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🕯️ Saint Edith Stein invites us to notice the small spark of joy that marks Advent’s quiet beginning.
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#Advent #Spirituality
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#Advent #Spirituality
December 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
🕯️ Saint Edith Stein invites us to notice the small spark of joy that marks Advent’s quiet beginning.
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsBEQ
#Advent #Spirituality
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsBEQ
#Advent #Spirituality
🕯️ Carmelite poet Jessica Powers reflects on how Come becomes Advent’s word of longing and hope—a simple, steady plea for the God who draws near.
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsATV
#Advent #JessicaPowers #CatholicPoetry
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsATV
#Advent #JessicaPowers #CatholicPoetry
November 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
🕯️ Carmelite poet Jessica Powers reflects on how Come becomes Advent’s word of longing and hope—a simple, steady plea for the God who draws near.
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsATV
#Advent #JessicaPowers #CatholicPoetry
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsATV
#Advent #JessicaPowers #CatholicPoetry
🌄 Teresa of Jesus once joked that she had “one and a half friars” to begin the Carmelite Reform.
It’s a line both playful and mysterious—one that still invites interpretation.
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsCl0
#ChristianHistory #Storytelling
It’s a line both playful and mysterious—one that still invites interpretation.
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsCl0
#ChristianHistory #Storytelling
November 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🌄 Teresa of Jesus once joked that she had “one and a half friars” to begin the Carmelite Reform.
It’s a line both playful and mysterious—one that still invites interpretation.
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsCl0
#ChristianHistory #Storytelling
It’s a line both playful and mysterious—one that still invites interpretation.
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsCl0
#ChristianHistory #Storytelling
🌄 Saint John of the Cross calls us to ascend with Christ and behold ourselves in His beauty this Advent as we go to the mountain of divine Wisdom and the hill of God’s works.
🔗 https://twp.ai/NTXSBB
#SaintJohnoftheCross #Advent
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#SaintJohnoftheCross #Advent
November 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
🌄 Saint John of the Cross calls us to ascend with Christ and behold ourselves in His beauty this Advent as we go to the mountain of divine Wisdom and the hill of God’s works.
🔗 https://twp.ai/NTXSBB
#SaintJohnoftheCross #Advent
🔗 https://twp.ai/NTXSBB
#SaintJohnoftheCross #Advent
🕯️ Teresa of Avila once called Duruelo “that little stable of Bethlehem.” It was small, poor, and hidden—but it became the first home of the Discalced Carmelite friars.
Her storytelling brings the whole scene to life.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Imrx3n
#DiscalcedCarmelites #SaintTeresa #Duruelo
Her storytelling brings the whole scene to life.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Imrx3n
#DiscalcedCarmelites #SaintTeresa #Duruelo
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🕯️ Teresa of Avila once called Duruelo “that little stable of Bethlehem.” It was small, poor, and hidden—but it became the first home of the Discalced Carmelite friars.
Her storytelling brings the whole scene to life.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Imrx3n
#DiscalcedCarmelites #SaintTeresa #Duruelo
Her storytelling brings the whole scene to life.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Imrx3n
#DiscalcedCarmelites #SaintTeresa #Duruelo
📜 Saint Teresa of Avila recounts the harsh captivity of Saint John of the Cross. As Carmel recalls Blesseds Denis of the Nativity and Redemptus of the Cross on 29 Nov, her witness speaks strongly today.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Imrz4A
#Carmelite #SaintTeresaOfAvila
🔗 https://twp.ai/Imrz4A
#Carmelite #SaintTeresaOfAvila
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
📜 Saint Teresa of Avila recounts the harsh captivity of Saint John of the Cross. As Carmel recalls Blesseds Denis of the Nativity and Redemptus of the Cross on 29 Nov, her witness speaks strongly today.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Imrz4A
#Carmelite #SaintTeresaOfAvila
🔗 https://twp.ai/Imrz4A
#Carmelite #SaintTeresaOfAvila
🌴 On 29 November, we celebrate Blessed Denis of the Nativity and Blessed Redemptus of the Cross, who received the martyr's crown in Sumatra. Find the official prayers on our blog.
