ŚWIĘTOŚĆ KOBIECOŚCI by Mary Kloska

ŚWIĘTOŚĆ KOBIECOŚCI by Mary Kloska

Poniżej znajduje się konferencja, którą Mary wygłosiła w ośrodku rekolekcyjnym w Bąblińcu (w Polsce) do grupy młodych Polaków, poruszając temat Miłości Boga do nich. Konferencja miała miejsce 3 września 2005 r. i była tłumaczona przez Hanię Przybyło. Możecie jej odsłuchać zarówno w oryginalnym języku angielskim, jak i w polskim tłumaczeniu Hani Przybyło.   

Świętość Kobiecości

Mary Kloska (tłumaczenie: Agata Wesołowska)

Świętość kobiecości to książka-rekolekcje dla kobiet. Wielka tajemnica otacza dar kobiecości, który – wedle Bożego zamysłu – powinien być przez ludzi ceniony i chroniony. Książka przedstawia różne dary, które Bóg powierzył niewiastom (a dokładnie – dary, którymi one same mają się stawać) oraz rolę kobiet jako pomocnic, żon i matek. Świętość kobiecości porusza również temat Bożego wezwania, kierowanego do kobiety w jej konkretnym powołaniu, a także daru czystości oraz wyjątkowości kobiecego życia duchowego – w odniesieniu do Krzyża, Eucharystii i Modlitwy.

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Rekolekcje “Świętość kobiecości” – materiały dodatkowe

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Świadectwa

„Książka jest tak wyjątkowa, że nie zdziwiłbym się wcale, gdyby z czasem została uznana za klasyk katolickiej literatury kobiecej. Zachęcałbym każdą kobietę, by przeczytała ten „traktat”, a potem realizowała go w całym swoim życiu… Powracaj do tej książki, aż wreszcie… zostawisz ją – jako szczególną pamiątkę – komuś, kogo bardzo kochasz.”

–Lawrence Edward Tucker, SOLT, autor książek: The Redemption of San IsidroTo Whom The Heart Decided To LoveAdventures In The Father’s JoyThe Prayer of Jesus Crucified (La Oracion de Jesus Crucificado)twórca nowego albumu/CD z muzyką katolicką So Shine (wytwórnia: brothersister)

„Mary Kloska podejmuje ważny, a jednocześnie nieco zaniedbany temat, dotyczący rzeczywistych różnic między kobietą a mężczyzną, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem wpływu tych różnic na kobiecą duchowość. Podczas czytania tej książki, rosnące uczucie radości zastępuje powoli wszelkie negatywne emocje, które często towarzyszą tym kwestiom; Mary bowiem – łagodnie i spokojnie – wskazuje różnice między jedną a drugą płcią oraz podkreśla z szacunkiem wartość obydwu; skupia jednak swą uwagę głównie na kobiecych darach duchowych. Jako mężczyzna, jestem duchowym kierownikiem kobiet; znam też wiele z nich, które udzielają duchowego wsparcia mężczyznom; jednak spojrzenie Mary co do kobiecego życia duchowego jest daleko bardziej wnikliwe niż moje własne spostrzeżenia na ten temat. Ponadto, jej doświadczenie pochodzi z życia spędzonego na czterech kontynentach, wśród bardzo różnych kultur (w Ameryce Północnej, Europie, Afryce i Azji), co dodatkowo poszerzyło jej ogląd w tej sprawie. Naturalnie, osobiste życie duchowe Mary jest niezaprzeczalnym źródłem tej głębi. Jej książka może stanowić wielką pomoc w duchowym rozwoju kobiet.”

–Mitch Pacwa, SJ, dyrektor i założyciel „Ignatius Productions” oraz zasłużony pracownik naukowy w „St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology”

„Cóż za piękne rekolekcje dla kobiet! Podobają mi się ogromnie. Są pełne głębokich refleksji.”

