Carmelite Quotes

Facing death, Blessed Tirso of Jesus Mary asked his family to forgive, bless, and love everyone.

Virgin Suckling the Child Netherlandish, possibly Antwerp c. 1520 Although originally produced in great quantity, surviving paintings in tempera on linen from this period are quite rare. (Met Museum)

Tuesday 27 Oct, Dublin

🌹 At seventeen, she had already offered Christ her life. Blessed Chiquitunga’s words reveal what she was willing to give so that others might know him. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Ilw5OR #Catholic #Faith

✝️ When Jewish students were ordered out, he fought to keep them in school. Saint Titus Brandsma challenged Nazi persecution with a conviction: the Church makes no distinction by race. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Ilw7sA #Catholic #Saints

Saint Titus Brandsma stood beside persecuted Jews and fought to keep Jewish students in school.

“Sometimes we don’t hate anyone, but we pass by a brother or sister who is suffering”

25 Oct 1415: Henry V finds victory at the battle of Agincourt #otd

Holy Card with St. Clare of Assisi 1680s? Jan Baptist de Wael, 1632–1697. (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

A Cat with a Mouse Cornelis Bloemaert 1625 (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

25 Oct 1574: b. François d'Escoubleau de Sourdis future Archbishop of Bordeaux and co-founder of the Irish College there in 1603. He died 8 Feb 1628. (bust by Bernini, photo by Symac, Aquitaine Museum)

Panel of wood (probably pine) with polychrome decoration in tempera, including an elephant Spain, c. 1400

25 Oct 1514: d. Bishop William Elphinstone #otd in #Edinburgh, the founder of #Aberdeen University (SHowe)

Portrait of a Lady c. 1577-1580 Attributed to El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

Two Studies of a Nun, Vincenzo Dandini, 1671 (British Museum)

25 Oct 1657: Luke Wadding of #Waterford #Franciscan writer & founder of two #Irish colleges in #Rome becomes ill #otd after a chilling caused by attending a #Spanish funeral sermon at Ara Coeli #Rome. He d. on 18 Nov 1657.

🌹 Before she entered Carmel, she was already bringing Jesus to others. Blessed Chiquitunga’s years in Catholic Action reveal how a young woman receiving formation became a guide for others. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Ilw8Yq #Catholic #Saints

❤️ We may hate no one and still walk past someone who needs us. Bishop Silvio José Báez shows why loving God means reaching out, sharing another’s pain, and refusing indifference. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Ilw7iu #Catholic #Faith

Bishop Silvio José Báez, OCD: Love of God takes shape in mercy and care for our neighbor.

Before Carmel, Blessed Chiquitunga learned to bring Jesus to others through Catholic Action.

❤️ What happens when loving someone costs us? Bishop Silvio José Báez, OCD, connects the decision to seek another’s good with St. John of the Cross’s teaching on why we were created. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Ilw7ZK #Catholic #Faith

Sunday 25 Oct, Dublin

25 Oct 1970: Pope Paul VI canonizes Edmund Campion SJ, who was executed in London on 1 Dec 1581

St. Martina patron of #Rome. Her relics were discovered #otd 25 Oct 1634 by the painter Pietro da Cortona, in a crypt of Santi Luca e Martina. (El Greco - she’s on the left with the palm)

The will Flemish emblem book, 1685-1686 (BM)

A mid 17thC view of Hildegard of Bingen Illustration to Thomas Fuller's "The Holy State" (Cambridge: John Williams, 1642), p. 40. (British Museum)

25 Oct: feast of St John Houghton, the prior of #London charterhouse. Executed for refusal to take Supremacy Oath, May 1535.

25 Oct 1671: Margaret Fell holds the first Swarthmoor Quaker Women's monthly meeting #otd (BM)

25 Oct 1529: Thomas More replaces Thomas Wolsey as Chancellor of England #otd

Alabaster panel of the Adoration of the Magi England, 15th century (British Museum)

Saints of 25, 26, 27 Oct 17th century French calendar St Chrysanthus St Daria St Crispin St Crispinian Pope St Evaristus St Frumentius (British Museum)

25 Oct 1586: The trial of Mary Queen of #Scots is moved to #Westminster Palace from Fotheringhay #otd

❤️ What happens to love when enthusiasm fades? Blessed John Soreth explains how Christ sustains our love through hardship and keeps worldly attractions from winning our hearts. 🔗 https://twp.ai/IlwAxY #Catholic #Faith

🍂 What happens when one person lets go and the other remembers? In an early poem, Jessica Powers turns autumn leaves into images of longing and love that lingers. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Ilw9Q6 #Poetry #Love

Blessed John Soreth shows how Christ teaches us to love God tenderly, wisely, and steadfastly.

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Friday 23 Oct, Dublin

🙏 What changes when someone promises to pray for you? Maurice Bellière’s letter captures his renewed courage after Saint Thérèse was chosen to support his vocation. 🔗 https://twp.ai/IlwAiA #Prayer #Catholic

🕯️ Only two years in Carmel, a lifetime given to Christ. Sister Jeanne-Marie-Ange’s biography and prayer reveal a young nun’s love for souls in the Holy Land. 🔗 https://twp.ai/IlvwhA #Catholic #Prayer

Discover the life of Sister Jeanne-Marie-Ange, a young Carmelite nun on Mount Carmel.

🙏 What can prayer accomplish behind monastery walls? Saint John Paul II’s address to cloistered nuns in Ávila reveals how friendship with Christ bears fruit for the whole Church. 🔗 https://twp.ai/IlvwaS #Prayer #Catholic

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🕊️ What can cloistered nuns offer a land at war? In his address to religious sisters, Pope Leo XIV affirms the prayer and witness of the Carmelites of the Holy Land. 🔗 https://twp.ai/IlvyqE #Prayer #Catholic

Pope Leo XIV honors Carmelite nuns whose prayer for peace brings them close to those who suffer.

🕯️ Can our love bring comfort to Jesus? Saint Teresa of the Andes describes the happiness of keeping him company and joining her prayer to his. 🔗 https://twp.ai/IlvyQW #Prayer #Catholic

🙏 What does a life of hidden prayer give to the world? Saint John Paul II finds an answer in Carmel’s vocation: lives offered to God for the salvation of others. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Ilw0aR #Catholic #Prayer

Saint John Paul II connects contemplation and hidden sacrifice with the transformation of the world.

🍫 A gift of chocolates, a letter to her mother, and a glimpse of faith amid severe illness. Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity’s final days reveal her trust in God’s loving presence. 🔗https://twp.ai/Ilw1KJ #Catholic #Faith

🕯️ Dwelling on our weaknesses can keep us turned toward ourselves. Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity calls us to believe in God’s love and turn toward Christ, who dwells within us. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Ilw2hu #Prayer #Catholic

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