Flowers of Carmel
“In Mary we see the most beautiful image of our union with God. She, the bride of the Holy Spirit, […]
Carmelite Quotes
Flowers of Carmel
“Mary is thus our Guide on our way to the mystical union with God.” Bl. Titus Brandsma What do you
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“We must, under the beneficial influence of the Holy Spirit, be born to a new life with God, who lives
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“This light becomes fuller and deeper still, if it illumines not only the senses and the imagination, not only the
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“Don’t live in a haphazard way. In your activities think that God sees you, but people do too. In your
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“We can look for God with our eyes. God can also act so overwhelmingly that we have to see him.
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“We must indeed go out of ourselves, we must do all we can to go out to meet him, but
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“They (Teresa of Avila and Jan van Ruusbroec) are both masters of the spiritual life, who did not in the
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“Already once in the history of our spirituality we have seen how a one-sided practice of virtue has led to
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“The Devotio Moderna had overstressed human receptivity and the necessity of practicing virtue in reparation for the coming of the