To Saint Teresa, Carmel owes its élan and its psychology. Carmelite psychology was always realistic. Under the reformer’s influence it became more so.
Quote of the day, 12 October: Paul-Marie of the Cross, O.C.D.
Quote of the day, 10 October: St. John of the Cross
We can understand that the very loving light and wisdom into which the soul will be transformed is what in the beginning purges and prepares it, just as the fire that transforms the wood
St. Edith Stein Novena 2021, Day 9: An immense, unbounded desert
She feels that she has been led into an immense, unbounded desert. And this, for her, is the more delightful, pleasant, and lovely, the deeper, vaster, and more solitary it is.
Quote of the day, 20 May: St. John of the Cross / San Juan de la Cruz
It is great wisdom to know how to be silent / Grande sabiduría es saber callar
Quote of the day, 5 March: St. John of the Cross
Christ acted this way with his disciples: He told them many parables and maxims the wisdom of which they did not understand
Quote of the day: 27 June
The doctrine of Teresa of Avila shines through the charisms
Quote of the day: 11 April
My steps surprised a dark Iscariot plotting in my own will
St. Joseph Novena 2020 — Day 2
How can we express the nearness of the Holy God?
St. Joseph Novena 2020 — Day 1
Like St Joseph, do I seek God's will in all things?
O Sapientia
O Sapientia: La sabiduría entra por el amor, silencio y mortificación
Quote of the day: 15 October
But what disorder in the way I write!
Quote of the day: 4 August
The soul here cannot comprehend God perfectly
Pentecost Novena: Edith Stein — Day 5
The kingdom of light from the kingdom of night
Pentecost Novena: Edith Stein — Day 4
Holy Spirit ray that penetrates everything!
St. Joseph Novena 2019 – Day 1
St. Joseph reflects the love of the Eternal Father for his only begotten Son
Advent 17: Wisdom
There is much to fathom in Christ
Advent 16: Wisdom
It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and not to compare our lives with others
16 December: Blessed Mary of the Angels
She was outstandingly faithful to prayer and particularly devoted to St. Joseph
Wisdom hath builded her house, She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, "Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither"
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel: Day 8
"... to commune with God within the recesses of our soul through abandonment. There lies the key to God’s love and peace."
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