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CARMELITE HOMEMAKER
FAITH * HOMEMAKING * FEMININITY
carmelitehomemaker
May 64 min read
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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carmelitehomemaker
Mar 262 min read
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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carmelitehomemaker
Mar 12 min read
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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carmelitehomemaker
Feb 283 min read
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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carmelitehomemaker
Feb 134 min read
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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carmelitehomemaker
Feb 62 min read
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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carmelitehomemaker
Jan 122 min read
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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carmelitehomemaker
Nov 27, 20234 min read
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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carmelitehomemaker
Apr 25, 20235 min read
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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carmelitehomemaker
Apr 5, 20235 min read
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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carmelitehomemaker
Mar 25, 20232 min read
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...
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carmelitehomemaker
Mar 14, 20233 min read
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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carmelitehomemaker
Mar 14, 20234 min read
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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carmelitehomemaker
Mar 14, 20232 min read
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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carmelitehomemaker
Mar 14, 20232 min read
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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