Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
How urgent it is for us to call on the Holy Spirit as we enroll, figuratively speaking, in the University of Divine Love! What do we have to do in order to benefit fully from our master’s lessons? First, we must consciously acknowledge the impossibility of progressing in prayer apart from our master. Recall the... Continue Reading →
The Servant of God Père Jacques de Jésus offers a reflection on John 19:27, "This is your mother". Père Jacques writes, "While the other apostles traveled across the then known world on their missionary journeys, John’s unique apostolate was to remain close to the Virgin Mary, whom Christ had entrusted to him."
Père Jacques commented on evil during a preached retreat in the fall of 1943: "The profound problem of evil is a scandal that keeps many people far from God and drives many others away from him... Take war, for example, with its deliberate destruction of cities and its unjustifiable slaughter of the elderly and the innocent, of women and children..."
... to commune with God within the recesses of our soul through abandonment. There lies the key to God’s love and peace.
Contemplate the Incarnation; it was accomplished in the silence of the Virgin Mary’s chamber
Silence is the echo of God's eternity
We see that Christ was always subject to authority of every sort
The breath of the Holy Spirit is too delicate to be exposed to noise or exterior agitation
The Blessed Virgin Mary was a prime presence in God's plan
Let your life be transformed
Listen to the silence
If, per chance, I should be killed, would I not thereby bequeath to my students an example
He trudged across the country, proclaiming truth to those who needed to hear it
The little one who was there under Mary’s eyes was continuing the act of creating the world
The language he best hears is silent love
Our saints have likewise been zealous to save souls
Silence is not an empty void; God dwells therein
We will be able to commune with God through abandonment
God is eternal silence; God dwells in silence
Pray to the Virgin Mary to help you attain your goal
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