Flowers of Carmel
“St. John of the Cross, together with St. Teresa, has reformed the Order of Mount Carmel, has called it back […]
Carmelite Quotes
Flowers of Carmel
“Up to a certain point the papal dispensations of the old Rule have given occasion for a certain deviation from
Flowers of Carmel
“Indeed, we do not look upon him as the prior of the monastery of the Old Observance of Segovia did,
Flowers of Carmel
“It is a great joy for me, a Carmelite of the mitigated branch, to be allowed to take part in
Flowers of Carmel
“No creature shared that grace in a higher degree than Mary. She, our Mother, is our example of the manner
Flowers of Carmel
“And now a final idea. God, acting in us and dwelling in us, is the starting point of the mystical
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“But the great Gardener is our Helper; or, to use the image of St. Teresa, He leads the water of
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“To reach this life of union a long way must be traversed. In the beginning, one striving for recollection will
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“For the rest, one should read the works of St. Teresa to see that reasoning and logical evolution take a
Flowers of Carmel
“On opening her book, one reads what a high value she sets on imaginative and intellectual meditation, though she likes