St. Raphael Kalinowski received the Discalced Carmelite habit on 26 November 1877 and made his religious vows on the same date in 1878. Here is an excerpt from his conference for the Discalced Carmelite friars in Wadowice: “Mother of God, Hope of the World.”
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Quote of the day, 19 November: St. Raphael Kalinowski
St Raphael Kalinowski’s years of hard labor in Siberia became a great grace that prepared him for life as a Carmelite: he knew that life’s biggest and most difficult problems are resolved on one’s knees.
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Quote of the day, 21 July: St. Raphael Kalinowski
At the end of his canonical visitations to the Discalced Carmelite nuns in Poland, St. Raphael Kalinowski would offer words of encouragement to each monastery: "Love is strong as death. And just as nothing can resist death, love gives strength to triumph over every challenge. Then you don’t feel pain, and if you do you welcome it. From this fire of God’s love the flame of love of neighbor arises.
Quote of the day, 19 November: St. Raphael Kalinowski
St. Raphael of St. Joseph provides an answer to the question, "How does one become perfect and holy?"
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Kalinowski had begun a novena to his patron St. Joseph
St. John of the Cross Novena — Day 3
Cleanse your soul of every desire, attachment, and ambition
Quote of the day: 26 November
Each day I take strength from Saint Teresa's words
Quote of the day: 19 November
Guide our bark with the rudder of the nails of your cross, lest we drown in the storm
Quote of the day: 17 November
Raphael Kalinowski set to work in the vineyard of Christ
Quote of the day: 15 November
I dreamed I would die on All Souls Day
Quote of the day: 27 October
Mary, with her Maternity, is like a book
Quote of the day: 28 May
If we obey the pope, we obey the Lord Jesus
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