Prayer is as varied as the person doing the prayer. There are many forms and formulas of prayers but they acquire distinct differences because people and souls are different. What is prayer? How does one pray? My intention is not to write a treatise on prayer! I am not an expert on prayer. But someone [...]
"Dead End." This is the last thing I would want to see when I'm trying to find my way to a destination. It awakens a host of negative feelings inside me: disappointment over all the lost time spent driving around, anger because I'm late arriving, or fear because I don't know where I am and [...]
By Sr. Helena of Mary Devotion to St. Joseph was a hallmark of St. Teresa of Avila. Teresa attributed her miraculous cure to Saint Joseph. When she was living in the Incarnation Convent in Avila, she was struck with an ailment that left her half-dead. She was paralyzed and was presumed dead at one [...]
By Sister Helena of Mary, O.Carm. In our Catholic liturgical calendar, the Lenten season opened with Ash Wednesday. I have never been to a desert. I have never seen one. I don’t believe this to be a unique experience. I have seen nice pictures of deserts, with sand and sun capturing the play of [...]
By Sr. Helena of Mary Feast Day: November 8 The Carmelite Order celebrates the feast of Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity on November 8th. Elizabeth was a beautiful soul who tasted the delights of contemplating God in the depths of her soul and invites us to do the same. She was born July 18, 1880 in [...]
 A Daughter of Saint Teresa  It is a bold statement to claim to be a daughter of the Great Saint Teresa!  But it is not so bold when one gets to know our Foundress, Venerable Mary Angeline Teresa, who had such great devotion and admiration for this great woman of faith and mission, that she [...]
