Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
Keenly aware of Europe's urgent situation, in 1939 God prompted St. Edith Stein to offer herself to "the Heart of Jesus as a sacrifice of propitiation for true peace." We examine her request in the light of Carmelite spirituality and the examples of Discalced Carmelite martyrs who made similar offerings in centuries past.
For our ninth meditation in this novena, we read St. Edith Stein's letter to her prioress requesting permission to offer herself "to the Heart of Jesus as a sacrifice of propitiation for true peace." She is insistent "because it is the twelfth hour. I know that I am a nothing, but Jesus desires it." Thank you for joining us in prayer for this novena.
St. John of the Cross' exquisite Poem 7 about the "lone young shepherd" with the pierced heart, is our canticle for the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus: "his heart an open wound with love".
Writing to Madame Hallo, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity expresses gratitude for greetings received and for "the beautiful consecration to the Sacred Heart".
In the Gospel, Jesus describes a desperate situation and asks his disciples: “What would you do?” St. John of the Cross answers, describing the wounded heart of Christ, the Good Shepherd.
At the foot of the cross, seeing its savior drink the bitter chalice to the very dregs, solely out of love for her, seeing him immolate himself for her sins, the soul dissolves with love for him
What infinite love burned in that sacred heart of yours, Lord Jesus!
My tearful eyes began to fix themselves on a picture of the Sacred Heart, and I heard a very sweet voice say to me...
Let me, then, love your adorable heart above all things
Read the story of how St. Elizabeth of the Trinity was originally destined to enter the Carmel of Paray-le-Monial
All things count for nothing when it is a matter of acquiring true love of God
I can lose myself in the infinite Ocean of the Heart of Jesus
My tear-filled eyes became fixed on a picture of the Sacred Heart
Every time I go to choir I throw myself into His Divine Heart
The fires of her love were fed principally by the Eucharist
“We went to Mass, and she didn’t come back.” - Mme. Catez
There is no pain in such affliction, even though the heart is pierced
The shepherd says: I pity the one who draws herself back from my love
What is a person to do with his desire to be with the Lord?
All things count for nothing when it is a matter of acquiring true love of God
!["[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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