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I Love to Hear Your Voice
“If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts” (Ps.95). I have to be honest, as a youth growing up and attending Mass, I got tired of this refrain being sung or read over and over and over during Lent…
And It Is Wonderful in Our Eyes
As Carmelites, our ears perk up whenever we hear garden imagery. You may or may not know, “Carmel” in Hebrew means the Garden of God. The enclosed garden of your soul…
A Righteous Man
By Sister Rita Therese, O.C.D. December 8, 2020 marked the 150th anniversary of Blessed Pius IX’s proclamation of St. Joseph as “Patron of the Universal Church.” In his apostolic letter Patris Corde, Pope Francis dedicated the year 2021 as the “Year of St. Joseph.”...
Strange Chapters in Our Lives?
Take out your Bibles and observe an interesting phenomenon: the book of Esther is divided up into chapters that include both numbers and letters. Whoever heard of such a strange way of composing a book?
Mother Luisita’s Letter on Trusting in God’s Providence
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.
Mother Luisita’s Letter for times of Discouragement and Depression
So, you are feeling depressed? And sad? I understand that you are feeling as if your soul is troubled. Is it true? … You tell me you feel as though God has left you and I’m telling you – don’t worry for He is there by your side always watching over you.
Mother Luisita’s Letter on Worry and Anxiety
So, you’ve had some days of anguish? Let’s bless Our Lord in all and for all and let’s have our eyes fixed on Him, our Hope and our Love. Thus, we will go through the ups and downs of life with all tranquility.
Meet our Foundress, Venerable Mother Luisita
Sometimes the brokenness is outside of us. Perhaps it is brokenness in a marriage as in the case of Rita of Cascia, who became a saint; or the brokenness in a government, as in the life of our own Foundress, Mother Luisita, who is now a Venerable of our Church, soon to be a Saint.
A Puff of Smoke
Mother Luisita possessed one particular gift that has intrigued me for years – her ability to get beyond the bitter sorrows of this life so she would be able to “see with God’s eyes.”
The Immaculate Conception
Have you ever been faced with a clear choice between good and evil? Or maybe between good and less good?