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImrBXa
#BlessedDenisAndRedemptus #FeastDay #CarmeliteMartyrs
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#BlessedDenisAndRedemptus #FeastDay #CarmeliteMartyrs
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🌴 On 29 November, we celebrate Blessed Denis of the Nativity and Blessed Redemptus of the Cross, who received the martyr's crown in Sumatra. Find the official prayers on our blog.
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImrBXa
#BlessedDenisAndRedemptus #FeastDay #CarmeliteMartyrs
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImrBXa
#BlessedDenisAndRedemptus #FeastDay #CarmeliteMartyrs
📜 Saint Teresa looked at the abandoned farmhouse of Duruelo and simply said: “The important thing was to make a start.”
Explore the true story of how the first Discalced Carmelite friars began at the humble farmhouse.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims0TQ
#Carmelite #SaintTeresa #CatholicHistory
Explore the true story of how the first Discalced Carmelite friars began at the humble farmhouse.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims0TQ
#Carmelite #SaintTeresa #CatholicHistory
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
📜 Saint Teresa looked at the abandoned farmhouse of Duruelo and simply said: “The important thing was to make a start.”
Explore the true story of how the first Discalced Carmelite friars began at the humble farmhouse.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims0TQ
#Carmelite #SaintTeresa #CatholicHistory
Explore the true story of how the first Discalced Carmelite friars began at the humble farmhouse.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims0TQ
#Carmelite #SaintTeresa #CatholicHistory
✝️ Join the Discalced Carmelites for our 2025 Online Advent Retreat with Saint Mariam of Bethlehem.
✝️ Watch our intro podcast:
✝️ Watch our intro podcast:
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Saint Mariam of Jesus Crucified: A Mystic for Advent
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November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
✝️ Join the Discalced Carmelites for our 2025 Online Advent Retreat with Saint Mariam of Bethlehem.
✝️ Watch our intro podcast:
✝️ Watch our intro podcast:
🔥 “The ancient hermits of Mount Carmel came to his mind...”
—Fray Alonso de la Madre de Dios
On 27 Nov 1568, the first Discalced friars gathered at Duruelo to begin the Teresian Reform for men on the First Sunday of Advent.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims1n3
#ChurchHistory
—Fray Alonso de la Madre de Dios
On 27 Nov 1568, the first Discalced friars gathered at Duruelo to begin the Teresian Reform for men on the First Sunday of Advent.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims1n3
#ChurchHistory
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
🔥 “The ancient hermits of Mount Carmel came to his mind...”
—Fray Alonso de la Madre de Dios
On 27 Nov 1568, the first Discalced friars gathered at Duruelo to begin the Teresian Reform for men on the First Sunday of Advent.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims1n3
#ChurchHistory
—Fray Alonso de la Madre de Dios
On 27 Nov 1568, the first Discalced friars gathered at Duruelo to begin the Teresian Reform for men on the First Sunday of Advent.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims1n3
#ChurchHistory
🙏✨ In honor of her November 25 feast day, today’s Substack reflection shares Saint Thérèse’s dream of Blessed Anne of Jesus, who drew near and covered her with her veil.
Read here:
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims2UJ
#Carmelite #BlessedAnneOfJesus
Read here:
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims2UJ
#Carmelite #BlessedAnneOfJesus
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
🙏✨ In honor of her November 25 feast day, today’s Substack reflection shares Saint Thérèse’s dream of Blessed Anne of Jesus, who drew near and covered her with her veil.
Read here:
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims2UJ
#Carmelite #BlessedAnneOfJesus
Read here:
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims2UJ
#Carmelite #BlessedAnneOfJesus
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Very interesting reflection and more than than inspiring!
