Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
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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Knowledge of "the abyss of the Infinite divine" is something to be desired, says Blessed Marie-Eugène. He describes St. Teresa of Avila's high esteem for such knowledge.
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“The soul is a terrible thing; it cannot die,” writes Carmelite poet Jessica Powers. Her masterful meditation on the soul’s “two destinies” is worth pondering as we commemorate All Carmelite Souls.
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St. Edith Stein explains how the love of Christ impels virginal souls "to descend into the darkest night": in this way, they resemble the Virgin of virgins who, beneath the cross, became the Mother of Grace.
Like our Lord in today's gospel reading, St. Teresa compares the soul to a tree that is planted by the fount of life. "There would be no freshness, no fruit, if it were not for this fount sustaining the tree, preventing it from drying up, and causing it to produce good fruit."
God is spirit and we must adore him in spirit and in truth, that is, with humble, authentic adoration of spirit in the depths and center of our souls.
Before I left the world, God gave me the consolation of contemplating at close range the souls of little children.
I think that in Heaven my mission will be to draw souls
Joy is in my heart... This joy isn't fleeting... I possess it without return
She served on earth as the loving Mother of the divine Redeemer
The Virgin praying alone in the hidden, silent room
Contemplation is a precious gift of God.
My soul was united very profoundly, I assure you, to the divine joys which flooded yours in those two great days of your ordination and first Mass [28–29 May 1904]. I would have wished that this brief note, which tells you of my entire union with you, might have reached you sooner; that wasn't possible... Continue Reading →
The emptiness of anything not done for God
How I would like for each beat of my heart to tell you of my tenderness
I am asking Him that you may be not only a good missionary but a saint
How I love our evening rendezvous;
I cannot be broken, tried, except by the just
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity writes, "I desire so much to gather souls to my Jesus!"
"It is not necessary that we experience the epiphany in our lives"
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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
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