We can learn from the Saints!

[petite fleur]

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"Never utter in your neighbor's absence what you would not say in their presence."
(St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi)

wew! Another Carmelite!

Happy 449th Birthday to the Reformed Carmel!

On August 24, 1562, Feast of St Bartholomew, St. Teresa began the reform of Carmel by opening a new convent, St. Joseph's, in Avila. After many initial hardships and struggles the Reformed Carmel became an Order, now, known as (Ordo Carmelitarum Discalceatorum- Order of Discalced Carmelite/ OCD)

~Mother Teresa of Avila, the Holy Mother of the Reformed Carmel.


Holy Men and Women of Carmel O.Carm and OCD


St. Teresa of Jesus (of Avila), Mystic, Doctor, Reformer of Carmelite Order, Foundress of the Discalced Carmelite Order

St. John of the Cross, Mystic, Doctor, Reformer, Co-Founder of the Discalced Carmelite Order

St. Therese of Lisieux, Doctor (Doctor Amoris)

St. Mary Magdalen de’Pazzi

St. Edith Stein, Martyr

St. Teresa of the Andes

St Andrew Corsini, Bishop

St. Simon Stock Blessed Mother appeared to Him holding the brown scapular. "Receive, my beloved son, this scapular of thy Order; it is the special sign of my favor, which I have obtained for thee and for thy children of Mount Carmel. He who dies clothed with this habit shall be preserved from eternal fire. It is the badge of salvation, a shield in time of danger, and a pledge of special peace and protection."

St Raphael Kalinowski

Bl. Titus Brandsma, Martyr

Bl. Teresa of St. Augustine and Companions, Martyrs of Compiegne
~... they were guillotined in Paris on 17th July 1794 while singing hymns and after having renewed their vows to their prioress, Teresa of St. Augustine. They were beatified by Saint Pius X on 13th May 1906.
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Holy Men and Women, Pray for us.

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

I am very interested of SAINTS who can perform ECSTACY , STIGMATA and LEVITATION .

Their dead bodies are uncorrupted for so many years , some centuries na .

[pinoy_09]

Not sure if this is on-topic, but RELICS never cease to amaze me, not in a negative way. I guess I just love museums too much and anything of historical significance.

[petite fleur]

For the record...na over expose na akong Lips sa Relics ni St. Clare. Every after the Novena Mass I never miss to kiss her.
Why kiss?
Our way of sending our love to our holy friends. Di man pwede e sud sa bag, e kiss nalang

[madmike]

nice quotes and sayings.

[wenlove24]

@petite: you just made my day hehe bagag leps
@springfield: kato imo gi hisgutan nga about ni Sister Julia Kim ba reminds me atong akong nadunggan nga (di ko sure) saint ba to nga everytime e saka ang consecrated host, mo appear nga si Baby Jesus ang host. kinsay naay idea if kinsa to nga person? nalimot nako. taod2x naman ko kadungog ato gud.

[wenlove24]

‎"I have worked and I want to work. I have prayed and I want to pray. I have kept watch and I want to keep watch. I have cried and I want to cry - always for all of my brothers who are in exile. I know and understand that this is very little but this is what I know how to do; this is what I am able to do; and this is all that I can do." - St. Padre Pio
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"A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil." - St. Dominic de Guzman

[koralstratz]

St. Patricia
(Feast Day Aug 25 )

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Tradition states that she was noble; she may have been related to the Roman Emperor. Some sources say that she was a descendant of Constantine the Great.
Wishing to escape an marriage arranged by Constans II and become a nun, she went to Rome. There she received the veil from Pope Liberius. Upon the death of her father, she returned to Constantinople and, renouncing any claim to the imperial crown, distributed her wealth to the poor. She then planned to go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
However, a terrible storm shipwrecked her on the shores of Naples. Finding refuge on the tiny island of Megarides (the site of the present-day Castel dell'Ovo), the site of a small hermitage, Patricia died shortly after from disease.
Like St. Januarius there, a vial believed to be filled with her blood reportedly liquefies thirteen hundred years after her death.

[koralstratz]

Not sure if this is on-topic, but RELICS never cease to amaze me, not in a negative way. I guess I just love museums too much and anything of historical significance.

Nice to know this bro

Bro....There were also instances wherein atheists SOMETIMES get hooked to the to the love of Christ through miracles and other phenomenon STILL unexplained by science, (they at first were simply feeding their curiosity) ..or even sometimes they got converted by SUBTLE prayers thrown to them that they were not been aware of........BUT rarely, if not non at all through verbal persuasion

MOST atheist are inherently intelligent (if not brilliant) persons,,,and the world should not blame them for asking and finding and presenting explanation on most things.. I guess they were created that way in order for civilization to advance.

I too have a few atheist friends in the past but all of them are very good and moral people, and it is disheartening to admit that oftentimes they were the ones who acted more "Christian-like" than some of my religious friends

Have a nice day bro....and thnx much for the respect.

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

springfield: kato imo gi hisgutan nga about ni Sister Julia Kim ba reminds me atong akong nadunggan nga (di ko sure) saint ba to nga everytime e saka ang consecrated host, mo appear nga si Baby Jesus ang host. kinsay naay idea if kinsa to nga person? nalimot nako. taod2x naman ko kadungog ato gud.

Yes ... I have collections of books about ECSTACY , LEVITATION and STIGMATA of the SAINTS and the UNEXPLAINED EUCHARISTIC MIRACLES where the bread actually becomes flesh and the wine actually becomes blood .

Afterall , my family manufactures altar bread globally . It runs in the blood and its nice to know about these . If you guys have the chance to join pilgrimages , dont miss LANCIANO , naa didto ang famous kaayo an LANCIANO EUCHARISTIC MIRACLE na ang host for over pila ka centuries pero ang flesh wala gyud ni rot or deteriorate .

Although OT na siya hehehehe , still it holds value because some of these occurances na involved ang mga SAINTS kadtong buhi pa sila .