On 18 May 1291 the Crusader stronghold of Acre fell after weeks of siege. We remember the Carmelite martyrs who perished that day.
Quote of the day, 18 May: Rule of St. Albert
Quote of the day: 17 September
Albert, called by God's favor to be patriarch of the church of Jerusalem
Quote of the day: 14 September
Your are to fast every day, except Sundays, from the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Undergoing persecution
You must use every care to clothe yourselves in God's armour
17 September: Saint Albert of Jerusalem
St. Albert of Jerusalem wrote a Rule for the hermit brothers on Mt Carmel
Quote of the day: 17 September
Albert, called by God's favor to be patriarch of the church of Jerusalem
17 September: St. Albert of Jerusalem
St. Albert of Jerusalem wrote a Rule for the hermit brothers on Mt Carmel
Quote of the day: 9 August
Will Your Reverence allow me to offer myself to the Heart of Jesus
Quote of the day: 16 May
Whoever has a mind to become a leader among you must make himself servant to the rest
Quote of the day: 6 April
Gregory IX frees the Carmelites from property to focus on prayer
Quote of the day: 17 February
It is to me, however, that you have come for a rule of life
Quote of the day: 30 January
We enjoin you and your successors to observe in the future the rule which was given to you...
Quote of the day: 26 January
Blessing to B. and the other hermits who live near the spring on Mount Carmel
September 17: St. Albert of Jerusalem
St. Albert of Jerusalem was the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem at the beginning of the 13th c. who formed the hermit brothers of Mount Carmel into a collegium and wrote a Rule for them
Common sense is the guide of the virtues
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