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Depth Perception
As I was walking on the treadmill…it struck me how so readily we can get lost in a very short-sighted way of seeing.
St. Joseph and Our Blessed Mother
Today is April 25th, the Feast of St. Mark. Are you reading this and thinking, “April 25th! How did that happen?!? The year just began!!”
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Preoccupied with God’s Greatness
How big does God appear when our minds are preoccupied with concerns, worries and the cares of daily life? Magnifying God’s greatness in our lives means moving from a self-focused existence to a God-focused one as the saints did…
Recent Blogs
Depth Perception
As I was walking on the treadmill…it struck me how so readily we can get lost in a very short-sighted way of seeing.
St. Joseph and Our Blessed Mother
Today is April 25th, the Feast of St. Mark. Are you reading this and thinking, “April 25th! How did that happen?!? The year just began!!”
Carmelite Musings
Depth Perception
As I was walking on the treadmill…it struck me how so readily we can get lost in a very short-sighted way of seeing.
St. Joseph and Our Blessed Mother
Today is April 25th, the Feast of St. Mark. Are you reading this and thinking, “April 25th! How did that happen?!? The year just began!!”
Live Each Day
Today is April 25th, the Feast of St. Mark. Are you reading this and thinking, “April 25th! How did that happen?!? The year just began!!”
We are an Easter People
In reflecting upon the readings for today, the first reading from the Acts of the Apostles where Phillip meets the Ethiopian eunuch, shows concretely what it means to be an “Easter people…”
Depth Perception
As I was walking on the treadmill…it struck me how so readily we can get lost in a very short-sighted way of seeing.
St. Joseph and Our Blessed Mother
Today is April 25th, the Feast of St. Mark. Are you reading this and thinking, “April 25th! How did that happen?!? The year just began!!”
Carmelite Spirituality
Depth Perception
As I was walking on the treadmill…it struck me how so readily we can get lost in a very short-sighted way of seeing.
St. Joseph and Our Blessed Mother
Today is April 25th, the Feast of St. Mark. Are you reading this and thinking, “April 25th! How did that happen?!? The year just began!!”
Our Faith
What Am I Afraid Of?
Fear can make us impenetrable. It’s the journey of delving into the deeper layers our external fears point to that counts. Moving into the deeper spaces in ourselves that we don’t want to penetrate because we’re unsure of what we’ll find.
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee!
Joy, to me, is a spiritual gift, one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and I feel that so many times we just don’t go deeply enough to reach this deeper level of human experience.
All Souls Day
All Souls Day. This day becomes more and more meaningful the older one gets. This will one day, be a day when others are remembering you and me…
What Am I Afraid Of?
Fear can make us impenetrable. It’s the journey of delving into the deeper layers our external fears point to that counts. Moving into the deeper spaces in ourselves that we don’t want to penetrate because we’re unsure of what we’ll find.
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee!
Joy, to me, is a spiritual gift, one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and I feel that so many times we just don’t go deeply enough to reach this deeper level of human experience.
Reflections
Mother Luisita, Fear, and Trust in God’s Providence
It is natural that even the most stout-hearted among us would feel at least a little bit of fear…
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?
Layers of Sound, Listening for His Heartbeat
Stop and stand still. Close your eyes and listen. What do you hear?
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?
Mother Luisita, Fear, and Trust in God’s Providence
It is natural that even the most stout-hearted among us would feel at least a little bit of fear…
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?
Religious Life
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
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
Love Comes Softly
It just happened. It’s hard to pinpoint. All of a sudden it was there, but it wasn’t sudden. Love comes SOFTLY. The Holy Spirit came “softly” into my life.
Advent-Tension
It’s that His coming reminds us that every moment of our lives, He’s there in it with us.
Did Jesus Have Feelings?
Talk to Jesus as you would a friend, and you will find a God who has a beating Sacred Heart that longs to console you, rejoice with you, and relate to you.
Love Comes Softly
It just happened. It’s hard to pinpoint. All of a sudden it was there, but it wasn’t sudden. Love comes SOFTLY. The Holy Spirit came “softly” into my life.
Advent-Tension
It’s that His coming reminds us that every moment of our lives, He’s there in it with us.
Sharing Our Mission
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 are you passionate about? Recently, I found myself asking someone else this very same question. Oftentimes the questions you ask…
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
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
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 are you passionate about? Recently, I found myself asking someone else this very same question. Oftentimes the questions you ask…