April 18
BLESSED MARY OF THE INCARNATION AVRILLOT
Religious

Optional Memorial

In the houses in France: Memorial

Barbe Avrillot was born in Paris in 1566. At the age of sixteen, she married Pierre Acarie, by whom she had seven children. In spite of her househ...

FORTUNATUS: I know not who rules the winds and storms. This I do know. (But though I know this, I know not enough. And yet might I dare speak? What will I say? Will I therefore be punished in my lifetime?) If, as is claimed, divine powers rule the world from above, I reckon that they care not at all for the hard labors of me...

April 17
BLESSED BAPTIST SPAGNOLI
Priest

Optional Memorial

Born in Mantua on April 17th, 1447, as a youth, Baptist joined the Carmelites of the Congregation of Mantua at Ferrara. He made his religious profession in 1464 and served in many positions of responsibility in th...

She who is silent everywhere finds peace.

Sister Teresa Margaret’s veiling ceremony was April 7, 1766, almost a month after her profession. She still wore the white veil of a novice, which meant that the final seal remained, to complete officially—at least in outward appearance—her consecration.

The blac...

The walls of our monasteries enclose a narrow space. To erect the structure of holiness in it, one must dig deep and build high, must descend into the depths of the dark night of one’s own nothingness in order to be raised up high into the sunlight of divine love and compassion.

No human eye can see what God does in the soul during hours of inner prayer. It is grace...