As I return from my pilgrimage to Lisieux, allow me also to invoke the little Carmelite, St. Therese of the Child Jesus, who has many close ties with Vietnam
Quote of the day, 17 June: St. John Paul II
Quote of the day, 10 June: Céline Martin
After fifty years of eremitical life, to find oneself suddenly displaced... this is a real martyrdom
Quote of the day, 31 May: Mother Bernardina Matthews, O.C.D.
After a passage of two months, the nuns arrived at New York on the 2nd of July, Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Quote of the day, 28 May: Blessed Constance of Compiègne
Nothing but death will be able to separate me from the company of my Sisters
Quote of the day, 19 May: St. Teresa of Avila
I would have liked to have had more time for this letter... for tomorrow, 19 May, I'm leaving
Marie du jour 2021, 13 May: Discalced Carmelites of Coimbra
We believe the apparitions of Our Lady to Sister Lucia in the Carmel of Coimbra over the 57 years she lived there were made in her cell
Quote of the day, 10 May: St. John Paul II
She found the strength not to betray priests and friends of the community, facing death with integrity
Quote of the day, 30 April: St. John of the Cross
God wishes religious to be religious — in such a way that they be done with all and that all be done with them
Quote of the day, 28 April: Pope Francis
She was called “Chiquitunga” by her father, and still today by the people of Paraguay
Quote of the day, April 26: St. Edith Stein
For a long time we have been writing a card only in most urgent cases. But now I am permitted to go beyond that...
18 April: Blessed Mary of the Incarnation Barbe Acarie
She spared no effort in introducing the Discalced Carmelite nuns into France
Quote of the day, 14 April: St. Edith Stein
...where souls stand before the face of God in solitude and silence in order to be quickening love in the heart of the church.
Quote of the day, 12 April: Michael D. Griffin, O.C.D.
On Monday, April 12, at 7:15 P.M., Teresa of the Andes sweetly fell asleep in the arms of God
Quote of the day, 6 April: Pauline Martin
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
Quote of the day: 23 October
Her great desire will be fulfilled: I will be a priest, an apostle according to God's heart
Quote of the day: 16 October
Read the story of how St. Elizabeth of the Trinity was originally destined to enter the Carmel of Paray-le-Monial
Quote of the day: 14 October
When the Blessed Sacrament was brought into her cell, the Holy Mother raised herself without anyone’s help
Quote of the day: 13 October
I saw Our Lady once more, this time resembling Our Lady of Carmel
Quote of the day: 7 October
Rosa also has no toothbrush, no Cross and no rosary
Quote of the day: 5 October
It was absolute solitude, that solitude in which God speaks to the heart
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