–Dr. Ronda Chervin, organizatorka licznych rekolekcji dla kobiet, autorka Feminine, Free, and Faithful

O Autorce  

Mary Kloska pochodzi z Elkhart, w stanie Indiana, i prowadzi bardzo wyjątkowe życie. Po ukończeniu studiów w Notre Dame w 1999 r., spędziła prawie 20 lat na misjach w wielu miejscach na świecie (na Syberii, Filipinach, w Ziemi Świętej, Nigerii, Tanzanii, Republice Południowej Afryki, Meksyku i w licznych krajach europejskich), służąc potrzebującym (m.in. w sierocińcach), jak również spędzając czas na modlitwie jako pustelnica konsekrowana. Mary lubi grać na gitarze, malować ikony, piec, zajmować się ogrodnictwem, czytać, pisać i po prostu służyć wszędzie tam, gdzie jest największa potrzeba w Kościele. Jej program radiowy WCAT – „The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love” [„Serce Fiat Ukrzyżowanej Miłości”] można znaleźć na stronie wcatradio.com/heartoffiatcrucifiedlove/

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A Love Letter to Mary – Keith Berube

A Love Letter to Mary – Keith Berube

A Love Letter to Mary

By Keith Berubé

The Holy Trinity is absolutely enamoured of Mary. The Saints and so many good Catholics not canonized are totally in love with Mary. Both God and man have expressed their hearts for Mary in poetry.
 
When these expressions of love are placed together, what we find is one vast love letter to Mary, one letter composed of countless letters, like thousands of shards of a great mirror each reflecting with more or less intensity the loveliest, sweetest light. God desires this mirror. He wants to express in creation, in Scripture, and in the lives of all those who love her His infinite, eternal, unfathomable, and fiery love for Mary, each saint contributing to this love letter in his or her own absolutely unique, incommunicable way.
 
Of course, so much of this love letter resides in the abyss of the heart where there are, finally, no adequate words; the expressions of love that we do have for Mary, as written in this book, are like the froth of ocean waves, merely hinting at the tremendous depths that lay beneath. Make this book your own, and use it to express your own love for Mary and to increase your bond with her.
 
Paperback $17.95 (grayscale) | $29.99 (full color!) | Kindle $9.99
 

TESTIMONIALS

“For Aquinas, ‘the Beauty of God is the cause of the being of all that is.’ And this magnificent beauty generationally overflows from Our Lady’s abundant heart to each of us, furnishing the great message of life, as well as being the very balm which prepares us for death and union in her arms. A Love Letter to Mary is one of the great books needed in all stages of life, from the joys of new beginnings, to the dark business of suffering, and at death when our final words should sing with beauty and praise. — Dr. Caitlin Gilson, Associate Professor of Philosophy at University of Holy Cross and author of Subordinated Ethics: Natural Law and Moral Miscellany in Aquinas and Dostoevsky

“With his gift of poetic prose – a style that is, at once, academically adroit yet profoundly personal – and on the heels his breakout sensation Mary: The Rosary, the Relationship, and Dragons, Keith Berubé has established himself not only as a most gifted theologian, but also as a missionary of the Marian maxim, ‘De Maria Numquam Satis.’ In this present work, Berubé has assembled some of the world’s finest tributes – or, as he calls them, “Love Letters” – to the Queen of Heaven and Earth. He draws these from the typology of the Blessed Virgin contained in such Old Testament figures as Rebecca, Rachel, Judith, Esther, and Created Wisdom. He also draws these from the odes and prayers of the great Saints throughout the history of Christendom and from the myriad of beautiful women throughout the history of Western Art and Literature, who, whether knowingly or unknowingly, represent the Blessed Virgin. — Jayson M. Brunelle, M.Ed., CAGS, author of The Blessed Mother’s Plan to Save Humanity: Marian Revelations and Necessity of Total Consecration

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mr. Keith Berubé, author of Mary, the Beloved and Mary: The Rosary, The Relationship, and Dragons, holds holds a B.A. and an M.A. in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville and has taken doctoral studies at Holy Apostles College and Seminary. His MA and doctoral studies focused on Mariology and he is currently writing his doctoral dissertation at the University of South Africa under the direction of Dr. Jennifer Slater and the co-direction of Fr. Peter Kucer, MSA, currently serving as the Interim Rector-President at Holy Apostles College and Seminary. His doctoral thesis concerns the eschatological reality of Mary and the intimate relationship God desires people to have with her. Mr. Berubé writes Marian articles for Homiletic and Pastoral Review, is featured in the upcoming 2019 edition of Fr. Donald Calloway’s Marian Journal Mater Misericordiae, has given various radio interviews, and has appeared on Mother Angelica’s EWTN. He teaches at Queen of Heaven Academy and resides with his wife and their five children in Columbus, Ohio.

See Keith’s recent article in Homiletic and Pastoral Review entitled “‘To Jesus through Mary’ is Not Enough”(October 2, 2018)

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Always a New Beginning!

Always a New Beginning!

