God's love reaches in (Fr. Michael-Joseph of Saint Thérèse)

   Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the mother of mercy, and she comes to our help in our greatest moment of need. This is not simply limited to the moment we pass to the next life, but throughout our spiritual lives. Thomas Aquinas said, Divine mercy is the love of God that reaches down into our deepest misery and lifts us up. This is evident in the way that God works in our interior lives. God’s love reaches into the personal misery of our disorders, our inner poverty, our struggles, and he purifies us and transforms us in Jesus. The Holy Spirit desires to carry out this work through Mary and her maternal love for us, even in this life. Mary is our spiritual mother through whom God gives us his grace. 

--Fr. Michael-Joseph of Saint Thérèse, OCD 

Today is the Feast of our Patron, 

Our Lady of Mount Carmel! 

To view Fr. Michael-Joseph’s complete video (in English or in Spanish), Who is Our Lady of Mount Carmel?, go to https://discalcedcarmel.org/our-lady-of-mt-carmel-and-the-brown-scapular-la-virgen-del-carmen-y-el-escapulario-marron/

Image source: Statue, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, Mill Valley, CA, http://www.randomactsofcatholics.org/home/2017/5/2/our-lady-of-mount-carmel-blesses-raoc 

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