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A Solitary Bird: July 2011

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Thoughts on Carmelite Spirituality and contemplative prayer. Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Elijah and the Double Portion. 2 Kings, 2). What is this double portion. Elisha asked for from this holy prophet? Some say the the ‘double spirit’ of Elijah is prayer and mortification. These certainly are the cardinal virtues of a Carmelite. Others say it is prayer and preaching. After all what is a prophet without words? Many say it is the spirit of zeal -. Zelo zelatus sum pro Domino Deo exercituum". Of it to Elisha.

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A Solitary Bird: June 2011

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Thoughts on Carmelite Spirituality and contemplative prayer. Saturday, June 25, 2011. Offer God a Holy Heart. Excite in yourself the desire to attain this gift - the gift of contemplation. By offering to God. One free from all actual stain of sin. The greatest obstacles to contemplation is. Disposing yourself for it. When we remain dissipated and attached we block the reception of this most sublime gift. St John of the Cross in his work. He best knows.” (Book I, Chap 9) In a commentary on. Are truly pres...

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A Solitary Bird: October 2011

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Thoughts on Carmelite Spirituality and contemplative prayer. Monday, October 3, 2011. The Work of God. Whether we are praying the Divine Office - the Opus Dei - or working in the kitchen among the “pots and pans”. We should regard our work, all work no matter how humble, as the work of God. It is really the. God sees the intention. St Teresa, The Book of Her Foundations, Chap. 5). Links to this post. St Teresa of Jesus. The Book of Her Foundations. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Work of God.

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A Solitary Bird: Burning Gently

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Thoughts on Carmelite Spirituality and contemplative prayer. Saturday, November 12, 2011. Photo by Darren Hester. Http:/ www.darrenhester.com/. 8220;The ninth step. Causes the soul to burn gently.”. Dark Night Bk II, chapter 20,4) Filled with the Holy Spirit, these souls burn gently and interiorly with love. St John of the Cross. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). An Ancient Prayer for Advent. Discalced Carmelite Friars of the California-Arizona Province. Food for the Poor. Institute of Carmelite Studies.

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A Solitary Bird: December 2011

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Thoughts on Carmelite Spirituality and contemplative prayer. Friday, December 30, 2011. This blog is moving over to wordpress. I hope you will continue to want to follow asolitarybird. Http:/ asolitarybird.wordpress.com/. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). This blog is moving over to wordpress. I hope you . Discalced Carmelite Friars of the California-Arizona Province. Discalced Carmelites of the Australia-Oceania Region. Food for the Poor. Institute of Carmelite Studies. Louange de sa gloire.

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A Solitary Bird: Audacity

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Thoughts on Carmelite Spirituality and contemplative prayer. Thursday, November 10, 2011. God gives souls on this seventh step. An “ardent boldness”. Ask these souls to pray for you, for these souls “obtain from God what they ask of Him”. Dark Night Bk II, chapter 20,2). While on this step the soul must “always conserve humility”. Remembering that although given a free hand and boldness from God, these same steps are used to descend. St John of the Cross. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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A Solitary Bird: August 2011

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Thoughts on Carmelite Spirituality and contemplative prayer. Friday, August 19, 2011. Memory and St. John of the Cross. In the Ascent of Mount Carmel. St John of the Cross prepares advancing souls for the gift of God. In his treatise on memory. Found in the third book of the Ascent, he teaches that there must be a void in order to make a place for God. This void is often referred to as “nakedness of spirit”. There is only one way to allow Him to do it, that is, to make the void which forces the powers, i...

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A Solitary Bird: Hope

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Thoughts on Carmelite Spirituality and contemplative prayer. Wednesday, November 9, 2011. With nothing but hope. The soul on this sixth step. Runs swiftly towards God. The charity. Of these souls increases. And is purer. It’s capacity to love. Has been enlarged by the many touches it has received from God. “And it runs without fainting by reason of its hope. The love. That has invigorated it makes it fly swiftly.”. Dark Night Bk II, chapter 20,1) .to the seventh step. St John of the Cross.

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A Solitary Bird: May 2010

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Thoughts on Carmelite Spirituality and contemplative prayer. Tuesday, May 18, 2010. We belong to Mary. We belong to Mary. A nice post from Louange de sa gloire. Links to this post. Labels: Blessed Virgin Mary. Friday, May 14, 2010. Pray a Pentecost Novena with St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Http:/ www.wf-f.org/0601ESteinPentecost.html. Links to this post. Thursday, May 13, 2010. It is love that really matters. Links to this post. Monday, May 10, 2010. My eyes are ever upon the LORD". Of God, conversi...