St. Edith Stein contemplates the link between silence and the Annunciation of the Lord: "The decision for the Redemption was conceived in the eternal silence of the inner divine life."
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Quote of the day, 25 March: St. Edith Stein
Quote of the day, 6 March: Silvio José Báez, ocd
On the journey of faith, “we need to climb the mountain, over and over again, allowing the light of the Risen Lord to illuminate the darkness of our existence,” says Bishop Silvio José Báez, o.c.d.
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Quote of the day, 24 February: Blessed Pepa
We recall the death of Blessed Josefa Naval Girbés, better known as Señora Pepa, on 24 September 1893. Her ideal was the sanctification of her soul, and her motto was "souls for God." Here are some of her famous sayings.
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Quote of the day, 18 January: Père Jacques de Jésus
Père Jacques says, “if we fail the test” of charity on judgment day, “we cannot begin all over again." On 18 January 1944, Jews he sheltered at his school were sent to Drancy before deportation to Auschwitz. Père Jacques lived the message he preached.
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Quote of the day, 9 September: Père Jacques de Jésus
On this Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, Père Jacques speaks of the Virgin's silence: "she had so well absorbed the message of God that even St. Joseph was unaware."
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Quote of the day, 9 November: St. Teresa of the Andes
St. Teresa of the Andes was profoundly moved by the writings of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity. “I love her,” Teresa writes in her diary. “Although she was a saint, I will imitate her and be a saint.”
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Quote of the day, 8 November: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity’s biographer, Conrad de Meester, OCD notes that on November 7th and 8th she kept almost constant silence, but you could still hear her say: "I am going to Light, to Love, to Life!"
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St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena 2022, Day 8: My mission
Elizabeth summed up her heavenly calling thus: “My mission will be to draw souls into interior recollection, by helping them to go out from themselves.”
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Quote of the day, 28 October: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
On this date in 1906 St Elizabeth of the Trinity perceives her heavenly mission: “to draw souls by helping them go out of themselves to cling to God by a wholly simple and loving movement, and to keep them in this great silence within...”
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Quote of the day, 26 September: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity began her ten-day retreat on this day in 1904, the first since her profession retreat in January 1903. She told her sister that the extra solitude and prayer “created a very enticing schedule” because “I'm going to lose myself in Him.”
Quote of the day, 9 September: Père Jacques de Jésus
On Thursday evening of his retreat for the Carmel of Pontoise, Père Jacques devoted his conference to the theme of silence. "Silence is not an empty void," he told the nuns; "God dwells therein."
Quote of the day, 6 September: Père Jacques de Jésus
Père Jacques de Jésus began his preached retreat for the Discalced Carmelite nuns at the Carmel of Pontoise on this date in 1943. He reminded the nuns, “Prayer is the reason why God has placed us on earth.”
Quote of the day, 13 July: St. Teresa of the Andes
In the notes from her first retreat in the Carmel of Los Andes, St. Teresa writes that God "desires me to allow myself to be guided entirely by the Holy Spirit. My life should be a continuous praise of love. I should lose myself in God and always contemplate Him without ever losing sight of Him."
Quote of the day, 5 June: St. John of the Cross
"The soul must practice the following instructions if it wishes to attain in a short time holy recollection and spiritual silence, nakedness, and poverty of spirit, where one enjoys the peaceful comfort of the Holy Spirit," writes St John of the Cross in the introduction to The Precautions.
Marie du jour 2022, 11 May: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity writes to a seminarian in the last days before his ordination: "With the Virgin, you can sing your “Magnificat” and leap with joy in God your Savior, for the Almighty is doing great things in you, and His mercy is eternal... Then, like Mary, “keep all that in your heart.”
Quote of the day, 8 May: St. Albert of Jerusalem
"The Apostle would have us keep silence, for in silence he tells us to work. As the Prophet also makes known to us: Silence is the way to foster holiness. Elsewhere he says: Your strength will lie in silence and hope."
St. Joseph Novena 2022, Day 1: In St. Joseph’s Home
Especially during Lent try to have periods of solitude, silence, and recollection alone with Jesus in the desert. Minister to him with the angels, work for him after the example of St. Joseph in the home of Nazareth and live in the world as if not living there...
Quote of the day, 18 February: St. John of the Cross
Oh, how sweet your presence will be to me, you who are the supreme good!... I will not rest until I rejoice in your arms.
Quote of the day, 23 January: St. Edith Stein
We need hours for listening silently and allowing the Word of God to act on us until it moves us to bear fruit in an offering of praise and an offering of action.
Quote of the day, 9 January: Jessica Powers
To live with the Spirit of God is to be a listener. It is to keep the vigil of mystery, earthless and still. One leans to catch the stirring of the Spirit, strange as the wind's will.
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