In our day, there is much social upheaval and unrest and a strident political atmosphere. Additionally, living during the pandemic of Covid-19, has caused many pressures and struggles for the whole world.
“Courage in the Face of Opposition” is needed as much, or even more, today as in previous times.
Our guest, Colleen Sollinger, has put together several teaching points and nuggets of wisdom from our Carmelites that will help us to live now in our challenging situation, as they did in theirs.
We will get wise counsel from several Carmelites. Those featured in this podcast are: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, the Martyrs of Compiegne, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, St. Maria Maravillas, St. Benedicta of the Cross, Pere Jacques (Bunel) of Jesus, and General Louis-Gaston de Sonis.
SOURCES
Père Jacques
“Père Jacques: Resplendent in Victory”
By Francis J. Murphy
ICS Publications
“Listen to the Silence: A Retreat with Père Jacques”
Translated and Edited by Francis J. Murphy
ICS Publications
General de Sonis
“The Life of General de Sonis, From his Papers and Correspondence”
By Msgr Baunard, Translated by Lady Herbert
Available from Amazon
“Le Général de Sonis”
By Gérard Bedel
Via Romana (it’s French but the most up-to-date, if you can read it.)
Martyrs of Compiègne
“To Quell the Terror: The True Story of the Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne”
William Bush
ICS Publications
Saint Maria Maravillas
There isn’t a lot about St. Maria Maravillas in English, alas. If you can read Spanish or French, you’re in luck. However, we can offer one English source:
“Following the Path of Divine Love: Saint Maravillas, O.C.D., Daughter of the Church and of Saint Teresa of Jesus”
by the Discalced Carmelites of Cerro de los Angeles and La Aldehuela, Spain;
Carmel International Publishing House; Kerala, India. 2011.
https://santamaravillasdejesus.es
~ This is the website to the convent near Cerro de los Ángeles. This is the convent from which she was first arrested during the Spanish Civil War; this is the one she rebuilt after it had been destroyed after being occupied by both sides at various times throughout the war. ~
Sainteté au Carmel: Vie et message de Mère Maravillas de Jésus
By the Carmel at the Cerro de los Ángeles
Éditions du Carmel
“God, Be Yourself My Sanctity.” (Part 2)
“God, Be Yourself My Sanctity” (Part 1)
The Beatitudes Connection to the Ten Commandments (and Carmel)
A Model for Parents: Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin
Replay: Testing and Discerning a Vocation to the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites with Guest, Colleen Sollinger, OCDS
An Analogy of Spiritual Childhood and a Reflection on the Rosary, with Deacon Mark Danis, OCDS
Detachment: An Essential for Divine Intimacy, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
The Prophetic Life and the Call of Discalced Carmelite Seculars to the Living Flame of Love, Homily by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
Homily for the feast Day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin
Reparation with Deacon Mark Danis, OCDS
Silence…the Language of God, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
Work: The Road to Holiness, with Tim Bete, OCDS
A Radiance of the Holy Spirit: St. Mary of Jesus Crucified, OCD, with Frances Harry, OCDS
The Holy Trinity, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
St. Joseph the Worker and the Work of Prayer,Deacon Mark Danis, OCDS
The Church Prepares, Year after Year, for the Anniversary of Her Birth: The Church and the Holy Spirit, with Jean Crowley, OCDS
Pray without Ceasing: Fulfilling the Lord’s Precept through the Liturgy of the Hours ; Part 2, with Marika Zimmerman, OCDS
Pray without Ceasing: Fulfilling the Lord’s Precept through the Liturgy of the Hours, with Marika Zimmerman, OCDS
Personal experiences of suffering, with Frances Harry, OCDS, and Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
Go to Joseph, by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
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