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Carmelite QuotesQuote of the day, 6 September: Père Jacques
Carmel is a community of human beings who reveal God to other human beings. There should be a Carmel in every city, and then there would be no need of works. One would see God through these human beings who live for him and him alone.
A person does not withdraw to Carmel because of weariness, or to know tranquility, or to live a mediocre life, or to flee the cares of keeping a home and family, or to have a more comfortable existence.
One comes here because she is athirst for God, because she desires to find God and to reveal God to the whole world.
Servant of God Père Jacques de Jésus
Conference 1, Solitude, the Essence of Carmel
Monday morning, 6 September 1943
Jacques, P 2005, Listen to the silence: A retreat with Père Jacques, translated from the French and edited by Murphy F, ICS Publications, Washington DC.
Featured image: Mother María Capilla de Jesús, OCD, is seen walking down a hallway on the main floor of the Carmel of Valladolid. Image credit: Angel Cantero, Iglesia en Valladolid / Flickr (Some rights reserved)
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Wir machen heute einen Bummel, deswegen bin ich schon wach...
Ich wünsche euch einen schönen Froitag und einen entspannten Übergang ins Wochenende 💐
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Wir machen heute einen Bummel, deswegen bin ich schon wach...
Ich wünsche euch einen schönen Froitag und einen entspannten Übergang ins Wochenende 💐
#tassenfreitag #urlaub #vocations
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Quote of the day, 13 May: Ven. Maria Lucia
Sister Lucia entered the Carmelite convent [of Coimbra] on the same liturgical day that she was born—Holy Thursday. It was also the Feast of the Annunciation [25 March 1948], and now also the Solemn Profession of a sister, [so when Lucia entered as a new member of the community, everything] was absorbed by the Solemnity of the day.
In the Easter Triduum, the silence is more profound, making it more desirable to adore and contemplate the mystery of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Our Lord, Who for our sake became man and suffered death to save us from sin and death.
After Mass, Sister Lucia, in the company of Mother Prioress, was given her cell dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Centered on top of the door was a small frame which read: ‘Immaculate Heart of Mary’, and then a sentence addressed to the inhabitant: ‘My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge.’
This sentence was at eye level and she read it every time she entered her cell. It would be a heavenly melody in her heart during the 57 years she lived in Carmel.
On Easter Monday, March 29, she wrote to her Superior [from the Sisters of St. Dorothy] in Tuy, Mother Cunha Matos, telling her of her joy:
As of right now, you know that on Holy Thursday morning at 5:30 a.m. I entered the Carmel of Coimbra, by the arrangements of the Bishop here, who came on this day and at that hour to assist in the Solemn Profession of a Sister. I enjoyed it very much and I am very well and extremely happy.
My name is Sister Mary of the Immaculate Heart, what a beautiful name, is it not? Far more beautiful than Sister Dores [Sister Sorrows], don’t you think? Here I found a small group of lovely sisters; whenever I encounter them I have the impression of meeting Saint Teresa. The name was chosen here by the Bishop.
Venerable Maria Lucia of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart
Chapter XVI, Religious Carmelite
of St. Teresa Coimbra Portugal, C 2015, A pathway under the gaze of Mary : biography of Sister Maria Lucia of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart O.C.D., translated from the Portuguese by Colson, J, World Apostolate of Fatima USA, Washington NJ.
Featured image: Venerable Lucia uses a word processor with a CRT display in her cell. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons (Some rights reserved)
⬦ Reflection Question ⬦
What would it mean for me to let Mary’s Immaculate Heart truly be my refuge?
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Quote of the day, 13 April: St. Louis Martin
My incomparable Father,
What Céline tells us is so like you! Ah, what a father we have! Truly, you are one of a kind… and so I’m not surprised that God is calling all your children to Himself, this father who cannot be matched! You are so precious to His heart that He cannot help but look upon you—and all who are yours—with a love beyond compare.
How our dear mother [St. Zélie] must be smiling down at you. How joyful she must be to see her little boat so well steered by you, guiding us all toward heaven.
O best of fathers, how great our responsibility will be if we do not become saints—if we do not follow in the path of your generosity. Ah, how Jesus will repay you a hundredfold for the lily you offer Him today—barely opened, yet full of freshness and purity.
Oh, your crown in heaven! My beloved Father, I see it already—radiant and beautiful. Ah, pray that your diamond not be too pale beside such glory.
I can say no more. You fill my heart—I am entirely yours.
Our Mother [Prioress Marie de Gonzague, O.C.D.] couldn’t help but weep as she read Céline’s account.
Ah! What a father you are!!
Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart, O.C.D.
(Marie Martin)
Letter from Sr. Marie of the Sacred Heart to her father, St. Louis Martin, 9 April 1888
St. Thérèse crosses the threshold of the cloister, a later watercolorPhoto: Archives of the Carmel of Lisieux
Visit the Archives site to see the annotated sketch for this watercolor and all of the artworks associated with the life of St. Thérèse.
Note: St. Thérèse entered the Carmel of Lisieux on the Feast of the Annunciation, which was deferred to Monday, April 9 in the year 1888 because March 25 was Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord.
We always refer to the website of the Archives of the Carmel of Lisieux for the vast majority of our quotes concerning Saint Thérèse, Saint Zélie, and Saint Louis Martin. If you would like to purchase English translations for the collected works of St. Thérèse, please visit the website of our Discalced Carmelite friars at ICS Publications.
Translation from the French text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.
Featured image: St. Thérèse outside the Lisieux Carmel. Image credit: Fr. Lawrence Lew, O.P. / Flickr (Some rights reserved)
⬦ Reflection Question ⬦
What can you offer God this Holy Week with purity, generosity, and love?
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#CarmelOfLisieux #familyLife #generosity #MarieMartin #MarieOfTheSacredHeart #postulant #religiousLife #StLouisMartin #StThérèseOfLisieux #vocations
from Marie (Marie of the Sacred Heart) to her father M. Martin – April 9, 1888. — Archives of the Carmel of Lisieux
from Marie (Marie du Sacré-Coeur) to her father M. Martin April 9, 1888. My incomparable Father, What Céline tells us is worthy of you! Ah! what a father we have! He is truly one of a kind. . . Also I am not surprised that the good Lord takes all his children from him […]