Saint Edith Stein writes, "The legend of the Order tells us that the Mother of God would have liked to remain with the hermit brothers on Mount Carmel. We can certainly understand that she felt drawn to the place where she had been venerated through the ages..."
Marie du jour 2022, 8 May: St. Teresa of the Andes
In December 1915 St. Teresa of the Andes took a pivotal step toward her Carmelite vocation when she received permission to profess a private vow of chastity.
Marie du jour 2022, May 1: St. John of the Cross
St. John of the Cross exclaims: "the Mother of God and all things are mine, and God himself in mine and for me, because Christ is mine and all for me."
Quote of the day, 23 February: Blessed Titus Brandsma
Happy Birthday to Blessed Titus Brandsma! From his article on Mary's motherhood of God: "In his Explanation of “The Living Flame of Love”, St. John of the Cross draws the Holy Mother of God as clearly as possible into the circle of his metaphor clarifying the mystical life...."
Mary’s Treasure Chest — Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.
Mary kept everything in the treasure chest of her heart: everything she experienced — the easy and the difficult, the joyful and the painful, what she understood and that which was difficult to accept.
Quote of the day, 27 August: St. Raphael Kalinowski
Mary through her Divine Maternity takes on the closest degree of relationship with God himself
Quote of the day, 16 August: St. Raphael Kalinowski
We who are doubly the children of Mary should imitate her, to be enriched as faithful children with the fruits of her maternity
Marie du jour 2021, May 24: St. Edith Stein
The image of the Mother of God demonstrates the basic spiritual attitude which corresponds to woman’s natural vocation
Marie du jour 2021, May 3: St. Teresa of Avila
At the beginning of the Salve Regina, I saw the Mother of God descend with a great multitude of angels
Quote of the day, 2 January: Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.
Mary kept everything in her heart, where her life became a prayer, a dialogue with God
Quote of the day, 1 January: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
The Father bending down to this beautiful creature, who was so unaware of her own beauty, willed that she be the Mother in time of Him whose Father He is in eternity.
Prayer to the Holy Spirit — St. Mary of Jesus Crucified
Holy Spirit, inspire me; Love of God, consume me
Quote of the day: 23 July
She served on earth as the loving Mother of the divine Redeemer
Quote of the day: 16 July
Carmelites have chosen Mary as their Patroness and spiritual Mother
Quote of the day: 4 July
I who bear God in the mysteries of grace beseech her: Cloud, encompass God and me.
23 July: Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Divine Grace
She is Mother to us all in the order of grace
Prayer for Surrender to the Heart of Jesus — St. Teresa of the Andes
I can lose myself in the infinite Ocean of the Heart of Jesus
Quote of the day: 4 June
Mary’s sisterhood is an insight that can be shared with the wider Church
Marie du jour 2020: 9 May
I have no other remedy than to approach His mercy
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