Dear Religious Family, “Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end.” (Jn 13,1) This extreme love is that which we commemorate during the Holy…
A few days ago I found some Carmelites couplets, from which comes the title of a book about the life of St. Maravillas de Jesús: God is my Father. The following are the first few verses: God is my Father, how happy I am! I am his child, a child…
“…contemplatives have to bear aloft the standard of humility and must suffer all the blows which are aimed at them without striking any themselves. Their duty is to suffer as Christ did, to raise the Cross on high, not to allow it to leave their hands, whatever the perils in…
