#carmelite

[mysticmagdalene]

"Permission to die, Mother?"

Happy feast day to the Blessed Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne. Let us all pray for the same courage and fervent love for God as these 16 Carmelite nuns, and with their intercession may we always be brave to live in Catholic Truth and Charity.

[journey2carmel]

If anyone is seeking God, the Beloved is seeking that person much more.

St. John of the Cross, 1991. The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross. Translated by K. Kavanaugh and O. Rodriguez. 3rd ed. Washington, DC: ICS Publications, p. 683.

[reality-nihilism]

A veiled Carmelite nun.

[meegan-123]

St Therese of Lisieux 100 yrs a Saint

[catholicmemoirs]

Carmelite Reading List for the Catholic Laity

Links to free downloads of Traditional Catholic texts:

Way of Perfection for the Laity

Carmelite 1953 Daily Missal (good for daily Gospel readings)

Goffine's Devout Instructions for Epistles and Gospels for Sundays and Holydays

Pictorial Lives of the Saints

Daily:

1. Holy Gospels

2. Lives of the Saints

This is the recommended list of authors in "A Way of Perfection for the Laity":

1. The Imitation of Christ

2. By St. Teresa of Avila

ii. The Book of the Foundations

iii. Minor Works

iv. The Letters

v. The Interior Castle

vi. The Life

3. By St. John of the Cross

i. Ascent of Mount Carmel

ii. The Dark Night of the Soul (The Obscure Night)

4. By St. Teresa of Lisieux: Story of a Soul

5. By St. Francis De Sales

i. Introduction to the Devout Life

ii. Treatise on the Love of God

6. By St. Alphonsus Liguori

i. True Spouse of Christ

ii. Glories of Mary

iii. Visits to the Blessed Sacrament

My 2025 Liturgical Reading List

I took the list above and put a different author per month. The new liturgical year begins December 1st!

Dec: The Imitation of Christ

Jan: The Way of Perfection (St. Teresa of Avila)

Feb: Ascent of Mount Carmel (St. John of the Cross)

Mar: Story of a Soul (St. Therese of Lisieux)

Apr: Introduction to the Devout Life (St. Francis De Sales)

May: True Spouse of Christ (St. Alphonsus Liguori)

Jun: The Book of the Foundations (St. Teresa of Avila)

Jul: The Dark Night of the Soul (St. John of the Cross)

Aug: Treatise on the Love of God (St. Francis De Sales)

Sep: Glories of Mary (St. Alphonsus Liguori)

Oct: Minor Works (St. Teresa of Avila)

Nov: Visits to the Blessed Sacrament (St. Alphonsus Liguori)

Enjoy!

[sodidjoballdays]

Juan Antonio De Frias y Escalante (Spanish, 1633–1669) Saint Teresa of Avila (1660s)

[circamariam]

Hail, Queen assumed into Heaven!

[apenitentialprayer]

”Lord, may Your love melt me, mold me, and renew me ever more into Your likeness.”