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Shortly before her death in May 1897, Therese expresses in her long poem of 25 stanzas the place that the Virgin Mary held in her life...

I jen letmý pohled na dějiny křesťanského řeholního života ukazuje, že u zrodu některých řádů, jejichž význam v průběhu historie církve až podnes je veliký, stáli laici, tedy ne duchovní...

Ascent of Mount Carmel (annotation)

God spreads His mercy in the world through the service of the church via a precious gift known by the ancient name "indulgences"...

We live in the time after Pentecost, in which the Spirit of Jesus Christ and the Spirit of God the Father are already working in the Church, in us...

Over the last few decades, the Carmelites have begun to engage much more intensively in the study of the text of the Rule and at the same time the historical background of its writing...

“The holy year is to be an unceasing hymn to the Trinity...”

... it depends only on each of us whether this year will be a year of grace and transformation...

Excerpt from the lecture on the Sacrament of Reconciliation for priests at the formation meeting of priests on January 22, 1999, in Želiv.

Prayer in the first moments after waking up

When I stood as a young boy with my very devout mother in front of the statue of the loving Infant Jesus, I could not help but feel conflicting emotions...

fraternal dialogue and obedience to authority

... the prayer of praise is a great, sadly often underappreciated, gift from God. A gift that is offered to us by God to make progress on our path to Him.

On the occasion of the beatification of Fr. Januszewski, the General Prior of the Carmelite Order, Fr. Joseph Chalmers, issued a letter about him...

Completion of the article by P. Gianni Colzani