#Carmelite Church

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St Valentine

There are many versions of the Legend of St Valentine, but a few things are known. That he was a priest martyred (as in beheaded) on 14th February, in either 269 AD or 270 AD by the Roman Emperor Claudius II, also known as Claudius the Cruel. Among Valentine’s crimes was secretly marrying Christian lovers. Claudius, being a sexist as well as a tyrant, decided that those pesky women were the…

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Carmelite Church in Lviv, 1912

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Balluta Parish Church by Henrik Sundholm Via Flickr: I never visited the church on Baluta Bay in St. Julian's, Malta, in spite of passing by several times.

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Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: the nativity scene from the Carmelite Church in Mdina, Malta.

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Trams in Porto, & Church of the Discalced Carmelites, Portugal: Tram on line 22 in Porto, Portugal. In the background are the Igrejas dos Carmelitas e do Carmo (Carmelitas and Carmo Churches). The Church of the Carmelites or Church of the Discalced Carmelites is located in the parish of Vitória, in the city of Porto, Portugal. The tram system of Porto in Portugal is operated by the Sociedade de Transportes Colectivos do Porto (STCP). Wikipedia

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Saint Teresa of Avila 

Doctor of the Church

1515 - 1582

Feast Day: October 15

Patronage: bodily ills; headaches; lacemakers;  loss of parents; people in need of grace; people in religious orders; people ridiculed for their piety

St. Teresa of Ávila, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a prominent Spanish mystic, Carmelite nun, writer of the Counter Reformation, and theologian of contemplative life through mental prayer. She was a reformer of the Carmelite Order and is considered to be a founder of the Discalced Carmelites along with John of the Cross. 

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

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Lectio Divina for May is now available to download from our website in PDF, ePub and Mobi formats: https://carmelites.org.au/lectiodivina

Proclaim his salvation day after day, declare his glory among the nations, his marvels to every people! (Ps 96: 2-3)

The practice of Lectio Divina as a way of praying the Scriptures has been a fruitful source of growing in relationship with Christ for many centuries and in our own day is being rediscovered by many individuals and groups. The Word of God is alive and active and will transform each of us if we open ourselves to receive what God wants to give us.

Join our Lectio Online group

We meet every Friday at 10am (Australian Eastern Standard Time) [You are welcome to join from other time zones, eg. Perth/Singapore/Philippines: 8am; Timor-Leste/Tokyo: 9am; New Zealand: 12pm; Los Angeles: Thursday 5pm; New York/Toronto: Thursday 8pm] to prayerfully reflect on the Gospel of the coming Sunday.

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THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS The Doctor of the Church and Mystical Doctor Who is the Patron of Contemplative Life Feast Day: December 14

"Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent."

John of the Cross, who is the co-founder of the reformed Carmelites (Discalced Carmelites), was born Juan de Yepes y Álvarez in Fontiveros, Ávila, Crown of Castile (Spain), on June 24, 1542.

At the age of 21, he entered the Carmelites at Medina, taking the religious name of John of St. Matthias. He frequently asked God, that he might not pass one day of his life without suffering something. After his ordination in 1567, he was granted permission to follow the original rule of Rule of Saint Albert, which stressed strict discipline and solitude. In 1568, together with St. Teresa of Ávila (Teresa of Jesus), he opened the first monastery of the newly reformed Discalced (barefoot) Carmelites, whose members were committed to a perfect spirit of solitude, humility and mortification.

On the night of December 2, 1577, John's monastic reform fomented the anger of some old Carmelites, who accused him of rebellion and had him arrested. It was in prison that he began to compose some of his finest works, like the 'Cántico Espiritual (The Spiritual Canticle)' and 'The Living Flame of Love'.

In 'The Dark Night of the Soul (La Noche Oscura del Alma)', John wrote: 'It is impossible to reach the riches and wisdom of God, except by first entering many sufferings.'

One time, John corrected a certain Fr. Diego who used to disregard the rule. This wicked religious, rather than repent, went about over the whole province trumping up accusations against the saint. Thus, John was transferred to a remote friary at Úbeda, Kingdom of Jaén, Crown of Castile, where he died due to erysipelas (a bacterial skin infection) at the age of 49.

John of the Cross is canonized by Pope Benedict XIII on the feast of St. John the Apostle on December 27, 1726 and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1926 by Pope Pius XI after the definitive consultation of Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange O.P., professor of philosophy and theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome. His major shrine can be found in Segovia.

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Santa Teresia Benedicta a Cruce (Edith Stein)

Born and raised Jewish, Edith Stein converted to Catholicism following a period of spiritual dryness. She became a Discalced Carmelite nun, and she adopted the name Teresia Benedicta a Cruce. She was later killed in the gas chambers of Auschwitz for her Jewish heritage.

Iconography: yellow badge; flower crown given to newly cloistered Discalced Carmelite; her book Kreuzeswissenschaft: Studie über Johannes vom Kreuz (The Science of the Cross: A Study of Saint John of the Cross). I also used the image of the scratched gas chamber walls as the background.

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#OTD in 1922 – The funeral of Harry Boland takes place at Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church.

Boland opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty along with de Valera, and in the ensuing Irish Civil War, he sided with the Anti-Treaty IRA. In 1922, he was re-elected to the Dáil representing Mayo South–Roscommon South. Boland was shot by soldiers of the Irish Free State Army when they attempted to arrest him at the Skerries Grand Hotel. Two Free State Army officers entered his room and Boland, unarmed,…

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Did you know that the relics of Saint Valentine can be found in Whitefriar Street Church?

This Carmelite church was consecrated in the 19th century and only £4000 were spent for its building, which proves how much can be done with a limited budget when there is taste and judgment!

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St Michael

The Abbey of St Michael sits atop the hill in Siegburg. It was founded in 1060 and some of the buildings from the 1400s and 1650s still stand on the site. It was founded as a Benedictine Abbey, however, the Benedictine Order there dissolved in 2011. In 2013, a group of Discalced Carmelites from Kerala moved into the residential building. They celebrate masses in the abbey church, take…

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Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: the nativity scene in the Carmelite Church, Mdina, Malta.

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Thought to have its origins in the Christian hermits who lived on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land in the early centuries of Christianity, the Carmelite Order gained new strength in the 13th century, after the Blessed Virgin (Our Lady of Mount Carmel) appeared to Saint Simon Stock, blessing this good work. And through the bold reforms of Saint Teresa of Avila in the 16th century, the Order blossomed and grew throughout the world, giving the Church great saints and confessors.

This new icon features Our Lady of Carmel surrounded by four of the best-known stars in the heaven of the Carmelite Order: Saint Teresa of Avila, Saint Therese of Lisieux, Saint John of the Cross, and Saint Edith Stein. It is available in our full range of icon plaques and prints in sizes from 10 inches to 60 inches tall.

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St John of the Cross por Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. Via Flickr: “The road is narrow. He who wishes to travel it more easily must cast off all things and use the Cross as his cane. In other words, he must be truly resolved to suffer willingly for the love of God in all things.” – St John of the Cross, whose feast is on 14 Dec. This statue of the saint is from the colonnade at the Sanctuary of Fatima.