Even our Constitutions invite us to “strive for evangelical perfection in communion with her” (No. 53). The term of communion may surprise a little in this paragraph, it seems to create equality between Mary and us;…
The inner room makes us think about the Mansion in the center of the soul where St. Teresa invites us to walk down in order to go forward to union with God. She specifies that the…
1.Do not get lazy or do not become installed in a place or in a determined way of life. Do not remain static or paralyzed. Experience teaches us that everything that moves should have a direction and…
The Lord Jesus, by his Resurrection, became the Lord of the whole universe and of all our history. This is the announcement of the most marvelous work of God, the peak moment of many other marvels…
The consequence of this idolatry: the absence of rain, as a curse from God (1 Kings 17:1) the consequences of which are given at the end of the previous chapter (1 Kings 16). Therefore, the land, a…
Following the immense grace of the vision of hell (Life 32), Saint Teresa, animated by an intense apostolic spirit, continually asked: “What can I do for the Church? “. It is in this context that the first…
In the writings of the Saint of Lisieux we find 23 quotations from Teresa of Avila and at least 100 references to her. It can be said that the influence of the one over the other was…
To speak of the mystery of the Annunciation is only stammering!
The grace of the place may reveals us some features.
The Rule of Carmel was born in the heart and life of the first hermits of Mount Carmel, even before being written.