Carmelite wisdom to encourage & inspire
Brother Lawrence offers concrete advice to those who struggle with besetting sins; he says that we much carefully examine “which sins we commit most often, and which are the most frequent and inevitable of our falls.” Then, “we must have recourse to God with complete confidence at the moment of combat.”
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Saint Teresa’s story of her paralysis in August 1539 and her “attitude of gratitude” to God for the healing she received reminds us of the Samaritan leper who returned to Jesus, glorifying God for his own healing.
Saint Teresa often refers to the humanity of Christ in her writings; it is crucial to her doctrine on prayer. Let’s recognize that she invites us to be in love with Jesus Christ, Emmanuel, God-With-Us.
We remember and celebrate the anniversary of the day Pauline Martin was clothed in the Discalced Carmelite habit, Friday 6 April 1883 in the Carmel of Lisieux
Lord, nothing here below can comfort me, neither creation, nor Heaven, nor earth, nor men, nor angels, nothing can give me the joy, the peace that I have lost in losing you, my God.
"The weaker we are, without desires, without virtues, the more suitable we are for the workings of this consuming and transforming Love..."
Scripture presents Elijah as a man of crystalline faith
Your are to fast every day, except Sundays, from the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
And in her light I find You hid within me
I love their repentance, and especially… their loving audacity!
We must not stop being fed by Jesus
Reading of sacred scripture is a great and powerful remedy
Without the Eucharist we’d have nothing to say to the world
I do not fear my weakness; that's what gives me confidence
It always consoles us more to complain to those who we know feel our trials
Our good Jesus showed us the weakness of His humanity
I want to be holy for you
Even the great men of God can suffer moments of crisis and fear
God takes what seems like the end of the road and turns it into a new horizon
I never rely on my own thoughts
!["I took for my advocate and lord the glorious St. Joseph and earnestly recommended myself to him. [...] I don’t recall up to this day ever having petitioned him for anything that he failed to grant."](https://scontent-dfw5-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t39.30808-6/336879821_1374507696727108_3000064146961560788_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=GeKBPoaKfMcAX_QOTF6&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfBQ98yZ_dpFqhPvUWdp1Cq8NMY7bwsNY0_97P0_Bcsw3g&oe=64238CFB)
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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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