Thank you @carmelitequotes.blog for posting this
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Thank you @carmelitequotes.blog for posting this
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“Save Yourself”: The Temptation Jesus Refused
On the cross, Jesus confronts the last temptation and reveals how God reigns
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November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Very interesting reflection and more than than inspiring!
Thank you @carmelitequotes.blog for posting this
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Thank you @carmelitequotes.blog for posting this
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🙏✨ On this day…
On 26 Nov 1877, Józef Kalinowski received the Carmelite habit as Brother Raphael of St. Joseph—embracing a life of conversion, humility, and allegiance to Christ.
🕊️ “God bless the hand which directed me…”
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims49b
#ReligiousLife
On 26 Nov 1877, Józef Kalinowski received the Carmelite habit as Brother Raphael of St. Joseph—embracing a life of conversion, humility, and allegiance to Christ.
🕊️ “God bless the hand which directed me…”
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims49b
#ReligiousLife
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🙏✨ On this day…
On 26 Nov 1877, Józef Kalinowski received the Carmelite habit as Brother Raphael of St. Joseph—embracing a life of conversion, humility, and allegiance to Christ.
🕊️ “God bless the hand which directed me…”
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims49b
#ReligiousLife
On 26 Nov 1877, Józef Kalinowski received the Carmelite habit as Brother Raphael of St. Joseph—embracing a life of conversion, humility, and allegiance to Christ.
🕊️ “God bless the hand which directed me…”
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims49b
#ReligiousLife
✨ “Save Yourself”: The Temptation Jesus Refused
How the triple taunt at Calvary mirrors the temptations in the wilderness — and reveals Christ’s true way of reigning.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims3ud
#ChristTheKing #GospelReflection
How the triple taunt at Calvary mirrors the temptations in the wilderness — and reveals Christ’s true way of reigning.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims3ud
#ChristTheKing #GospelReflection
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
✨ “Save Yourself”: The Temptation Jesus Refused
How the triple taunt at Calvary mirrors the temptations in the wilderness — and reveals Christ’s true way of reigning.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims3ud
#ChristTheKing #GospelReflection
How the triple taunt at Calvary mirrors the temptations in the wilderness — and reveals Christ’s true way of reigning.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Ims3ud
#ChristTheKing #GospelReflection
🌿 “You have entered an Order so holy and perfect…”
Blessed Anne of Jesus helped shape the soul of Carmel in France and she continues to intercede for her daughters.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Imsuq0
#Carmelite #BlessedAnneOfJesus
Blessed Anne of Jesus helped shape the soul of Carmel in France and she continues to intercede for her daughters.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Imsuq0
#Carmelite #BlessedAnneOfJesus
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🌿 “You have entered an Order so holy and perfect…”
Blessed Anne of Jesus helped shape the soul of Carmel in France and she continues to intercede for her daughters.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Imsuq0
#Carmelite #BlessedAnneOfJesus
Blessed Anne of Jesus helped shape the soul of Carmel in France and she continues to intercede for her daughters.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Imsuq0
#Carmelite #BlessedAnneOfJesus
🌿 Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity invites us into “The Interior Kingdom,” the soul’s deepest center where Christ the King reigns in quiet light. Explore this new reflection.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Imsukz
#StElizabethOfTheTrinity #ChristTheKing
🔗 https://twp.ai/Imsukz
#StElizabethOfTheTrinity #ChristTheKing
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The Interior Kingdom
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November 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
🌿 Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity invites us into “The Interior Kingdom,” the soul’s deepest center where Christ the King reigns in quiet light. Explore this new reflection.
🔗 https://twp.ai/Imsukz
#StElizabethOfTheTrinity #ChristTheKing
🔗 https://twp.ai/Imsukz
#StElizabethOfTheTrinity #ChristTheKing
🔥 On 25 November, we honor Blessed Anne of Jesus, a companion of Saint Teresa who founded monasteries in France and Belgium. Find the official prayers on our blog.
