Carmelite Spirituality, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Joseph, Video, Español Fr. Michael-Joseph of St Thérèse, O.C.D. Carmelite Spirituality, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Joseph, Video, Español Fr. Michael-Joseph of St Thérèse, O.C.D.

From Ávila, Spain: St. Joseph give me your silence

For the year of Saint Joseph we wanted to highlight his more contemplative dimension, especially through the lens of St. Teresa of Avila. She discovered the greatness of St. Joseph right here in Ávila and became one of his greatest devotees of all time. She teaches us how he can be a guide for all of us on the path of prayer.

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CarmelCast Episode 35: The Way of Perfection - Chapters 37-42

This Lent on CarmelCast we're discussing the spiritual classic The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila. In this episode, we continue our discussion of St. Teresa's commentary on the Our Father, particularly her teaching on temptations in prayer.

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CarmelCast Episode 34: The Way of Perfection - Chapters 32-36

This Lent on CarmelCast we're discussing the spiritual classic The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila. In this episode, we continue our discussion of St. Teresa's commentary on the Our Father, particularly her teaching on temptations in prayer.

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Saint Joseph, Patriarch and our Protector/Patron

During this year commemorating the declaration in 1870 of Saint Joseph Patron of the Universal Church many people are revisiting sources of their devotion to the foster father of Jesus. We hear praise for Our Holy Mother Saint Teresa of Jesus for having stirred up practical devotion for Saint Joseph in the “modern” age, that is, in the period of church history that ran between the Middle Ages and our current era.

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CarmelCast Episode 33: The Way of Perfection - Chapters 26-31

This Lent on CarmelCast we're discussing the spiritual classic The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila. In this episode, we talk about St. Teresa's method of prayer for those of us who often find it difficult to focus.

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CarmelCast Episode 32: The Way of Perfection - Chapters 22-25

This Lent on CarmelCast we're discussing the spiritual classic The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila. In this episode, we talk about how vocal prayer must be joined to mental prayer and how to deal with distractions in prayer.

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CarmelCast Episode 31: The Way of Perfection - Chapters 16-21

This Lent on CarmelCast we're discussing the spiritual classic The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila. In this episode, we give an introduction to St. Teresa's understanding of prayer.

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CarmelCast Episode 30: The Way of Perfection - Chapters 8-15

This Lent on CarmelCast we're discussing the spiritual classic The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila. In this episode, we talk about St. Teresa's understanding of detachment and humility as foundations for living a life of prayer.

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CarmelCast Episode 29: The Way of Perfection - Prologue and Chapters 1-7

This Lent we'll be discussing the spiritual classic The Way of Perfection by St. Teresa of Avila. In this episode of CarmelCast, we give a little background about the book and talk about St. Teresa's insistence on love of neighbor as a foundation for living a life of prayer.

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CarmelCast Episode 24: St. John of the Cross and the First Discalced Carmelite Friars

St. John of the Cross is largely unknown and frequently misunderstood in the Church today. Join us as we discuss the life and teaching of the Mystical Doctor. In this episode, we discuss his work with St. Teresa of Avila to initiate what would become the Discalced Carmelite Friars.

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A Free Friar, Père Jacques of Jesus - In Memory of the 75th Anniversary of His Death

This year has seen some timid attempts at commemorating the 75th anniversary of the conclusion of World War II. With all the blockage derived from the COVID-19 pandemic, though, worthwhile attention to some events will be missed. This could be the case for Père Jacques of Jesus, the friar of the Paris Province who died, perhaps more tragically than others, not actually during the war, but a few brief weeks after its end when U.S. troops liberated him from German Nazi imprisonment in Austria.

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