Sept 1st - Feast Day Of St. Teresa Margaret, Carmelite

[Laudem Gloriae]

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[center]‘From myself, nothing; from God, everything … the smaller and weaker I am in myself, the richer and stronger I shall be in Him … He shall be the more glorious in His mercy as I am more despicable in my sins and nothingness.’” (St Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart)[/center]

[left]Read a great book on her life, “God Is Love” by Margaret Rowe – available at Sisters of Carmel online bookstore for $13.95 (http://www.sistersofcarmel.com/st-teresa-margaret-books.php), they also have other books on St. Teresa Margaret also. It is also available on Amazon but it is more expensive, $31.96 – or $12-13 for Kindle.[/left]
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[center]“God is Love”
Saint Teresa Margaret: Her Life
by Margaret Rowe[/center]
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288 pp. paperbackAnna Maria Redi was born into a large devout family in Arezzo, Italy in 1747. From the earliest days of her childhood, she was filled with a deep love of God and asked the adults around her “Who is God?” Dissatisfied with the answers given her, she felt that the contemplative life of a Carmelite alone could begin to quench her thirst to know and give herself completely to God. Her life flowed from a constant desire to “return love for love.” Reflecting on her death at twenty-two, her spiritual director remarked, “She could not have lived very much longer, so great was the strength of God’s love within her.” She combined Martha and Mary; amidst the duties of community infirmarian, she still reached the heights of contemplation. This biography, long out of print, is sure to renew and inspire.[/center]

[left]At this site, http://www.stteresamargaret.org/HolyCards.htm, you can print out a prayer card with a picture and prayer of her. This is the card’s picture and prayer:[/left]

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O seraphic Saint Teresa Margaret,
you consumed your earthly life so quickly experiencing that God is Charity
and that the Sacred Heart of Jesus
is an ardent furnace of love,
obtain for us to be inflamed like you,
by a fervent, generous and holy life.
O Angel of Carmel,
intercede for us
so that your virtues of humility and innocence, penance and charity, with which
you offered yourself virginally to the Lord,
may be ours too,
so that our life may be totally consecrated
to the perfect service of God.
Amen.

[emmaberry]

Thanks for posting! [s]When did she live?[/s]

Edit: Answer in the OP.

Edited August 30, 2012 by emmaberry

[FutureCarmeliteClaire]

One of my biggest role model saints.

I aspire to be Sr. Margaret Grace of the Sacred Heart.

[Strictlyinkblot]

Another Saint Teresa? Yay! I don't know a lot about her, I'll have to check her out more.

[Chiquitunga]

One of my favorite Carmelite saints!!!

[img]http://www.stteresamargaret.org/images/StTeresaMargaretBanner.jpg[/img]

I read [url="http://www.carmeliteshoppe.com/content-product_info/product_id-1970/from_the_sacred_heart_to_the_trinity.html"][i]From the Sacred Heart to the Trinity[/i][/url] at the first Carmel I visited, and have loved her since!

Some links from people who have visited her incorrupt body [url="http://mikaelaitalianadventures.blogspot.com/2012/03/shrine-of-st-teresa-margaret-redi.html"]here[/url], [url="http://abbeyleeroma.blogspot.com/2011/01/weekend-in-florence.html"]here[/url] & [url="http://monasterydailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/05/florence-4.html"]here[/url]. I love that they didn't cover her face with a wax mask as they have with some incorruptibles. You can really see how she is, and witness the miracle of it after nearly three centuries!

Also, something I noticed the other day .. our former PMer (briefly) in Littleton Carmel looks like her! http://www.archden.org/index.cfm/ID/8335 I feel like I'm looking at a picture of the saint alive

Edited September 1, 2012 by Chiquitunga

[emmaberry]

[quote name='Chiquitunga' timestamp='1346468253' post='2477015']
One of my favorite Carmelite saints!!!

[img]http://www.stteresamargaret.org/images/StTeresaMargaretBanner.jpg[/img]

I read [url="http://www.carmeliteshoppe.com/content-product_info/product_id-1970/from_the_sacred_heart_to_the_trinity.html"][i]From the Sacred Heart to the Trinity[/i][/url] at the first Carmel I visited, and have loved her since!

Some links from people who have visited her incorrupt body [url="http://mikaelaitalianadventures.blogspot.com/2012/03/shrine-of-st-teresa-margaret-redi.html"]here[/url], [url="http://abbeyleeroma.blogspot.com/2011/01/weekend-in-florence.html"]here[/url] & [url="http://monasterydailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/05/florence-4.html"]here[/url]. I love that they didn't cover her face with a wax mask as they have with some incorruptibles. You can really see how she is, and witness the miracle of it after nearly three centuries!

Also, something I noticed the other day .. our former PMer (briefly) in Littleton Carmel looks like her! [url="http://www.archden.org/index.cfm/ID/8335"]http://www.archden.o...dex.cfm/ID/8335[/url] I feel like I'm looking at a picture of the saint alive
[/quote]

They DO look alike! Thank you for pointing that out-I would never have put two and two together on my own.

[SstrAli]

Thank you so much for this thread, oh my...blushing!! I'm so in love with Carmelites!!! Looking forward to reading more about these Saints!