Carmelite QuotesQuote of the day, 28 February: St. Mariam
Lord, keep me always in Your love, as a child is kept within the womb of its mother. There it needs nothing for food or drink; no drafts of air can harm it; it is sheltered from every danger; with its mother it has everything.
And so, Lord, if You keep me in Your love, nothing will be lacking to me. I desire nothing else but to belong to You. I never want to go out from You; and just as a child begins to be frail and miserable as soon as it leaves its mother’s womb, so I too would be unhappy if I were to leave You.
Keep me, Lord, in Your bosom; keep me in the womb of Your love.
Saint Mary of Jesus Crucified (Mariam Baouardy)
Cahiers réservés, 5
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Featured image: Brazilian photographer Mateus Campos Felipe captures a tender silhouette of his pregnant wife praying beside a lighted candle in the family’s icon corner. He took the photo just before the birth of their son. Image credit: Mateus Campos Felipe / Unsplash
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