Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
In Germany, the Discalced Carmelite family observes the memorial of Blessed Georg Häfner, priest of the Würzburg diocese who was martyred at Dachau on this date in 1942. His most famous quote, "We do not want to curse anyone..." comes from a letter to his parents three days before his transfer from Nazi detention in Würzburg to the concentration camp at Dachau. We have a translation of that tender letter in our quote of the day.
"Our age is not radically different from nineteenth-century France. The Martins would have been aware of the anti-Christian and anti-marriage ideas current in the France of their day. In the intervening 150 years, such attitudes have only hardened... In canonizing Zélie and Louis Martin the Church places before us the ideal of strong Christian family life."
Reading the Letters of St. Jerome so encouraged me that I decided to tell my father about my decision to take the habit
It was a help to me to see that my parents favored nothing but virtue
Do as I did: pray, and you will not be carried away by the current.
Kalinowski had begun a novena to his patron St. Joseph
Do as I did: pray, and you will not be carried away by the current
It was a help to me to see that my parents favored nothing but virtue
We must be willing to accept generously the will of God, whatever it is, because it will always be what is best for us."
"we have the honour of being among our adorable Creator’s chosen ones"
"My little girl was born last night"
through my tears, my heart abounds with joy READING April 10, 1888 … Thérèse, my little Queen, entered Carmel yesterday! God alone could demand such a sacrifice, but He’s helping me so powerfully that through my tears, my heart abounds with joy. One who loves you, Louis Martin. From Louis Martin to the Nogrix family... Continue Reading →
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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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