Always a New Beginning! A Conversation between Broken Catholic Spiritual Warriors

By Ronda Chervin, Ph.D., and David E. Dowd

RONDA: Life is a broken field of dreams for some of us. Loved ones, experience, accidents, illness, old age… each inflicting pain and suffering according to circumstance. Some of us emerge with scars on the outside and inside. We can live on the inside looking through our broken shard of glass at our lives.
 
DAVE: But, you might learn you CAN make a new beginning. Some of us who struggle to remain faithful through our pain like I did can begin, now! So, I invite you to join me in meeting up with Ronda Chervin. I invite you to join us in this life giving adventure along the roads of honesty and truth as we rediscover His Plan in our own journey, as Saint Benedict said, “Always a New Beginning.”
Paperback $16.95 | Kindle $9.99
 

Catechism of the Catholic Church #298

Since God could create everything out of nothing, he can also, through the Holy Spirit, give spiritual life to sinners by creating a pure heart in them, and bodily life to the dead through the Resurrection. God “gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.” And since God was able to make light shine in darkness by his Word, he can also give the light of faith to those who do not yet know him.

 
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TESTIMONIALS

“The past is gone, and the future is not yet. Always a New Beginning! is a pleasant and insightful challenge to always live in the present moment with prayerful calmness, peaceful determination, and joyful humor. It is an invitation to live life to the full, making all things new.” – Br. Francis Flaherty, OCSO, Assumption Abbey, Ava, Missouri

“This is a positive and practical book for those of us who are at least eighty, for those who are not-quite-eighty, and for all who are not-quite-not-quite-eighty. As many of us, as youngsters, gladly anticipated adolescence and adulthood, here we are aided by the authors’ experiences, their wit and wisdom, as they guide us forward. We can join our walks with theirs into our later years. The questions at the end of each chapter enable us, the readers, to join in this adventure as well, to experience our own individual healing and growth.” – Marti Armstrong, M.S.

“It is a privilege for me to recommend Always a New Beginning! Just the title is inspirational, so true and invites interest. The book is also very personal, humble, unique, and a heartwarming dialogue between the authors, which is so enjoyable to read. I have gotten to know David Dowd in the past couple of months and his revelations are so him, and I also feel like I know Ronda, without meeting her, because of their opening up of very personal and intimate thoughts and encounters. The book is really remarkable and also spiritual, by two great Catholic believers, one a lifelong teacher who is very devout, and the other a lifelong practitioner and examiner of the Catholic faith. While much of the book has timeless subjects, it also has a nice contemporary twist with the current encounter with the coronavirus pandemic. I heartily recommend its reading.” – Eugene J. O’Neill, Attorney At Law, Gould Cooksey Fennell

Always a New Beginning! is a fascinating intersection of two ”spiritual warrior” experiences which shaped their pasts and opened possibilities for “new beginnings” in the future. The Professor (Ronda) and Poet (David) share a keen appreciation that life is not always fair, but through perseverance one can choose to make a positive difference every day. Their insights serve as unique guides to a wide variety of audiences who face issues in their personal journeys. As I read the book I was struck by their humility, their celebration of our differences, and their advice on how to cope and appreciate the joy of life. They do not push themselves, rather their discussion is natural, with each of them and the reader taking part.   My experience as a reader is one I recommend. Once I started, I could not put it down! Highly recommended!” – Barry M. Costello, Vice Admiral (retired) U.S. Navy, Author of Fortune Favors Boldness: The Story of Naval Valor During Operation Iraqi Freedom

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Ronda Chervin, Ph.D. is a professor of Philosophy, widow, grandmother, and great grandmother. She has taught at Loyola Marymount University, St. John’s Seminary of Los Angeles, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Our Lady of Corpus Christi, and Holy Apostles Seminary and College. She is the author of numerous books about Catholic living and presents on EWTN and Catholic Radio. Most well known of her books are The Way of Love, Treasury of Women Saints, Avoiding Bitterness in Suffering: How our Heroes in Faith Found Peace amid Sorrow, and, most recently, with co-author Albert Hughes: Escaping Anxiety on the Road to Spiritual Joy. 

David E. Dowd, a self-described repentant Catholic poet and former insurance underwriter, is a Pro-Life Activist who has been involved in street preaching in Boston. He is the author of Love, Life, Family & the Boston Red Sox. Book of Poetry.

