For anyone considering a #Carmelite #vocation

On October 4th , 1897, Sister Thérèse was buried in the first grave of the newly enclosed plot in the municipal cemetery of Lisieux.
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After the death of Thérèse , Mother Agnès hesitates between two sentences, to put something on the cross overlooking the grave.
I want to spend my heaven doing good on earth! that Therese had so often spoken of in her last months tempted her but even more so an excerpt from poem “Remember”:
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That I want, O my God,

To carry your Fire far and wide,

Remember.
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She opts for the poetry, but a worker who left his sleeve drag on the still fresh paint, made the text unreadable. Mother Agnès seeing a sign in it, wrote the first idea in its place.

Pray for #priests! Two #Prayers for the Increase and Preservation of the #Clergy.

An antidote for all the bad news out there—the Battlelines #Newsletter.

Here are just a few of the headlines in this month’s edition:

- Catholics Thwart Satanists at Idaho Capitol
- Reparation to the Sacred Heart in Asheville, N.C.
- Catholics Counter “Open Bathroom” Policy

Some traditional catholics attempted to take refuge in eastern liturgies. However you have to be careful, especially with the "maronite"
https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2021/09/the-maronite-liturgys-corruption-under.html?m=1#.YV7AJa94W_Z

https://famvin.org/wiki/Vincentian_Encyclopedia

What is the Vincentian Encyclopedia?

It is a collaborative effort to create a Vincentian encyclopedia of articles and other information useful for those who follow Vincent, Louise and their spiritual companions: a resource for those who are part of the Vincentian family and for others seeking reliable information on people, topics, and organizations related to the Vincentian family.

After the Christians expelled the Turks from the gates of Vienna, numerous treasures were discovered left by the enemy, including hundreds of bags filled with coffee beans. At first, the brew was disliked because of its overpowering bitter taste. But Blessed d’Aviano perfected the rough beverage by adding milk as a sweetener. This new drink spread like wildfire throughout Europe. In the monk’s honor, the drink was named “kapuziner,” or “Capuchin,” because it was the name of the religious order to which Blessed Marco belonged, along with the fact that the drink matches the color of the traditional habit worn by the order. https://tfpstudentaction.org/blog/cappuccino-coffee-was-invented-by-a-saintly-warrior-monk

“Behold how the stream flows to the sea, and the flowing waters will return no more; thus, my brother, do your days pass away, and you approach to death; pleasures pass, amusements pass, pomp, praises, acclamations pass; and what remains?” - St Alphonsus Ligouri

"If you see a bad priest at the head of a parish, you should be afflicted and fear that perhaps our sins deserved such a horrible chastisement, for Sacred Scripture teaches us that the greatest and most terrible scourge that God sends to a people is to give it bad priests.

Until the wrath of the Lord reaches its apex, He permits that nations arm themselves one against the other; that the fields become sterile; that hunger, desolation and death exert their dominium over the earth.

However, when His just indignation reaches its climax, He sends the last and most atrocious of His punishments by allowing unfaithful ministers, stained priests, scandalous shepherds to appear among men. Then it happens that the abominations of the people are the cause of the bad priests, and the bad priests are the greatest punishment with which God chastises the people.” - St. Anthony Maria Claret

If you're looking for some good literature to read please check this list (no 100% good moral guaranteed but still good stuffs there)
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/List_of_Catholic_authors

Ad te beáte Joseph, in tribulatióne nostra confúgimus, atque, imploráto Sponsæ tuæ sanctíssimæ auxílio, patrocínium quoque tuum fidenter expóscimus. Per eam, quæsumus, quæ te cum immaculáta Vírgine Dei Genitríce coniúnxit, caritátem, perque patérnum, quo Púerum Iesum ampléxus es, amórem, súpplices deprecámur, ut ad hereditátem, quam Iesus Christus acquisívit Sánguine suo, benígnus respícias, ac necessitátibus nostris tua virtúte et ope succúrras. Tuére, o Custos providentíssime divínæ Famíliæ, Iesu Christi sóbolem eléctam; próhibe a nobis, amantíssime Pater, omnem errórum ac corruptelárum luem; propítius nobis, sospítator noster fortíssime, in hoc cum potestáte tenebrárum certámine e cælo adésto; et sicut olim Púerum Iesum e summo eripuísti vitre discrímine, ita nunc Ecclesiam sanctam Dei ab hostílibus insídiis atque ab omni adversitáte défende: nosque síngulos perpétuo tege patrocínio, ut ad tui exémplar et ope tua suffúlti, sancte vívere, pie émori, sempiternámque in cælis beatitúdinem ássequi possímus. Amen.

'If some shameful thought is sown in your heart as you are sitting in your cell, watch out. Resist the evil, so that it does not gain control over you. Make every effort to call God to mind, for He is looking at you, and whatever you are thinking in your heart is plainly visible to Him. Say to your soul: "If you are afraid of sinners like yourself seeing your sins, how much more should you be afraid of God who notes everything?" As a result of this warning the fear of God will be revealed in your soul, and if you cleave to Him you will not be shaken by the passions; for it is written: "They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Zion; he that dwells in Jerusalem shall never be shaken" (Ps. 125:1. LXX). Whatever you are doing, remember that God sees all your thoughts, and then you will never sin. To Him be glory through all the ages. Amen.'

St. Isaiah the Solitary
#saint #quote

https://americaneedsfatima.org/petitions/anti-catholic-movie-sexually-degrades-nuns-e21626?utm_source
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedetta_Carlini
Another disgusting global blasphemy and sacrilege film on its way!

“For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.”
— St. Teresa of Ávila

Ask yourself, do you have a friendship with God? If you’re reading this, you’ll probably say yes.

However, consider that friendship lies in loving another for the sake of the other. Do you love God for the sake of loving him? Or do you only love him when struck by emotion? If we only pray when we feel like it, if we only pray when we need something or “feel” God in our hearts— we do not have a friendship with God. Instead, we have in a way objectified God in this modern age. We use him for our own joy, our own fulfillment.

I myself would argue, that I don’t have a friendship with God. I pray only when I want, and that’s not friendship. God wants us always— we need to learn to want him always.

On this feast day of St. Teresa of Ávila, we pray for the grace to pray for the sake of God. To truly enter in to friendship with God.