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Merciful Like the Father

Merciful Like the Father

One of the most liberating gifts that we can receive from the Heart of our Heavenly Father and Jesus, our Savior, is the free gift of mercy. But do you sometimes find yourself struggling to receive this gift? I mean really receive, in the innermost depth of your being with unshakable certainty?

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Merciful Like the Father

Merciful Like the Father

One of the most liberating gifts that we can receive from the Heart of our Heavenly Father and Jesus, our Savior, is the free gift of mercy. But do you sometimes find yourself struggling to receive this gift? I mean really receive, in the innermost depth of your being with unshakable certainty?

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Merciful Like the Father

Merciful Like the Father

One of the most liberating gifts that we can receive from the Heart of our Heavenly Father and Jesus, our Savior, is the free gift of mercy. But do you sometimes find yourself struggling to receive this gift? I mean really receive, in the innermost depth of your being with unshakable certainty?

Our Merciful Mother

Our Merciful Mother

In the Anáhuac Valley of Mexico, on a barren hill called Tepeyac, Our Lady of Guadalupe came as a “merciful Mother,” a healer and restorer of all who are broken in body and in spirit. It is an amazing thought to consider that the “woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and on her head a crown of twelve stars” would place her feet upon the bloodstained soil of a nation’s festering woundedness.

Carmelite Musings

Jesus, I Have a Place For You

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?”

Yes, Yes

Yes, Yes

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?”

The Tension and the Process

The Tension and the Process

These days leading up to Christmas … how is it going for you? Does the word “tension” come to mind? Like the tension of a rubber band when it’s being stretched?

Jesus, I Have a Place For You

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?”

Carmelite Spirituality

Merciful Like the Father

Merciful Like the Father

One of the most liberating gifts that we can receive from the Heart of our Heavenly Father and Jesus, our Savior, is the free gift of mercy. But do you sometimes find yourself struggling to receive this gift? I mean really receive, in the innermost depth of your being with unshakable certainty?

Our Merciful Mother

Our Merciful Mother

In the Anáhuac Valley of Mexico, on a barren hill called Tepeyac, Our Lady of Guadalupe came as a “merciful Mother,” a healer and restorer of all who are broken in body and in spirit. It is an amazing thought to consider that the “woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and on her head a crown of twelve stars” would place her feet upon the bloodstained soil of a nation’s festering woundedness.

Our Faith

Mother Luisita’s Letter about Your Prayer Life

Mother Luisita’s Letter about Your Prayer Life

Between Jesus and the soul there flows a current no one can see and a dialogue that no one hears. Form a rich and beautiful tabernacle for Our Lord within your heart and then do not let Him go.

Mother Luisita’s Letter about Your Prayer Life

Mother Luisita’s Letter about Your Prayer Life

Between Jesus and the soul there flows a current no one can see and a dialogue that no one hears. Form a rich and beautiful tabernacle for Our Lord within your heart and then do not let Him go.

Reflections

Merciful Like the Father

Merciful Like the Father

One of the most liberating gifts that we can receive from the Heart of our Heavenly Father and Jesus, our Savior, is the free gift of mercy. But do you sometimes find yourself struggling to receive this gift? I mean really receive, in the innermost depth of your being with unshakable certainty?

Our Merciful Mother

Our Merciful Mother

In the Anáhuac Valley of Mexico, on a barren hill called Tepeyac, Our Lady of Guadalupe came as a “merciful Mother,” a healer and restorer of all who are broken in body and in spirit. It is an amazing thought to consider that the “woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and on her head a crown of twelve stars” would place her feet upon the bloodstained soil of a nation’s festering woundedness.

He is Alive

He is Alive

Our Lord said to St. Faustina: “When I come to a human heart in Holy Communion, my hands are full of all kinds of graces which I want to give to the soul, but souls do not even pay attention to me. They leave me to myself and busy themselves with other things … they treat me as a dead object” (Diary 1385).

Footsteps of Divine Mercy

Footsteps of Divine Mercy

At all times and in all places, God draws near to us. Do we recognize Him as He approaches us in our busy everyday lives?

Merciful Like the Father

Merciful Like the Father

One of the most liberating gifts that we can receive from the Heart of our Heavenly Father and Jesus, our Savior, is the free gift of mercy. But do you sometimes find yourself struggling to receive this gift? I mean really receive, in the innermost depth of your being with unshakable certainty?

Our Merciful Mother

Our Merciful Mother

In the Anáhuac Valley of Mexico, on a barren hill called Tepeyac, Our Lady of Guadalupe came as a “merciful Mother,” a healer and restorer of all who are broken in body and in spirit. It is an amazing thought to consider that the “woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and on her head a crown of twelve stars” would place her feet upon the bloodstained soil of a nation’s festering woundedness.

Religious Life

Post Valentine’s Day!

Post Valentine’s Day!

They say the quality of questions you ask yourself says a lot about you. The questions you ask yourself DEFINTELY make a difference in how you are “forming” your thought patterns.

Family Response to Vocations | Sr. Gloria Therese

Family Response to Vocations | Sr. Gloria Therese

My parents come from different faith backgrounds, but they both had the same joyful openness to my vocation, they understood that my heart was with the California Carmelites! My Catholic father’s mother always wanted a religious in the family, so Dad in his own quiet way was pretty proud to see that his daughter had a vocation to religious life.

Scripture & Liturgy

Ask for the Coming of the Holy Spirit

Ask for the Coming of the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is not a dove…Nor a fiery tongue resting over someone’s head. The Holy Spirit IS the Love of God. Intense. All-embracing. Attentive and faithful.

Surrender

Surrender

Surrender. This word in today’s world may not have positive connotations connected to it. It speaks of giving up, losing to another, being defeated.

Meeting Mary for the First Time

Meeting Mary for the First Time

When we meet Mary for the first time in Scripture, it is in the context of her encounter with Gabriel, an Archangel who appears to this young, innocent girl. She is troubled and he reassures her: “Do not be afraid, for you have found favor with God.”

Ask for the Coming of the Holy Spirit

Ask for the Coming of the Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit is not a dove…Nor a fiery tongue resting over someone’s head. The Holy Spirit IS the Love of God. Intense. All-embracing. Attentive and faithful.

Surrender

Surrender

Surrender. This word in today’s world may not have positive connotations connected to it. It speaks of giving up, losing to another, being defeated.

Sharing Our Mission

Ultimate, Selfless Love

Ultimate, Selfless Love

Jesus is pointing to His pierced Heart. The Scriptures say: “They looked on Him whom they had pierced.” They pierced His heart after He died. What does the pierced Heart say?

What is Your Passion in Life?

What is Your Passion in Life?

What is your passion in life? What are you passionate about? Recently, I found myself asking someone else this very same question. Oftentimes the questions you ask…

You are Good

You are Good

It’s recognizing that God does all things well and somehow, I am, with my little part, helping complete the tapestry that God is creating of the whole human story.

A Truly Random Carmelite Musing

A Truly Random Carmelite Musing

No one likes change, but change has the potential to propel you forward into new spaces that speak of new life, new opportunities.

Ultimate, Selfless Love

Ultimate, Selfless Love

Jesus is pointing to His pierced Heart. The Scriptures say: “They looked on Him whom they had pierced.” They pierced His heart after He died. What does the pierced Heart say?

What is Your Passion in Life?

What is Your Passion in Life?

What is your passion in life? What are you passionate about? Recently, I found myself asking someone else this very same question. Oftentimes the questions you ask…