 
 

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Returning Home: A Spirituality of the Christian Journey

Returning Home: A Spirituality of the Christian Journey

Returning Home: A Spirituality of the Christian Journey

The spiritual life has often been presented in terms of a journey because it is all about finding our way to God. For Christians, the spiritual journey has to do with following Christ into the mystery of the divine because he knows the way to the Father. We walk in his footsteps because we know that our happiness is intimately related to our journey into the mystery beyond the pale of death. We were made for God. Our happiness lies in him alone.

This book, which is about our spiritual journey, focuses specifically on our destination. We all long to go beyond ourselves. We all yearn for transcendence. What is more, we all want to be happy. We all wish to find rest in something greater than ourselves. Whether we believe in him or not, on some level, we also all long for God.

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INTERVIEWS

TESTIMONIALS

“Fr Dennis Billy, CSsR, brings together his extensive experience as a spiritual director and retreat master, erudition, impressive credentials in moral theology and spirituality, and his skills as a writer and poet in this wonderful book on the spiritual journey. As with any authentic spiritual journey, the pilgrimage in this book is told with generosity and simplicity unfolding profound truths of how God has called us to Himself and accompanies us along the way. It is a treasure for anyone no matter where they might be on the journey home.” — Dcn Peter Lovrick, Professor of Homiletics and Director of Diaconate Formation, St. Augustine’s Seminary, Toronto. Author of Proclaiming in a New Season: a Practical Guide to Catholic Preaching in the New Evangelization

“‘We were made for God. Our happiness lies in him alone. Life is a journey that should lead us into the Heart of God – ultimately culminating in sharing an eternity with Him in heaven.’ These are the basic themes that summarize the work of Fr. Dennis J. Billy, C.Ss.R. in his book, Returning Home: A Spirituality of the Christian Journey. Within this retreat, Fr. Billy does a splendid job in guiding the reader through a simple, yet profound, reflection on the meaning of life. He explains how each soul was created by God in love in order to reach an eternal destiny with Him in heaven. Beginning with basic principles, he extrapolates these tenets by applying them practically to the reader’s pilgrimage to God, regardless of where the reader is on his or her own faith journey. This retreat would be helpful both to beginners by outlining why God created them and how they can grow in their relationship with Him as well as by those more advanced in the spiritual life by offering many reflection points through which the Holy Spirit could powerfully guide them personally deeper into the heart of God.” – Mary Kloska, author of The Holiness of Womanhood

“In this significant spiritual book, Fr. Billy explains that throughout life, every human being is on a spiritual journey to return home to Heaven, to be in the presence of God forever. As I read Fr. Billy’s book, I thought of every human being who has lived, is living, or will live, a virtual ocean of humanity, all traveling towards Heaven. Some limp and carry a heavy burden of sin; others skip along, overconfident in their spirituality; many want to go on their knees, on the roughest part of the road, to do penance for their mortal sins. Still others stroll along because they want to see where everyone is going; and some drag the things that mean the most to them in this life. And yet others try to forge a different path. In five chapters, Fr. Billy gives us the information we need to successfully navigate this journey. Although each and every person’s journey is unique in some ways, Fr. Billy clearly shows us the aspects we have in common. He gives us the signposts we must follow – and that makes this book an important spiritual aid.” — Dr. Cynthia Toolin-Wilson, STL, MFA, Chief Academic Officer, and Professor of Dogmatic and Moral Theology, at  Holy Apostles College and Seminary, Memoirist, Radio Show Host  

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Fr. Dennis J. Billy, C.Ss.R., is Professor Emeritus of the history of moral theology and Christian spirituality at the Alphonsian Academy of the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome and currently serves as The Robert F. Leavitt Distinguished Service Chair in Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore. An American Redemptorist of the Baltimore Province, Fr. Billy has advanced degrees from Harvard University, the Pontifical University of St. Thomas (Angelicum), and the Graduate Theological Foundation. The author of numerous books and articles on a variety of religious topics, he is also active in his order’s retreat apostolate and in the ministry of spiritual direction.

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The Holiness of Womanhood by Mary Kloska

The Holiness of Womanhood by Mary Kloska

Below is a spiritual talk that Mary gave to a group of Polish youth at a retreat center in Babliniec, Poland about the Love that God has for them. It was on September 3, 2005 and is translated by Hania Przybylo. You can listen to this both in my English and Hania’s Polish.

To duchowe przemówienie, które wygłosiłem grupie polskiej młodzieży w ośrodku rekolekcyjnego w Bablińcu, Polska o Miłości, jaką Bóg dla nich ma. Został on przetłumaczony 3 września 2005 roku przez Hanię Przybylo. Można to posłuchać zarówno w moim języku angielskim, jak i po polsku Hania.

