She feels that she has been led into an immense, unbounded desert. And this, for her, is the more delightful, pleasant, and lovely, the deeper, vaster, and more solitary it is.
St. Edith Stein Novena 2021, Day 9: An immense, unbounded desert
St. Edith Stein Novena 2021, Day 8: Purgative dryness
One recognizes purgative dryness in that “the soul is powerless in spite of all its efforts to meditate and make use of the imagination"
St. Edith Stein Novena 2021, Day 7: Oppression and dryness
For God’s sake they are able to suffer a little oppression and dryness without yearning to return to those better times
St. Edith Stein Novena 2021, Day 6: Dryness, distaste and trial
Oh, who can make this counsel of our Savior on self-denial understandable, practicable, and attractive! ... dryness, distaste, and trial. ... the pure spiritual cross and the nakedness of Christ’s poverty of spirit.
St. Edith Stein Novena 2021, Day 5: God is
One thing alone is certain: that God is and that his hand holds us in being.
St. Edith Stein Novena 2021, Day 4: Her aim was the ‘desert’ of Carmel
She had already known when she moved to her 'Nazareth' that her aim was the 'desert' of Carmel. But she had to await the Lord’s hour.
St. Edith Stein Novena 2021, Day 3: In dryness and emptiness
In dryness and emptiness the soul becomes humble... she longs for instruction in order to reach the right way.
St. Edith Stein Novena 2021, Day 2: The Doctrine of the Darkest Path
The darkest path is the most secure: "Whoever seeks God and nothing else is not wandering in darkness no matter how dark and poor you think you are."
St. Edith Stein Novena 2021, Day 1: Go forth into the desert
"This prophet whom God commanded to go forth into the desert... is to be the model of all who withdraw into solitude"
St. Edith Stein Novena 2021: Introduction
"It always seemed to me that our Lord was keeping something for me in Carmel that I could find only there"
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2021: Day 9
The world cannot give peace. Jesus the Lamb of God has come so that we may have it abundantly.
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2021: Day 8
... to commune with God within the recesses of our soul through abandonment. There lies the key to God’s love and peace.
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2021: Day 7
Be at peace... We must always keep our eyes on God.
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2021: Day 6
How I wish I could fill you with these thoughts... so that there is nothing before you but God! Then, what peace, what joy we might experience
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2021: Day 5
It is there that the soul speaks to God... in a deep and profound peace that the soul enjoys in God
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2021: Day 4
"Nothing whatsoever can happen except as it pleases God to allow it. And, in regard to that, I am completely at peace."
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2021: Day 3
"May our dear Queen of Peace make Your Charity an angel of peace"
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2021: Day 2
A person likes to remain alone in loving awareness of God, in interior peace and quiet
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2021: Day 1
The Lord told me: "Don't be afraid."
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2021, July 8–16: Introduction
"There are none that can withstand your power: O help me and show me herein that you are my Mother."
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