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Finding My Personal Relationship with Our Lady
In this month of May, which is dedicated by Catholics to Our Lady, I was thinking about my own journey in my relationship with Mary. As a...
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May 6, 20244 min read
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Carmelite Book Study - April
RESCHEDULED: date TBD. I’m so sorry to reschedule my dear friends, but this month has been so hectic for us, between Easter, the baby...
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Mar 26, 20242 min read
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Carmelite Book Study - March!
Praised be Jesus Christ! Time to start diving into our read for March! For those new here, I have begun a Catholic book study group this...
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Mar 1, 20242 min read
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Lent, a Season for Sacrifice: Learning from God the Father
This past Sunday's first reading made a deep impression on me, and the reflection I had on it has remained with me as this week has...
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Feb 28, 20243 min read
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Five Areas to Simplify for Lent
Lent is all about simplifying - cutting out anything worldly that inhibits our relationship with God. Here are five areas of our life in...
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Feb 13, 20244 min read
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Carmelite Book Study - February!
Praised be Jesus Christ! January's Carmelite book study of Carmelite Spirituality in the Teresian Tradition, by Paul-Marie of the Cross,...
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Feb 6, 20242 min read
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Carmelite Book Study!!!
My dear friends, Praised be Jesus Christ! I am beyond thrilled to bring a Catholic book study group to you, focused solely on everything...
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Jan 12, 20242 min read
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Two Things about Advent in the Monastery that Transformed My Experience of Christmas
The Christmas that I had during my year in the Carmelite monastery was unlike anything I have ever experienced. I was raised in a very...
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Nov 27, 20234 min read
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Mental Prayer
Prayer is such a huge part of our spiritual life, and it is the thing around which my whole life was centered in the Carmelite Monastery...
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Apr 25, 20235 min read
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Holy Week in a Carmelite Monastery
As I begin writing this, I almost hesitate to even attempt to capture in words one of the most beautiful spiritual experiences of my...
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Apr 5, 20235 min read
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Feast of the Annunciation
My dear friends, In honor of today's feast of the Annunciation, I just wanted to share a quote from my favorite book on Mary, a book I...
carmelitehomemaker
Mar 25, 20232 min read
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Modesty in Dress for Women
Modesty is a topic around which many disagreements occur, even within a group of people who all believe it is important. What determines...
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Mar 14, 20233 min read
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Five Things I Learned at the Carmelite Monastery that can be Used in Life in the World
Today I would like to share a few of the many fruits of my experience during the year I was a postulant at the Carmelite monastery, and...
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Mar 14, 20234 min read
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All or Nothing
There are so many opportunities for growth that present themselves to us in everyday life. Opportunities to grow in our prayer life, in...
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Mar 14, 20232 min read
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Beginnings
My dearest friends, Praised be Jesus Christ! Today I embark upon the new journey of having a blog. This has only been undertaken after...
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Mar 14, 20232 min read
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