The Holiness of Womanhood 

by Mary Kloska

A great mystery surrounds the gift of womanhood that God wants people to treasure and protect. The Holiness of Womanhood is a spiritual retreat that describes the various gifts that God has entrusted to women (or more precisely has made women to be) and their role as helpmate, wife and mother. This book also touches upon God’s call to a woman in a specific vocation, her gift of purity, and her unique interior life as it relates to the Cross, the Eucharist, and Prayer. It culminates by reflecting on the examples of the saints and of Our Lady, who is God’s Masterpiece of Femininity.

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TESTIMONIALS

The Holiness of Womanhood by Mary Kloska is profound and remarkably readable, a great treasure for our times. I would recommend this book to anyone for their spiritual benefit.” — Fr. Ayub Francis Nasar

“Translating this book is really helping me to respect my wife, mother, sisters and all women more and more. I am very sure that I am going to get more depth and reverence for women as I continue to work on it. And really thanks for writing such a masterpiece. There is no doubt that our society here needs this book very much. I believe this book is not only going to change women, but also men. Praise the Lord for using you to be the sign of hope. This book is going to be hope for our women who really are struggling with their true identity.” — Aqif Shahzad- translator into Urdu

“I picked this book up and could not put it down until I turned the final page… and I’m a man! If it captivated me to such a degree, I can only marvel at the wondrous effect it will have on women! This book is so uniquely beautiful that I would not be at all surprised if in time it is recognized as a classic in Catholic women’s literature. I would encourage every woman to read this treatise and to hold on to it for her entire life… keep returning to it; and finally… leave it as a special heirloom to someone you love dearly.” — Fr. Lawrence Edward Tucker, SOLT, author of The Redemption of San Isidro; To Whom The Heart Decided To Love; Adventures In The Father’s Joy; The Prayer of Jesus Crucified (La Oracion de Jesus Crucificado); and the new Catholic music album/CD, So Shine by brothersister

“Mary Kloska takes on an important, though much neglected issue: the real differences between women and men, with a focus on the impact of those differences on women’s spirituality. The joy of reading this is that in place of the anger that sometimes accompanies such issues, Mary gently and calmly observes the differences and celebrates both, even as she focuses her attention on the spiritual gifts of women. I, a man, have directed women, and I know a number of women who give spiritual direction to men, yet Mary’s insights into the spiritual life of women offer far more insight than I can. In addition, her experience comes from her having lived on four continents, among very diverse people — North America, Europe, Africa and Asia, which gives her insights breadth. Her own spiritual life is the obvious source of her depth. Her book is a profound aid in a woman’s spiritual development.” – Fr. Mitch Pacwa, SJ, president and founder of Ignatius Productions and senior fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology

“What a beautiful retreat for women! I love it. Full of deep insights. I can assure you from reading the book …that it is full of joy and peace and that it actually helped me at age 82 (even though I wrote a whole book about women and several books that I use on retreats myself). I still found new insights in this book. So even if you have been to women’s retreats, this could give you something new and very important.” – Dr. Ronda Chervin, leader of dozens of women’s retreats, and author of Feminine, Free, and Faithful

The Holiness of Womanhood contains much wisdom and Truth for any woman who really wants to become what God created her to be. Having lived through the rise of women’s liberation in the sixties and seventies, which began the release of tons of literature about women that only polluted the mind, I find this book refreshing. It gives a Godly spin to femininity and has many riches for any woman who wants to be a woman of God.” – Clare R. Ten Eyck, Ed.D., Catholic Therapist and Retreat Director

“Mary Kloska’s retreat for women, especially in their early twenties, lays out the principles for motivating a young person’s true identity in the making. Even more, a mother of a family can find in this book, easy to read and think about, practical insights to help her daughters mature toward a deep sense of potential motherhood. Then she can more truly discern an authentic spouse to love her and her children in marriage with sacrificial love.” – Fr. Basil Cole, Professor of moral, spiritual, and dogmatic theology at the Dominican House of Studies

