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In His Heart: 365 Days with the Carmelite Sisters
In this book, you will find a daily reflection for each day of the year, written by one of the Carmelite Sisters. Woven into the liturgical life of the Church and the seasons of the year, we hope to share with you the lessons we are learning along the way. Every day holds the potential to grow closer to the Heart of Jesus – come along with us on the journey!
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Spirit of Carmel
Our Spirit of Carmel features inspirational articles and reflections accompanied by lush, beautiful photography and so much more that nourishes both body and soul. You will also find a schedule of upcoming Carmelite events that invite you to share in our faith-filled life and Carmelite spirituality. Spirit of Carmel is published in the spring and fall and is not subscription-based.
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Unleashing Hope
85 years after her death, the life of Mother Luisita speaks to today’s world with a message of hope and inspiration. Unleashing Hope draws you in to the powerful life of Maria Luisa de Ia Peña Navarro (1886-1937), “Mother Luisita.” You will not easily forget Mother Luisita and her compelling life story.
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In the Face of Darkness
In 1927, during the murderous anti-Catholic reign of Mexican president Plutarco Elias Calles, Mother Luisita and two members of her Carmelite community cast off their religious habits, donned secular clothes, trembling all the while, started out on a perilous flight from the brutal, atheistic government intent on killing them…
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Moments of Grace
Moments of Grace is a 350+ page collection of funny, inspirational, heart-warming short stories from the lives of the Sisters. It’s a look inside the convent walls. A joyful companion for your life’s journey. A delightful gift for people of all ages and walks of life. A wonderful way to be inspired and uplifted.
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In Love's Safekeeping Volume 1
A collection of all of Mother’s own counsel and advice captured in letters wrtten by Mother Luisita, and her spiritual notes that give insight into her holy life.
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In Love's Safekeeping Volume 2
A collection of all of Mother’s own counsel and advice captured in letters wrtten by Mother Luisita, and her spiritual notes that give insight into her holy life.
In His Heart
In this book, you will find a daily reflection for each day of the year, written by one of the Carmelite Sisters. Woven into the liturgical life of the Church and the seasons of the year, we hope to share with you the lessons we are learning along the way. Every day holds the potential to grow closer to the Heart of Jesus – come along with us on the journey!
Unleashing Hope
85 years after her death, the life of Mother Luisita speaks to today’s world with a message of hope and inspiration. Unleashing Hope draws you in to the powerful life of Maria Luisa de Ia Peña Navarro (1886-1937), “Mother Luisita.” You will not easily forget Mother Luisita and her compelling life story.
Spirit of Carmel
Our Spirit of Carmel features inspirational articles and reflections accompanied by lush, beautiful photography and so much more that nourishes both body and soul. You will also find a schedule of upcoming Carmelite events that invite you to share in our faith-filled life and Carmelite spirituality. Spirit of Carmel is published in the spring and fall and is not subscription-based.
In the Face of Darkness
In 1927, during the murderous anti-Catholic reign of Mexican president Plutarco Elias Calles, Mother Luisita and two members of her Carmelite community cast off their religious habits, donned secular clothes, trembling all the while, started out on a perilous flight from the brutal, atheistic government intent on killing them…
Moments of Grace
Moments of Grace is a 350+ page collection of funny, inspirational, heart-warming short stories from the lives of the Sisters. It’s a look inside the convent walls. A joyful companion for your life’s journey. A delightful gift for people of all ages and walks of life. A wonderful way to be inspired and uplifted.
In Love's Safekeeping Volume 1
A collection of all of Mother’s own counsel and advice captured in letters written by Mother Luisita, and her spiritual notes that give insights into her holy life.
In Love's Safekeeping Volume 2
A collection of all of Mother’s own counsel and advice captured in letters written by Mother Luisita, and her spiritual notes that give insights into her holy life.
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The Courage to Say: “Here I am!”
By: Sister Juanita, O.C.D. The Christian faith differs from all other faiths because it is...
