Blog | Carmelite Spirituality
Our Religious Family
What does it mean to be a life-long member of this religious family? It means that we strive to know and love each other as we are. Not as we think we should be, not as we hope we would be, but simply as we are.
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.
The Holy Spirit Comes Softly
His presence is almost tangible. It’s gentle. He guides us. He prompts us all the time. It’s a matter of being tuned in. We start to move with confidence because we know that He is faithful.
Persevere
A few months ago, we were taking stock of our lives as we closed out 2021 and entered 2022. Hopefully, many of us took some time to reflect upon how we wanted to grow in freedom and maturity by looking at the areas both within and outside ourselves that we thought needed to be changed, transformed.
New Beginnings
It is this great calling of ours that impels us to enter this new year with a sense of purpose and a commitment to holiness.
St. Thérèse
How can one little nun who died at the age of 24, who never left the confines of her cloister walls after entering Carmel end up becoming a friend to millions, the patron saint of missions, known to the entire world?Â
Hiking Life: Attaining the Summit
The hills and valleys actually strengthen us for whatever is to come and the plateaus give us a bit of respite so we can catch our breath. One step at a time, looking upward and in the end, reaching our final destination – Heaven!
Earth Looks down to Heaven
On this Mother’s Day, we celebrate the gift of both our natural mothers and spiritual mothers. May each in her own unique way look down into the eyes of all whom she meets and see Jesus, her Heaven.
The Healing of Heaven
Our world is in pain. Over the past year, we’ve watched illness, social isolation, economic downfall, social unrest, and political turmoil sweep away all normalcy, leaving fear and anger in their wake. Holy water fonts have been emptied and replaced by bottles of hand sanitizer.
In Thanksgiving
This February 2, 2021 is a milestone anniversary for the Carmelite Sisters. One hundred years ago in Mexico, Mother Maria Luisa Josefa of the Most Blessed Sacrament and her Sisters became officially affiliated with the Order of Discalced Carmelites.