The LORD said to Moses:
Tell the Israelites: When a woman has a child, giving birth to a boy, she shall be unclean for seven days... and then she shall spend thirty-three days more in a state of blood purity; she shall not touch anything sacred nor enter the sanctuary till the days of her purification are fulfilled. ... When the days of her purification for a son or for a daughter are fulfille...
Our beautiful, inspirational saint started life on an air base, appropriate for a person whose soul flew to Heaven within while she was yet on earth. She was born Elizabeth Catez on July 18, 1880. Her army officer father died when Elizabeth was seven. That same year, she made her first Confession and discovered that Her Father in heaven was merciful. Although she had been a proud, hot-temper...
“Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things are passing away:
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things
Whoever has God lacks nothing;
God alone suffices.
These are the words that can start a quest in your heart. Simple to understand. Difficult to live, even in a life where each day begins with mental prayer. It is a singular gift to reali...
On October 7, the Church celebrates the yearly feast of Our Lady of the Rosary,, which for several centuries was known as Our Lady of Victory.
By 1453, troops of the Turkish Ottoman Empire invaded and occupied the Byzantine. This brought a large portion of an increasingly divided Christian world under Islamic law.
Over the next hundred years, the Turks expanded their empire west on land....
St. Thérèse's of Lisieux was a discalced Carmelite nun, known as "The Little Flower of Jesus" or simply, "The Little Flower." She was one of nine children. Her parents were Saints Louis and Zelie Martin.
Born January 2, 1873, Thérèse felt an early call to religious life, and a the age of 15, joined her two older sisters in the cloistered ...
On August 26th, Discalced Carmelites and the community of Apostoli Viae celebrate the Feast of the Transverberation (or Transpierecing of the Heart) of St. Teresa of Avila, Virgin, Doctor, and Reformer of the Carmelite Order.
The term transverberation comes from the Latin transverberare which means to pierce through. In mystical theology, it is also known by the Italian word ferita (wound) o...
Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell:
nor wilt Thou give Thy holy one to see corruption.
--Psalm xv. 10
On the third day after Mary's death, when the apostles gathered around her tomb, they found it empty. The sacred body had been carried up to the celestial paradise. Jesus Himself came to conduct her thither; the whole court of heaven came to welcome with songs of triumph the Moth...
The deeper a soul is bound to God, the more completely surrendered to grace, the stronger will be its influence on the form of the church. Conversely, the more an era is engulfed in the night of sin and estrangement from God the more it needs souls united to God.
- St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross was born Jewish, lapsed into atheism, and ...
- To be prayed from August 1st to the 9th -
Dear Friends,
Please join with us in this novena to Saint Theresa Benedicta of the Cross. We ask that you join your personal intentions with that of our community and that you repeat these listed below aloud before your prayers on each day of the novena:
The hearts of each member of the Apostoli Viae community, especially those who recent...