Jesus said:“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,and I will give you rest.Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,for I am meek and humble of heart;and you will find rest for yourselves.For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.” Matthew 11:28-30 Point for ReflectionWhat is your experience of rest …
“When we listen to John of St. Samson in the school of Carmel and discover the spirit of the second reformation, we are filled with pleasure. Then we venture to cross the abyss which seems to widen and does widen, according to some, between the two observances. Then we hear that on either side of …
Today, July 13, is the memorial of Saint Teresa of the Andes. Carmelite religious. The future saint was born Juana Enriqueta Josefina de los Sagrados Corazones Fernández y Solar in Santiago, Chile into an upper class family in 1900. Early in her life she read “The Story Of A Soul,” the classic autobiography of St. …
At that time Jesus exclaimed:“I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,for although you have hidden these thingsfrom the wise and the learnedyou have revealed them to the childlike.Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.All things have been handed over to me by my Father.No one knows the Son except the …
“The true pupils of the school of Carmel should be in a high degree wrapped up in themselves, to find and meet God in the innermost recesses of their souls. There God goes to meet them. He grows by the meditations they devote to Him and the love they dedicate to Him. He grows in …
Today, July 12, is the memorial of Saints Louis and Zelie Martin. Parents of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus. Before becoming a watchmaker, Louis Martin wanted to become a religious. Zelie Guerin also wished to become a religious. She eventually became a successful lacemaker. Louis and Zelie met in Alencon and were married in …
Jesus began to reproach the townswhere most of his mighty deeds had been done,since they had not repented.“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!For if the mighty deeds done in your midsthad been done in Tyre and Sidon,they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes.But I tell you, it will be more …
“Relative to the union with God in the innermost parts of our souls, the Venerable John loves to [100] speak most of an all-surpassing, all-exceeding, all-overreaching contemplation, which according to his expression draws the subject quite into the object, perfectly unites the subject with the loved object and so enthralls the subject with the object …
Jesus said to his Apostles:“Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth.I have come to bring not peace but the sword.For I have come to seta man against his father,a daughter against her mother,and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;and one’s enemies will be those of his household.Whoever loves father or …
Today, July 11, is the memorial of Saint Benedict. Founder of the Benedictines. Benedict was born at Nursia in Umbria about the year 480, with his twin St. Scholastica. He was educated at Rome. He began the eremitic life at Subiaco where he gathered disciples, and then went to Monte Cassino. There he established the …