God’s will is a kiss of His love, it is an embrace of His goodness which lifts the soul out of its own misery in order to be comforted in His arms. The will of God is an act of tenderness which should make the soul want to abandon itself in love.

I want to write with my blood a countless number of times: ‘I love you, Jesus, save souls!’

I ardently desire to live in God’s will, I know that this is this way saints are made, and I want to become a saint to give glory to God.

Blessed Mary Josephine of Jesus Crucified

Excerpts from her autobiography and diary

Note: With gratitude to God, the Discalced Carmelites celebrate the feast day of Blessed Mary Josephine of Jesus Crucified throughout the entire Order. The Holy See extended the observance of her optional memorial with the new liturgical calendar that took effect on the First Sunday of Advent, 2023.

Blessed Mary Josephine of Jesus Crucified with one of her nuns kneeling before her. Image credit: Discalced Carmelites

Catholic Church 1993, Proper of the Liturgy of the Hours of the Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and the Order of Discalced Carmelites (Rev. and augm.), Institutum Carmelitanum, Rome.

Featured image: Featured image: This is a detail from an artist’s rendering of a well-known photo of Blessed Mary Josephine, who was captured seated outdoors, smiling broadly. Image credit: Discalced Carmelites

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