Carmelite Quotes

Nuno Álvares Pereira is more than the national hero portrayed by chroniclers and historians: a courageous, austere, principled man who loved his country and the poor. He is also a holy man. His heroic courage in defending his nation’s identity, his detachment from possessions, and his love for those most in need flowed like water from a spring—the spring of his love for Chris...

November 7
BLESSED FRANCIS OF JESUS MARY JOSEPH
PALAU Y QUER
Priest

Optional Memorial

Born in Aytona, Lerida, on December 29, 1811, Blessed Francis Palau y Quer entered the Order in 1832 and was ordained priest in 1836. Civil turmoil forced him to live in exile and outside...

To live happily, we must surrender ourselves to God’s will in everything and everywhere, submit to reason, and follow the will of others rather than our own. Provided our hearts are united to God, we should pay no heed to whether others speak well or ill of us, do what we ought, and let others do as they wish.

The straightest path to heaven is suffering; humility in...

November 6
SAINT NUNO OF ST. MARY
Religious

Optional Memorial
In the houses in Portugal, Memorial

Nuno was born in 1360 and fought for many years as a soldier for the independence of Portugal. After his wife’s death, he entered the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel as a brother...

Brothers and sisters: With these words, I have sought to pay grateful tribute to Saint John of the Cross, theologian and mystic, poet and artist, a “heavenly and divine man”— as Saint Teresa of Jesus called him—a friend of the poor and a wise spiritual director of souls. He is the father and spiritual teacher of the entire Teresian Carmel—the one who shaped the living faith t...