SUNDAY IN THE YEAR OF FAITH

ST. PAUL

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TIMELINE OF ST. PAUL 

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Rosemarie, OCDS

CARMELITE QUOTE

ST. THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS AND OF THE HOLY FACE

DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

I suppose that I ought to be distressed that I so often fall asleep during meditation and thanksgiving after Holy Communion, but I reflect that little children, asleep or awake, are equally dear to their parents; that to perform operations doctors put their patients to sleep; and finally, that 'The Lord knoweth our frame. He remembereth that we are but dust.' (Psalm 102)

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Rosemarie, OCDS

SUNDAY IN THE YEAR OF FAITH

WHERE THE TWELVE APOSTLES DIED

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St. Michael Byzantine Church Akron, Ohio (closed)

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Rosemarie, OCDS

STAINED GLASS FLOWERS-LITTLE ACCOUNTS OF THE MIRACULOUS

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St. Peter Church N. Ridgeville, Ohio

From the life of St. Therese:

It was "Our Lady of the Smile" who miraculously healed her at the age of ten. She was so sick with a mysterious illness that there was little hope of recovery. In desperation three of her sisters, kneeling before the statue of Mary, pleaded for their sister, when "all of a sudden the Blessed Virgin appeared beautiful to me, so beautiful that never had I seen anything so attractive; her face was suffused with an ineffable benevolence and tenderness, but what penetrated to the very depths of my soul was the 'ravishing smile of the Blessed Virgin."

PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF THE SMILE

Virgin of the Smile-Lisieux, France

HOMILETIC AND PASTORAL REVIEW

OUR LADY-THE EMBODIMENT OF ST. THERESE'S

 "LITTLE WAY"

SANCTUARY OF ST. THERESE-LISIEUX, FRANCE

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Rosemarie, OCDS

Carmelite Saint of the Day

Bl. Baptist Spagnoli

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Rosemarie, OCDS

CARMELITE QUOTE

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St. Alphonsus  Church Peru, Ohio

St. John of the Cross:

It is enough to have referred to the many imperfections of those who live in this beginner's state to see their need for God to put them into the state of proficients. He does this by introducing them into the dark night, of which we will now speak. There, through pure dryness and interior darkness, he weans them from the breasts of these gratifications and delights, takes away all these trivialities and childish ways, and makes them acquire the virtues by very different means. No matter how earnestly beginners in all their actions and passions practice the mortification of self, they will never be able to do so entirely--far from it--until God accomplishes it in them passively by means of the purgation of this night. May God be pleased to give me his divine light that I may say something worthwhile about this subject, for in a night so dark and a matter so difficult to treat and expound, his enlightenment is very necessary.
The Dark Night BK.1 Chap. 7, No. 5, The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD





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Peace be with you!
Rosemarie, OCDS

SATURDAY OF OUR LADY

LITANY OF THE LOVE OF GOD

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Our Lady of Charity
Regina Health Center Richfield, Ohio

Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God, the Father of heaven, Have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Ghost, Have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, Have mercy on us.
Thou Who art Infinite Love, Have mercy on us.
Thou Who didst first love me, Have mercy on us.
Thou Who commands me to love Thee, Have mercy on us.

With all my heart, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

With all my soul, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

With all my mind, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

With all my strength, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

Above all my possessions and honors, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

More than myself, and everything belonging to me, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

More than all my relatives and friends, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

More than all men and angels, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

Above all created things in heaven or on earth, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

Only for Thyself, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

Because Thou art the sovereign Good, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

Because Thou art infinitely worthy of being loved, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

Because thou art infinitely perfect, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

Even if you did not promise me heaven, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

Even if you should try me by want and misfortune, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

In wealth and in poverty, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

In prosperity and in adversity, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

In health and in sickness, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

In life and in death, I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

In time and in eternity,I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

In union with that love wherewith all the saints and all the angels love Thee in heaven,
I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

In union with that love wherewith the Blessed Virgin Mary loves Thee,
I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

In union with that infinite love wherewith Thou loves Thyself eternally,
I LOVE THEE, O MY GOD

PRAYER

My God, Who possess in incomprehensible abundance all that is perfect and worthy of love, annihilate in me all guilty, sensual, and undue love for creatures. Kindle in my heart the pure fire of Thy love, so that I may love nothing but You, until being entirely consumed by holy love of You, I may go to love You eternally with the elect in heaven, the country of pure love. Amen.  (Composed by Pope Pius VI)





Peace be with you!
Rosemarie, OCDS