Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
St. Edith Stein was clothed in the Carmelite habit on 15 April 1934. Edith describes her longing for silence before the ceremony and her novice mistress describes what happened that day. Plus, we have two videos of vocations from Carmelite monasteries in Mexico as examples.
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Read the story of how St. Elizabeth of the Trinity was originally destined to enter the Carmel of Paray-le-Monial
"My child, the hour of my death has come."
I asked Sister Thérèse of the Child Jesus to write down what I called “her little way of trust and love”
"Oh! I would not want to suffer for a shorter time!"
Albert, called by God's favor to be patriarch of the church of Jerusalem
Since that first embrace, Jesus did not let me go
Compared to the hell of the ships, the island seemed a veritable paradise
As I began to read the Confessions, it seemed to me I saw myself in them
A visible sensory image of the glowing love that pierced her heart
On St. Bartholomew's day the habit was received by some and the Blessed Sacrament was reserved
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
You, the crucified Spouse! You, Christ, my strength!
I had the opportunity to meet personally this witness of Christ
This Offering is central within the doctrine of Thérèse
Mary rejoices because she is the bearer of Emmanuel, of ‘God with us’
Foundress of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity of Vedruna
Do not belittle or humiliate the poor
We are a branch on the vine
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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
Monasterio de las Batuecas Carmelitas Descalzos
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