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Paging St. Therese NARU HODO - May 2, 2013 ... learning how this spirituality is actually my vocation. (I realize now that approaching a spirituality in a try-it-on mentality, or an everyone-else-is-doing-it mentality isn't as good as it gets. It seems the "well, this sure explains a lot" approach is fuller, because it is about discovering the meaning of something God has already put there. It's a deeper way of learning to be who God has made me.) So, there's St. Therese, not only a huge Carmelite saint ...http://lift-up-your-hearts.blogspot.com/2013/05/paging-st-therese.html
At April's End, the Doctors Are In WHISPERS IN THE LOGGIA - April 29, 2013 ... Through her prayers and those of others, she reflected upon her vocation, which she also considered a gift from God. Having chosen the vocation of marriage, she embraced it with complete enthusiasm and wholly dedicated herself "to forming a truly Christian family". She became engaged to Pietro Molla and was radiant with joy and happiness during the time of their engagement, for which she thanked and praised the Lord. They were married on September 24, 1955, in ...http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2013/04/at-aprils-end-doctors-are-in.html
Sadie's Saturday Morning Nun Talk: Volume 1 A WOMAN'S PLACE... - April 20, 2013 ... Saint Bernadette was Mommy? Maggie can be a Saint Bernadette nun. And I can be a Carmelite nun like Mary Therese. I want to be a tall nun. I want to be big like Mary Therese's mother was." Apparently she was envisioning the book we'd read earlier in the day, where Saint Therese is a very little girl and her mother is still alive. "What was her mother's name? I want to be a grown up nun. Can I be a nun? If I pray very hard? Can my friend Lucy be a nun? What kind of a nun should ...http://awomansplaceis.blogspot.com/2013/04/sadies-saturday-morning-nun-talk-volume.html
A Layperson Is a Layperson Is a Layperson... ABBEY-ROADS - April 17, 2013 ... 'pray without ceasing'. An attraction which led me away from enclosed monastic life in pursuit of life as a pilgrim. Inspired both by St. Benedict Joseph Labre, whose feast we celebrated yesterday, as well as the Russian type - popularized by 'the Baroness' Catherine Doherty. I failed in that too - although never giving up the hope to live a prayerful - some might be tempted to call it, contemplative life. I've failed in that too. But I keep trying. At time I thought, "I must belong to ...http://abbey-roads.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-layperson-is-layperson-is-layperson.html
Sisters of Life to Honor Walk for Life West Coast Co-Chairs A SHEPHERD'S VOICE - April 13, 2013 ... Life West Coast in 2005. Despite ongoing opposition from San Francisco's political establishment, and unethical negligence on the part of San Francisco's media establishment, the Walk has grown every year. It is the second largest annual pro-life event in the United States, and in 2012 counted over 50,000 in attendance. Ms. Meehan and Ms. Muntean join previous honorees who include Timothy Cardinal Dolan (2012); Maria Marchetti, Gene D'Agostino, and Tom Kolenberg , pro-life parishioners of the ...http://johnmalloysdb.blogspot.com/2013/04/sisters-of-life-to-honor-walk-for-life.html
Look Inside and Above MOUNT CARMEL - April 11, 2013 ... solitude because they allowed her to give herself fully to the work of listening. The Teresian Carmel obliges the nuns to pray 2 hours of contemplative prayer or meditation, one in the morning and another in the afternoon. Elizabeth also would have participated in the recitation of the full Divine Office which would have required about 7 hours a day. Being in the cloister certainly facilitated contemplative prayer. Can we enjoy this kind of prayer when our lives are so different from hers, ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MountCarmel/~3/a8HfJ5vUD70/look-inside-and-above.html
Remembering Blessed John Paul II NEWS.VA - April 2, 2013 ... late Carmelite Father, Redemptus Valabek, former postulator of the causes of the saints of his Order, who explains why many used to describe John Paul II as being a Carmelite at heart. Also, Nigerian Cardinal, Francis Arinze, head of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious dialogue at the time of the remarkable prayer gathering in Assisi. He points to how this Polish Pontiff's call for all to pray was addressed not just to Christians but to non-Christians ...http://www.news.va/en/news/remembering-blessed-john-paul-ii
Remembering Blessed John Paul II Vatican Radio A FRIAR'S LIFE - April 2, 2013 ... head of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious dialogue at the time of the remarkable prayer gathering in Assisi. He points to how this Polish Pontiff's call for all to pray was addressed not just to Christians but to non-Christians as well. In this programme in which you can hear Blessed John Paul II reciting the 'Our Father', we also highlight how this Pope's 's prayer life was inseparable from his priestly vocation. How he often told his friends: "I am first and ...http://afriarslife.blogspot.com/2013/04/remembering-blessed-john-paul-ii.html
