“Saying Mass at the Church in Alba de Tormes, a Carmel in Spain where St. Teresa of Avila’s body is located. Just above me, just behind the gated area, is the body of St. Teresa of Avila (a Doctor of the Church).”

- Fr. Donald Calloway

The original autograph of ‘The Interior Castle’ preserved in the Carmelite Monastery at Seville.

The Saints Show Us The Gospel in Practice: Mother Elias of the Blessed Sacrament. St Therese the Little Flower once said “I love to read the lives of the saints very much. The count of their heroic deeds inflames my courage & spurs me on to imitate them.” Here’s a story of a little know saint during the Mexican persecutions in the 1910s.

“In my opinion, where there is no obedience there are no Carmelites.”

~ Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity

You’ve probably heard of “Where’s Waldo?”, but this is “Where’s St. Therese?”!

Picture was taken in 1901 after St. Therese had died.

The creator of this video gives NO time to read the quotations or text, unfortunately, and it’s tricky trying to hit the pause button just right!

“Perfection of life consists in drawing close to God. Heaven is the possession of God. In heaven God is contemplated, adored, loved. But to attain heaven it’s necessary to be detached from what is earthly. What is the life of a Carmelite if not one of contemplating, adoring and loving God incessantly? And she, by being desirous for that heaven, distances herself from the world and tries to detach herself as much as possible from everything earthly.”

- St. Teresa of Jesus (of the Andes)

“Any anxiety, any difficulty, makes me turn at once to the Blessed Virgin; and you could not have a more loving Mother to see you through.”

~ St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face

Let us put our petitions in the hands of Our Lady of Mt Carmel with confidence and devotion of Bl Mary of Jesus Crucified, Carmelite nun:

“…I dwell in the heart of my Mother

There I find my Beloved

Am I then an orphan? In the bosom of Mary

I have found life

Do not say I am an orphan:

I have Mary for Mother and God for Father

The serpent, the dragon wished to catch me

And take my life;

But at the feet of Mary, I recovered my life.

Mary called me, and, in this monastery,

Will I remain forever.

At the feet of Mary

I came to life again.”

(written by Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified, her picture is below)

Our Lady of Mount Carmel with Saints Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, ora pro nobis!

St. Therese Quote

Another St. Therese Quote

St. Teresa of the Andes Quote

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Quote

Fr. Donald Calloway at the Carmel of Alba de Tormes, Spain

St. Therese Quote

Original autograph of ‘The Interior Castle’

St. Teresa of Avila Quote

Mother Elias of the Blessed Sacrament, OCD

Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity Quote

“In my opinion, where there is no obedience there are no Carmelites.”

~ Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity

Where’s St. Therese?

Carmel of Lisieux in 1901

Video on St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

St. Teresa of the Andes Quote

St. Therese Quotes

St. Teresa of Avila Quotes

Bl. Mary of Jesus Crucified Quote

St. Therse on Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

For the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, A Prayer to Our Lady by Bl. Mary of Jesus Crucified

For Our Lady of Mt. Carmel’s Feast Today