Category Archives: Prayer

It’s always great to find relevant, reliable, and up-to-date Catholic news and content for our growth and inspiration.  I hope you find the new website interesting and useful. Advice from Dr. Scott Hahn – http://www.scotthahn.com/ …also on Facebook:  Dr Scott Hahn’s Facebook … Continue reading →

The beautiful and inspiring death of a young Spanish sister in Carmel, Sister Cecilia Maria, a Discalced Carmelite. Her joy was accompanied — or perhaps explained — by a profound state of prayer . She “has softly fallen asleep in the … Continue reading →

Here’s a little something for those looking for more background info on St. Therese.  My thanks to Chris Firmstone for the link and his comments, and to Madelyn Nicol whose research turned up the video. I would like to draw … Continue reading →

As our Community begins to read and discuss St. Therese’s “Story of a Soul” in July 2016, I thought this talk by Pope Benedict XVI might interest you as a sort of ‘primer’ or pre-reading to whet your appetite for … Continue reading →

Here are some interesting reflections and good advice from a Carmelite sister, based on retreat notes from a conference by Fr Thomas Dubay. The sister is a nun of the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles. … Continue reading →

As Carmelites, we are naturally very interested in the Church and its official worship or liturgy.  We are, after all,  vocationally committed to the Mass, the sacraments,  and the Divine Office.  We also, like most Catholics, have our favourite private … Continue reading →

Do I want God or am I ‘diddling around in the contemplative life making itsy bitsy statues’? writes Good Samaritan Sister Patty Fawkner.  A confronting post from The Good Oil   -   the e-magazine of the Good Samaritan Sisters. http://www.goodsams.org.au/good-oil/vague-wanting/ A … Continue reading →

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Peace with you! O Cross of Christ, symbol of divine love and of human injustice, icon of the supreme sacrifice for love and of boundless selfishness even unto madness, instrument of death and the way of resurrection, sign of obedience … Continue reading →

It’s always great to get fresh perspectives on prayer, don’t you think?  Even if we’ve heard it all before, often that little insight cuts through. Here’s a homily on audio from Bishop Robert Barron from way back on July 25, 2004 … Continue reading →