Carmelite Saints

Carmelite Saints like St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and St. Therese of Lisieux show us how to live the Carmelite Spirituality. Through these Carmelite witnesses, we learn how to let God, who dwells deep inside us, create a loving heart within us.

Saint Teresa of Avila

“Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything. For whoever has God lacks nothing.” – St Teresa of Avila

Solemnity – October 15th

Saint John of the Cross

“Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.” – John of the Cross

Solemnity – December 14th

Saint Therese of Lisieux

“A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.” – St. Therese of Lisieux

Feast Day – October 1st

Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

“God is there in these moments of rest and can give us in a single instant exactly what we need. Then the rest of the day can take its course, under the same effort and strain, perhaps, but in peace. And when night comes, and you look back over the day and see how fragmentary everything has been, and how much you planned that has gone undone, and all the reasons you have to be embarrassed and ashamed: just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God’s hands and leave it with Him. Then you will be able to rest in Him — really rest — and start the next day as a new life.” – St Edith Stein

Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity

“O my God, Trinity whom I adore, help me to become utterly forgetful of myself so that I may establish myself in you, as changeless and calm as though my soul were already in eternity. Let nothing disturb my peace nor draw me forth f from you, O my unchanging God, but at every moment may I penetrate more deeply into the depths of your mystery. Give peace to my soul; make it your heaven, your cherished dwelling-place and the place of your repose. Let me never leave you there alone, but keep me there, wholly attentive, wholly alert in my faith, wholly adoring and fully given up to your creative action.”

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