Lent Booklet 2025 You can read through the Carmelite Lenten Reflections 2025 booklet here, or download the PDF using the button. If you would like...
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Sister Helene Therese | Final Profession 2025
Sister Helene Thereseof Jesus (McAdams), O.C.D.With great joy,the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angelesinvite you to witness the...
In Knowing How to Die, You Will Live Life FULLY
“It seems to me, my daughter, that everything passes so quickly that we should be thinking more about how to die than how to live.” (St. Teresa of Ávila)
What an odd quote to start off the new year, right?
Praise God for Fresh Starts
Each person’s life seems to have a unique theme; at least it seems so to me. This year as we enter the new year before us, I find myself thinking about the patterns in my life, an overarching theme running through its ups and downs.
New Year, New Beginning
I love the beginning of a new year, the time when we make a fresh start as we recalibrate and break up the soil of our souls to prepare for new seasons of growth.
A Blank Page
Well, here we are looking ahead again at a new year. Perhaps you find yourself like Maria in “The Sound of Music,” wondering – what will this day be like?
Beginning the New Year
Many of our sisters love to hike in the San Gabriel Mountains and there is one particular hike that we take in the summer or early fall which spans the entire day. One year we took this hike later in the season and figured with our pace, we would be down the mountain before sunset.
Jesus, I Have a Place For You
The natural question that comes to mind after reading the parable of the two sons in the Gospel of Matthew is, “which one am I, the first or the second son?”