. Joseph as your advocates in it.
I beg you, oh, mark everything with the seal of love! It alone endures.
Since the immense blessings of God can only enter and fit into an empty and solitary heart, the Lord wants you to be alone. For he truly loves you with the desire of being himself all your company.
I saw clearly that a soul which sanctifies itself becomes fruitful in attracting souls to God.
This one friar who is so great a servant of God is so weak from all that he has suffered that I fear for his life
The day of my Habit Reception, 6th April 1883, my poor little Thérèse, who was very sick at that time, came to embrace me before the ceremony
We simply need to pray diligently for each other
It does us much good to look into the soul of saints and then to follow them through faith right up to Heaven
She positively believed that the good Lord couldn't do anything to her if she was in her mother's arms
I think that in Heaven my mission will be to draw souls
Her great desire will be fulfilled: I will be a priest, an apostle according to God's heart
There is a Being who is Love and who wishes us to live in communion with Him
Rosa also has no toothbrush, no Cross and no rosary
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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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