Starbucks CEO to Christians: Buy Stock Somewhere Else; Support Vocations BATTLE FOR THE CORE - March 27, 2013 http://www.battleforthecoreoftheworld.com/2013/03/starbucks-ceo-to-christians-buy-stock.html
How Do You Tell Your Parents? MOUNT CARMEL - March 22, 2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MountCarmel/~3/3N5vR_kXzU4/how-do-you-tell-your-parents.html
Sadie's Dreams of a Convent A WOMAN'S PLACE... - March 20, 2013 http://awomansplaceis.blogspot.com/2013/03/sadies-dreams-of-convent.html
Saint Bernadine of Siena on Saint Joseph SAINT QUOTE OF THE DAY - March 19, 2013 ... special graces granted to any human being. Whenever the divine favor chooses someone to receive a special grace, or to accept a lofty vocation, God adorns the person chosen with all the gifts of the Spirit needed to fulfill the task at hand. This general rule is especially verified in the case of Saint Joseph, the foster-father of our Lord, and the husband of the Queen of our world, enthroned above the angels. He was chosen by the eternal Father as the trustworthy guardian and ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SaintQuoteOfTheDay/~3/3LpnFutoQlk/saint-bernadine-of-siena-on-saint-joseph.html
7 Quick Takes 11 ON MY OWN - March 8, 2013 ... it less painful? Translation: I can be a lot happier writing than scrubbing toilets. 3. Planning showers and weddings and birthdays and First Communions. Lots of fun things to look forward to (and stress about). Why do I always do that? Worry, and worry, and worry some more and then everything is wonderful and I feel guilty for worrying. I need to make a sticker of Padre Pio's motto and attach it to all of my clothing every day. Or stick it on the bathroom mirror. Or on my forehead. 4. ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/11OnMyOwn/~3/tBVJRripw8s/
Joyful News ANA BRAGA-HENEBRY'S JOURNAL - March 4, 2013 As if the news of the canonization cause for a Brazilian Carmelite weren't enough news to bring Joy and Hope, this one has a very special reason to being me personal joy. In college, at the small Teresa of Avila College in Lorena, SP, I had a special, wonderful friend, with whom I shared a small house for most of those years. Her name was Maria Auxiliadora (Mary Help of Christians, a very popular name for girls in Brazil). What my dearest friend "Dodora", as we all called ...http://anabragahenebrysjournal.blogspot.com/2013/03/as-if-news-of-canonization-cause-for.html
Just a Note on Fr. William Wert, O.Carm. And the Safe Havens Religious Orders Have Provided for Men Like Him. ABBEY-ROADS - March 2, 2013 ... of one's identity. It doesn't matter how one got to be gay - one just is. Likewise, they identify with the men they accept and approve, and find a means of support in their unique reform of religious life. Unsubstantiated claims you say? Not at all. There is literature and studies to back up my assertion. That is not my point here however - I simply want to remind people of how and why these things keep happening. As well as the inconvenient, contradictory message this sends to the world: A ...http://abbey-roads.blogspot.com/2013/03/just-note-on-fr-wert-ocarm-and-safe.html
"Not My Will but Thine Be Done." GOD ALONE SUFFICETH - February 23, 2013 ... vocation as a virgin. Her purity and simplicity allow her to fully exercise her role as the "Stabat Mater Dolorosa." She accepts this role with the same radical obedience with which she accepted the Call, from the Angel Gabriel, to be the Mother of the Incarnation in the first place. We are not all called to a life of virginity, but we are all called to live lives of pure and simple obedience to the voice of God – just like our Blessed Mother. We often view this sacred ...http://godalonesufficeth.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/not-my-will-but-thine-be-done/
A Day We Will Never Forget TEAM OPCARM - February 11, 2013 http://teamopcarm.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-day-we-will-never-forget.html
Shirt of Flame SOUTHERN FRIED CATHOLICISM - February 5, 2013 ... continues to instruct, confound, and inspire people more than 100 years later. By the age of 24, she would be dead. She was canonized in 1925, and in 1997, declared a Doctor of the Church (one of four women given the title). She is the patron saint of missionaries, Russia, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis sufferers, florists and gardeners, and people who have lost their parents. Why study a saint with a "Little Way"? "We must search for individuals for whom religion exists not as a dull habit, but as ...http://www.southernfriedcatholicism.com/2013/02/shirt-of-flame.html
