When one loves, everything is joy. The cross doesn't weigh down.
Advent III, 2021 — Joy
Quote of the day, 20 November: Céline Martin
Céline tells us that Thérèse "received an audience with the Holy Father on Sunday 20th November 1887 with the pilgrims of the dioceses of Coutances, Bayeux, and Nantes"
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Novena 2021 – Day 2
‘Let yourself be loved more than these’ is your vocation. It is in being faithful to it that you will make Me happy for you will magnify the power of My love.
Quote of the day, 14 October: Jessica Powers
What could the wise Teresa have been thinking to set these bounds on even my little love? This walling, barring, minimizing, shrinking— how could her great Castilian heart approve?
Quote of the day, 30 September: St. Teresa of Avila
Reading the Letters of St. Jerome so encouraged me that I decided to tell my father about my decision to take the habit
Quote of the day, 20 September: Blessed Maria Teresa of St. Joseph Tauscher
"To whom much has been given," Jesus says, "much will be required". Maria Teresa knew this.
Quote of the day, 1 September: Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene, O.C.D.
The Saint heard a voice: "I am Teresa of Jesus-I want you among my daughters."
Quote of the day, 6 August: St. Teresa of the Andes
The Carmelite must ascend the Tabor of Carmel and be clothed with the garments of penance that will make her more like Jesus.
St. Edith Stein Novena 2021, Day 4: Her aim was the ‘desert’ of Carmel
She had already known when she moved to her 'Nazareth' that her aim was the 'desert' of Carmel. But she had to await the Lord’s hour.
Quote of the day, 5 July: St. Raphael Kalinowski
Approaching confession from the abyss of her misery, she casts off everything, desiring to preserve in herself only the image of God according to which she was created
Quote of the day, 30 June: St. Edith Stein
The way to perfection of individual nature is loving devotion and surrender to God who is love
Quote of the day, 4 June: St. Teresa of the Andes
My tearful eyes began to fix themselves on a picture of the Sacred Heart, and I heard a very sweet voice say to me...
Marie du jour 2021, May 24: St. Edith Stein
The image of the Mother of God demonstrates the basic spiritual attitude which corresponds to woman’s natural vocation
Quote of the day, 20 February: St. Edith Stein
He speaks His “Follow me”, and if a man is not for Him, he is against Him
Quote of the day, 12 January: Blessed Chiquitunga
Enclosed in the four happiest walls I have ever inhabited in my life...
Quote of the day: 26 November
God bless the hand which directed me
Quote of the day: 17 October
'Let yourself be loved more than these' is your vocation
Quote of the day: 11 October
If you are not careful, your perdition is more certain than your salvation
Quote of the day: 5 September
It was night! The dark night of the soul! I felt I was all alone in the garden of Gethsemane
Quote of the day: 22 August
It becomes a devotee of the Queen of heaven so that she might appease You
Carmelite Quotes 
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