The Synod for Consecrated Life closed on this date in 1994; St John Paul II wrote in ‘Vita Consecrata’ that “the history of spirituality owes much to Saints like Teresa of Jesus and Catherine of Siena.”
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"Mary, whom we invoke today under the title of the Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel... had the mission of engendering in time the eternal Son of God. In her, the maternal vocation reached the peak of its dignity and potential."
St. Edith Stein examines woman's sins and defects of character that are as old as the fall of Adam and Eve.
St. Edith Stein indicates that there is an inexhaustible source of power for women who are tested beyond their "strength of body and nerves", and "it depends only on knowing one's way and going to this source again and again."
In a 1932 presentation, St. Edith Stein said, "The people of Europe who struggled in a life-and-death combat during the World War were plunged into misery together, and all the hard facts of life furthered the recognition that a recovery is possible only through joint effort."
From the hand of Teresa of Jesus, Henry de Ossó understands that love for Christ has to be the center of his work: a love of Christ that captivates and attracts people, winning them to the Gospel.
The spirit of the Beguines is an important factor in this chronicle because it exercised a definite influence on some convents of early Carmelite nuns.
The way to perfection of individual nature is loving devotion and surrender to God who is love
Edith Stein's sacrifice is a cry for, and a service to peace
God is not inclined to work miracles
The Church needs us. That means the Lord needs us
With the woman there are capabilities of caring, protecting, and promoting that which is becoming and growing
What is, then, the great sickness of our time and of our people?
Are both men and women equally capable of , or entitled to, exercise all ministries?
Woman is suited to act in accordance with the concrete human circumstance
Ave maris stella, the traditional anthem to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Uniting herself to the pain of God made man, offering her life for her people became her great aspiration
"All violence, exclusion, and injustice are a ravine that needs to be filled"
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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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