I want to share with you this day a favorite prayer of Saint Theresa Margaret in honor of Our Lady. She learned this prayer from her spiritual directo...

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"Bless the Lord, Oh my soul;  and all my being bless His Holy Name. Bless the Lord, Oh my soul, and forget not all His benefits."       Ps 103:1-2 ...

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The Contemplation of Mary’s Beauty in the Spirituality of Saint Mary Magdalene de’Pazzi   Charló-Carmel M. Camilleri, O.Carm.   In the beauty of y...

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10 tips for a pious new years resolution: 1.      Be honest. Know yourself.  What is your strongest virtue?  What is your worst vice?  Therefore, tai...

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As we recieve the Spirit on Pentecost, we are charged to spread the good news. Ordinary time is the perfect time to live the life we proclaim during o...

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Blessed are the pure of heart for they shall see God.” Since Purity of heart is a dispositon of the heart, Augustine sees that the starting place to o...

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May Lent be for every Christian a renewed experience of God’s love given to us in Christ, a love that each day we, in turn, must “regive” to our neigh...

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Love doesn’t exist — as we like to think — in the degree to which we are happy. No. Love exists in the strength of our determination to try to please ...

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Welcome to our site. Lay Carmelites are eager to share their charism and spirituality with you. We ask that you keep to Carmelite topics. Please write...

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The Soul that journeys to God, but does not shake off its care and quiet its appetites, is like one who drags a cart uphill. (Sayings of Light and Lov...

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