Carmelite Quotes

“This apparition left the Saint enraptured with joy. The Order’s habit, hitherto a token of devotion to Mary, now became […]

“In that distress the Saint again had recourse to Mary and his confidence was not betrayed. How could it be

“Times were hard. We are told so not only in the life of St. Simon Stock, but also an account

“He realised that devotion to Mary was a feature of highest value to the Order, that the title must render

“The tradition of the first Generals was splendidly maintained by the man of divine election, St. Simon Stock, who figured

“Pope and Bishops, even in that first century, affix indulgences to the use of that name and moreover endeavor to

“When Pope Innocent IV admits the Order to the West and adapts its Rule to fit the changed circumstances, he

“When the second General of the Order, St. Brocard, lay on his death-bed, he gathered the hermits about him to

“This gave ample scope to their piety and while they daily hurried to Our Lady’s Chapel and before her altar

“We have already mentioned the pious tradition in the Order of Carmel that the Prophet Elias saw in the little