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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Quote of the day, 16 July: St. John Paul II
"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."
Quote of the day, 31 May: St. Edith Stein
St. Edith Stein examines woman's sins and defects of character that are as old as the fall of Adam and Eve.
Quote of the day, 28 May: St. Edith Stein
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."
Quote of the day, 25 February: St. Edith Stein
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."
Quote of the day, 27 January: St. John Paul II
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.
Quote of the day, 29 October: Peter Thomas Rohrbach, O.C.D.
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.
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: 22 October
Edith Stein's sacrifice is a cry for, and a service to peace
Quote of the day: 26 April
God is not inclined to work miracles
Quote of the day: 3 April
The Church needs us. That means the Lord needs us
Quote of the day: 8 March
With the woman there are capabilities of caring, protecting, and promoting that which is becoming and growing
Quote of the day: 23 January
What is, then, the great sickness of our time and of our people?
Quote of the day: 4 July
Are both men and women equally capable of , or entitled to, exercise all ministries?
Quote of the day: 19 May
Woman is suited to act in accordance with the concrete human circumstance
Marie du Jour 2019: May 1
Ave maris stella, the traditional anthem to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Edith Stein: A service to peace
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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