“This book provides a much needed insight into authentic femininity, and is a must read for young and old women alike, who wish to delve deeper into their individual vocations and their meaning and purpose as a daughter of the King.” – Theresa A Thomas, Mother of six daughters, 15-year family columnist at “Today’s Catholic News,” contributor to Integrated Catholic Life website, Catholic Exchange, freelance writer and author of Big Hearted: Inspiring Stories from Every Day Families (Scepter, 2013)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Mary Kloska is from Elkhart, Indiana. She was raised in a huge Polish family (12 brothers and sisters) along with a lot of foster babies and other needy people in and out of the house. She presently has 70+ nieces and nephews.  She has lived a very unique life. Upon graduating from Notre Dame in 1999 she spent almost 20 years in the missions serving the poor (including orphanages) as well as praying as a consecrated hermit all over the world –Siberia, Nigeria, Tanzania, South Africa, Philippines, Mexico, the Holy Land and all over Europe as well. Although she spent a lot of time away in silence praying, ironically she loves children and is very fun and outgoing when it comes to serving young adults, as well as the little ones. She also spent her time in the missions giving retreats, doing simple catechesis, leading prayer groups, giving spiritual direction, helping in deliverance, changing diapers, feeding babies and cleaning floors. After spending intense time serving in a mission she would withdraw for periods of ‘retreat’ as a hermit (including three years as an official diocesan hermit with vows under a Bishop.) The last few years she has spent as a fulltime nanny to infant triplets, twins and several large families. She speaks many languages (poorly) and enjoys playing guitar, painting icons, baking, gardening, reading, writing and simply filling in where there is the greatest need in the Church. Her WCAT Radio program, “The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love,” may be found here.

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Light for the Journey: Reflections from Carmel

Light for the Journey: Reflections from Carmel

“Our Lady of Mount Carmel with Simon Stock, Angelus of Jerusalem, Maria Maddalena de’Pazzi, Teresa da Avila.” Italian painter and architect Pietro Novelli (1603-1647), dated 1641.

Light for the Journey: Reflections from Carmel

by the Association of St. Teresa

EVERY FAMILY ENJOYS celebrating the anniversaries of its members. Our Carmelite Mothers and Fathers, Brothers and Sisters have recently observed two significant events in the history of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. The year 1990 marked the two-hundredth anniversary of the arrival of four Carmelite nuns who bravely set forth by ship from Belgium to found a new monastery in America, at Port Tobacco, Maryland. In 1991 our Order celebrated the four-hundredth anniversary of the holy death of Saint John of the Cross, the companion of our foundress, Saint Teresa of Jesus. Theirs was the challenging work of establishing the Discalced Carmelites and charting their mission of renewing the Order in the spirit of Mary and the great Prophet Elijah, our models for the double spirit of prayer and contemplation. Here, in 2021, the thirtieth anniversary of that celebration sparks the occasion for the release of a new edition of our calendar – with all the grace the 21st century has to offer – the instant gratification of a Kindle for the traveler on the go, the handy 2-day delivery of a paperback for beach-reader on a monastic shore, and the premium, deluxe new issue of a flat-layable, spiral-bound, glossy-paged, multi-color gift book for the scholar’s desk. 

From the fountain of Elijah on Mount Carmel there has poured forth a river of living spiritual water, overflowing its boundaries and coursing down through the riverbeds of the centuries even unto our present day. Expressions of praise of God, descriptions of spiritual graces, explanations of Sacred Scripture—all these and more have issued forth from the minds and hearts of hundreds of Carmelites living in many different countries and expressing their thoughts in a variety of languages. Our contemporary Carmelite nuns have reflected upon some of these passages and, in this small book, have shared with us their own thoughts arising from their personal experience of life in Carmel.

Each Sister had an opportunity to choose a passage and comment upon it. You will find reflections made by young Carmelites now in their period of formation, and by others who have lived the life for many more years, and have already celebrated their Golden Jubilee. Perhaps you will feel prompted to add a few more lines, the fruit of your own meditation. We did not choose to add footnotes or give sources; this is rather a family-style book in which we informally pondered the messages of those who have preceded us. Then, one day, we shall all meet and embrace in the Eternal Kingdom to continue our vocation of expressing our praise, gratitude and love.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The Association of Saint Teresa was formed in response to the directives given by the Second Vatican Council, which encouraged our Carmelite contemplative communities to join with others for mutual support and assistance during the long period of renewal. The unique heritage of each of our member Carmels has been enriched by our interchange with the other monasteries in our Association.

It is our mutual hope and prayer that you will join with us day by day, not only in reading thereflections, but also by uniting with us in our continuing prayer for all who seek the Lord—and for all who have found Him and are working and praying to make His Love better known to those whom He has come to lead back to Our Heavenly Father.

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