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImrBXE
#BlessedAnneOfJesus #FeastDay #CarmelitePrayers #Carmelite
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImrBXE
#BlessedAnneOfJesus #FeastDay #CarmelitePrayers #Carmelite
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🔥 On 25 November, we honor Blessed Anne of Jesus, a companion of Saint Teresa who founded monasteries in France and Belgium. Find the official prayers on our blog.
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImrBXE
#BlessedAnneOfJesus #FeastDay #CarmelitePrayers #Carmelite
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImrBXE
#BlessedAnneOfJesus #FeastDay #CarmelitePrayers #Carmelite
🌸 On this day in 1528, St. Teresa of Avila lost her mother. In her grief she turned to an image of Our Lady and asked the Virgin to be her mother—an act of trust that shaped her whole life.
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImswRd
#StTeresaOfAvila #Carmelite #MarianDevotion
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImswRd
#StTeresaOfAvila #Carmelite #MarianDevotion
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🌸 On this day in 1528, St. Teresa of Avila lost her mother. In her grief she turned to an image of Our Lady and asked the Virgin to be her mother—an act of trust that shaped her whole life.
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImswRd
#StTeresaOfAvila #Carmelite #MarianDevotion
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImswRd
#StTeresaOfAvila #Carmelite #MarianDevotion
"Now, let us examine our consciences. Any Carmelite who is spiritually lukewarm, is apostolically remiss. ... Are we humble and obedient? Do we practice poverty and mortification?"
-Servant of God Père Jacques de Jésus
#ChristTheKing #Beatitudes #BlessedAreThePoor
-Servant of God Père Jacques de Jésus
#ChristTheKing #Beatitudes #BlessedAreThePoor
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"Now, let us examine our consciences. Any Carmelite who is spiritually lukewarm, is apostolically remiss. ... Are we humble and obedient? Do we practice poverty and mortification?"
-Servant of God Père Jacques de Jésus
#ChristTheKing #Beatitudes #BlessedAreThePoor
-Servant of God Père Jacques de Jésus
#ChristTheKing #Beatitudes #BlessedAreThePoor
💒 Saint Louis Martin wanted to marry without consummating the marriage. Zélie agreed. Their extraordinary union began as a fraternal marriage, following the example of Saints Cecilia and Valerian, who sought God alone. What next?
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsxHp
#CatholicMarriage
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsxHp
#CatholicMarriage
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
💒 Saint Louis Martin wanted to marry without consummating the marriage. Zélie agreed. Their extraordinary union began as a fraternal marriage, following the example of Saints Cecilia and Valerian, who sought God alone. What next?
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsxHp
#CatholicMarriage
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsxHp
#CatholicMarriage
✝️ "O Christians, it's time to defend your King," Teresa of Avila writes in her Soliloquies. Few vassals remain with Christ while great multitudes follow Lucifer. She asks every Christian: Will you accompany Him in his solitude?
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsyHt
#ChristTheKing
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsyHt
#ChristTheKing
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
✝️ "O Christians, it's time to defend your King," Teresa of Avila writes in her Soliloquies. Few vassals remain with Christ while great multitudes follow Lucifer. She asks every Christian: Will you accompany Him in his solitude?
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsyHt
#ChristTheKing
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsyHt
#ChristTheKing
✝️ 450 years ago today in Seville, Saint Teresa of Avila waited in anguish as Father Gracián presented his credentials to hostile Calced friars. "O woman of little faith," Christ told her, "be quiet. All is going to be well."
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsyCY
#StTeresaOfAvila
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsyCY
#StTeresaOfAvila
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
✝️ 450 years ago today in Seville, Saint Teresa of Avila waited in anguish as Father Gracián presented his credentials to hostile Calced friars. "O woman of little faith," Christ told her, "be quiet. All is going to be well."
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsyCY
#StTeresaOfAvila
🔗 https://twp.ai/ImsyCY
#StTeresaOfAvila