CARMELITE QUOTE

 A Poem by Bl. Titus Brandsma
Carmelite and Martyr

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Before a Picture of Jesus in My Cell

A new awareness of Thy love
Encompasses my heart:
Sweet Jesus, I in Thee and Thou
In me shall never part.

No grief shall fall my way but I
Shall see Thy grief-filled eyes;
The lonely way that Thou once walked
Has made me sorrow-wise.

All trouble is a white-lit joy,
That lights my darkest day;
Thy love has turned to brightest light
This night-like way.

If I have Thee alone,
The hours will bless
With still, cold hands of love
My utter loneliness.

Stay with me, Jesus,only stay;
I shall not fear
If, reaching out my hand,
I feel Thee near.

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Prayer:

Lord our God,

source and giver of life,

you gave to Blessed Titus

the Spirit of courage

to proclaim human dignity

and the freedom of the Church

even in the throes of degrading

persecution and death.

Grant us that same Spirit

so that in the coming of your 

kingdom of justice and peace

we might never be ashamed 

of the Gospel

but be enabled to recognize 

your loving-kindness in all the

events of our lives.

We pray through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Peace be with you!
Rosemarie of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, ocds

SUNDAY WITH THE SAINTS

Blessed Titus Brandsma, O. Carm

Priest and Martyr



Born at Bolsward (The Netherlands) in 1881, Blessed Titus Brandma joined the Carmelite Order as a young man. Ordained a priest in 1905, he earned a doctorate in philosophy in Rome. He then taught in various schools in Holland and was named professor of philosophy and of the history of mysticism in the Catholic University of Nijmegen, where he also served as Rector Magnificus. He was noted for his constant availability to everyone. He was a professional journalist, and in 1935 he was appointed ecclesiastical advisor to Catholic journalists. Both before and during the Nazi occupation of The Netherlands he fought, faithful to the Gospel, against the spread of Nazi ideology and for the freedom of Catholic education and of the Catholic press. For this he was arrested and sent to a succession of prisons and concentration camps where he brought comfort and peace to his fellow prisoners and did good even to his tormentors; in 1942, after much suffering and humiliation, he was killed at Dachau. He was beatified by John Paul II on November 3, 1985.

From his writings:

Jesus called himself the head of the Mystical Body, of which we are the members. He is the vine, we are the branches. He laid himself in the winepress and himself trod it. He handed us the wine so that, drinking it, we might lead his life, might share his suffering. Whoever wishes to do my will, let him daily take up his cross. Whoever follows me has the light of life. I am the way, he said. I have given you an example, so that as I have done so you may do also...

Mary, who kept all God's words in her heart, in the fullness of grace granted her, understood the great value of suffering. while the apostles fled, she went out to meet the Savior on the way to Calvary and stood beneath the cross, in order to share his grief and shame to the end. And she carried him to the grave, firmly trusting that he would rise...

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Peace be with you!

Rosemarie, ocds

CARMELITE SAINT OF THE DAY

BL. TITUS BRANDSMA

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Peace be with you!

Rosemarie, ocds

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