Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
St. Thérèse explains that during her novitiate she had difficulty during her one-on-one sessions with her novice mistress: "I had never become accustomed to speaking about my soul and I didn’t know how to express what was going on within it."
"My Mother, here is the Bridegroom!" This was the inscription on the holy card that St. Elizabeth of the Trinity presented as a gift to her novice mistress on the day of her religious profession, 11 January 1903. Learn more about this day...
Pauline Martin explains that Thérèse "could have legitimately taken the Habit... before the end of October, but she in fact didn’t take the Habit until 10th January 1889."
"It was a feast such as the Cologne Carmel has never seen"
God bless the hand which directed me
How good it is in Carmel!
“My mother, please take me with you!”
He had singular affection for the Blessed Virgin Mary
Sr. Benedicta answered, "Like the Bride of the Lamb."
I look forward with so much joy to the silence
On the vigil of the Feast of St. Joseph we congratulated Mother Josepha
It seems to me that humility is truth.
Edith’s six months of probation passed quickly.
Oh, yes, Sister, “Let's live in love.”
Continue always to pray with me, that Jesus may absorb and possess us.
I don't want the eve of such a beautiful day to pass by without speaking a little word
It will soon be nine months since your little daughter is in Carmel
Each day I take strength from Saint Teresa's words
I will fly to the dear little dovecote on May 7
God brought him there in order to give him the habit
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