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St. Titus Brandsma taught us by example that "love means reaching out to someone, even an enemy." This quote from Father John Malley, O.Carm. at the beatification Mass still rings true today.
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Our Discalced Carmelite bishop from Nicaragua, Bishop Silvio José Báez, continues to employ every means possible to advocate for freedom and justice for those who suffer in his country, even from his exile in the United States. Recently, he shared a video excerpt from his remarks in March 2019 at a press availability concerning political prisoners: they "are not a bargaining chip."
On 13 June 1942, Saint Titus Brandsma, chained to a Protestant pastor, was loaded onto a cattle car and transported to Dachau. As he left the platform, he said: "nothing bad can happen to me, because the Lord is with me."
Blesed Titus’ chief preoccupation in Amersfoort Camp was the needs of others. He had been in the camp barely two weeks when dysentery struck. Hundreds around him died, but Titus recovered enough to be released from the infirmary on March 30, 1942, the Monday of Holy Week that year. During his convalescence he visited those who were worse off than he was.
Right now, various ones are trying to find some way for me to be interned in a German priory of our Order... I have put the entire matter into the hands of St. Joseph who took the Virgin...
The Gospel spoke today about the love of enemies, that ability to reach out to those who persecute. Titus had that opportunity and lived it out so well. He had the ability to say, “You must love him, but perhaps not all the time, not all day, not at each moment.”
I sacrifice my days of suffering for my parish... with God's help I hope to persevere
So that they can find in the captivity of their bodies, freedom for their soul
I am quite alright.
I deleted “smoking” from the daily timetable and the day went on
He bore everything with patience and love
Find in the captivity of their bodies, freedom for their soul
God is eternal silence; God dwells in silence
Blessed Alphonsus Maria Mazurek was born on the 1st of March in 1891 at Baranowka, near Lubartow, Poland.
Père Jacques of Jesus offers this meditation on the virginity and maternity of Mary
I am quite all right in my solitude... God is near to me
Brandsma, a political prisoner, was arrested eight months before Edith Stein
Père Jacques of Jesus was the French Carmelite whose bravery during Nazi occupation inspired the film, 'Au Revoir, Les Enfants'
!["[Perfect love] will be our eternal life, and here we have to seek to come as close to it as possible. Jesus became incarnate in order to be our way."](https://scontent-lax3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/338273479_3403408046565587_3161977190221199289_n.webp?stp=dst-jpg&_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=2RFDkB20o3EAX9_P_Re&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-2.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfD3dCCOcYwFNxZwMJi3SIk_jRzaCCkbAKaT7QDSJRU25Q&oe=642E2A0B)
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