With your whole heart, and your whole mind, and your whole strength
Scripture tells us to love God with our whole heart, our whole mind, and our whole strength. What an amazing commandment! It seems impossible to fulfill this in its entirety!
Water Into Wine
One of my favorite Scripture passages is John 3, where Jesus performs His first miracle at a wedding, providing an overabundance of good wine for the celebration!
The Happy Fault
God could have created a perfect world. He could have arranged things so as to prevent us from falling into the pit by our sinful, despicable actions. He’s all powerful, after all. This would have been so easy for God. But that’s not how He decided to do things.
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The only thing I really wish for ...Is to love until I die of love.
#StTherese of Lisieux
“…let us go forward. We’re in the hands of God. There is no better place we could be.”
#VenerableMotherLuisita
#MotherLuisitaMondays
Then Jesus said to her in reply,
"O woman, great is your faith!
Let it be done for you as you wish."
And her daughter was healed from that hour.
#Matthew 15:28
#ScriptureSunday
The Courage to Say: “Here I am!”
The Christian faith differs from all other faiths because it is centered around a God who loves His creation and calls each person not merely to fulfill a task, but to live in a personal, loving relationship with Him.
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“The desire for God is a preparation for union with God.”
#StJohn of the Cross
“As always, I greet with you with affection, wishing you to have your gaze and your love always fixed on the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.”
#VenerableMotherLuisita
#MotherLuisitaMondays
When the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were terrified.
“It is a ghost,” they said, and they cried out in fear.
At once Jesus spoke to them, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.”
Peter said to him in reply,
“Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.”
He said, “Come.”
#Matthew 14:26-29
#SundayScripture
The soul cannot find more perfect happiness in heaven or on earth than to abandon itself to God’s holy will.
#BlessedAnne of St. Bartholomew
“I have an ever deeper and firmer belief that nothing is merely an accident when seen in the light of God – that my whole life down to its smallest details has been marked out for me in the plan of Divine Providence and has a completely coherent meaning in God’s all seeing eye.”
#StTeresa Benedicta of the Cross
Above all it’s the gospels that occupy my mind when I’m at prayer. I’m always finding fresh lights there.
#StThérèse of Lisieux
“How good our God is, always watching over His children! We should rest entirely in His hands, understanding that His eyes are always upon us, that He will see to it that we lack nothing and grant us anything that we need, if it is for our own good.”
#VenerableMotherLuisita
#MotherLuisitaMondays
Brothers and sisters:
We know that all things work for good for those who love God,
who are called according to his purpose.
For those he foreknew he also predestined
to be conformed to the image of his Son,
so that he might be the firstborn
among many brothers and sisters.
#Romans 8:28-29
#SundayScripture
With Your Whole Heart, and Your Whole Mind, and Your Whole Strength
Scripture tells us to love God with our whole heart, our whole mind, and our whole strength. What an amazing commandment! It seems impossible to fulfill this in its entirety! Looked at from another perspective, from that of Mother Luisita and other Carmelite saints, it gives us a life program to follow.
Read More: https://csocd.us/wkblog
“The last thing I ask of you — and I ask it in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ — is that you love him alone, that you trust implicitly in him and that you encourage one another continually to suffer for the love of him.”
#StMaryMagdalene de Pazzi
Never let yourself be depressed by the thought of your wretchedness. By forgetting self and casting oneself into the arms of God, one glorifies God more than by any self-examination and self-reproach.
#StElizabeth of the Trinity
“Death is to fall into the arms of God.”
#VenerableMotherLuisita
#MotherLuisitaMonday
"The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed
that a person took and sowed in a field.
It is the smallest of all the seeds,
yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants.
It becomes a large bush,
and the `birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.`"
#Matthew 13
#ScriptureSunday
Let us begin by saying that the basic difference between meditation and contemplation is that meditation is a human mode of prayer whereas contemplation is divinely infused prayer.
Read More: https://carmelitesistersocd.com/2013/meditation-contemplation/
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