And his first appointment is a CARMELITE!!

“I am not trying to continue promoting polarization in the Church,” Pope Leo XIV told Crux. The Chicago-born pope described himself as a bridge-builder in a polarized world, willing to listen but firm on doctrine. religionnews.com/2025/09/24/w...

🌟 "Think not that pleasing God lies so much in doing a great deal as in doing it with good will." Saint John of the Cross teaches us what truly matters to God. 🔗 https://twp.ai/ImrVbC #SaintJohnOfTheCross #CatholicPrayer

🌟 On this day in 1970, Pope Saint Paul VI proclaimed Saint Teresa of Ávila Doctor of the Universal Church. He recognized her extraordinary doctrine "as coming from heaven." 🔗 https://twp.ai/ImqA4K #SaintTeresa #DoctorOfTheChurch

📚 On this day in 1988, St. John Paul II beatified Josefa Naval Girbés, who turned her family home into a school of holiness. "She became all things to all people to save all." 🔗 https://twp.ai/Imq9zy #StJohnPaulII #Homeschool

🙏 "There is so much happiness in my soul." St. Elizabeth of the Trinity writes to her sister as she begins a ten-day retreat in complete silence and solitude. 🔗 https://twp.ai/ImqCAD #CarmeliteSpirit

💕 "Love will always be victorious, love can do everything." These final words from Saint Teresa of St. Augustine, martyred Prioress of Compiègne, inspired Blessed John Paul I's Angelus address delivered just days before his death. 🔗 https://twp.ai/ImqC3C #BlessedJohnPaulI #MartyrsOfCompiegne

📖 "It prevents me from spinning and this is a poor house with many things to be done." Saint Teresa of Avila wrote her autobiography at fifty between monastery duties. Her manuscript survived the Inquisition and two wars. 🔗 https://twp.ai/ImqDYq #StTeresaOfAvila #CarmeliteSpirituality

✨ "I'm feeling as usual... we are about to leave for Medina." St. Teresa of Avila wrote her final letter while traveling, showing us how saints persevere through pain and exhaustion. 🔗 https://twp.ai/ImqEI2 #CarmeliteQuotes #StTeresaOfAvila #Saints

🕊️ "Teresa of Jesus, our Mother, left writings about these spiritual matters that are admirably done." St. John of the Cross speaks of his foundress with deep reverence and gratitude for her spiritual guidance. 🔗 https://twp.ai/ImqFod #CarmeliteQuotes #StJohnOfTheCross #Carmelite

⚔️ "I die from not dying for Thee." On her birthday, we remember St. Teresa of St. Augustine, who wrote these passionate words before fulfilling them at the guillotine. 🔗 https://twp.ai/ImqFhe #Saints #Martyrs

🌹 In her final days, St. Thérèse couldn't speak of her love without tears. "Little sisters, it's you who raised me!" Her gratitude overflowed for those who shaped her heart. 🔗 https://twp.ai/ImqI5E #SaintTherese #Gratitude #Saints

⚖️ "You cannot serve two masters," warns Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara. This Indian Carmelite saint confronts our tendency to split our loyalty between God and worldly concerns. His questions pierce to the heart of authentic faith. 🔗 https://twp.ai/ImqI1D #CarmeliteSaints #Saints

⚖️ "God and God alone has the right to judge such things." Saint Teresa of St. Augustine's words bear witness through history. The prioress of Compiègne's martyred Carmelites, born today in 1752, persevered in faith during the Terror. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Imq2IS #CarmeliteSaints #Saints

🌹 Discover five years of St. Thérèse novenas (2020-2024) in one treasury! From "My Joy" to anniversary celebrations, these devotions have brought comfort and wisdom to thousands seeking the Little Flower's gentle guidance. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Imq2WT #StTherese #CatholicPrayer #Novena

🗻 On this day in 1858, Hermann Cohen led hundreds of pilgrims to the forbidden grotto of Massabielle at Lourdes. "I have not seen Our Lady but I experience the same sensations at the grotto that I received at my conversion." 🔗 https://twp.ai/Imq2Nl #HermannCohen #Lourdes

🤲 "Whatever we give to the poor we give to God." St. Titus Brandsma teaches that evangelical poverty must be authentic, not merely external appearance. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Imq43R #SaintTitusBrandsma #Carmelite

✨ "There is nothing owed to us and everything is due to God." Blessed Mary of the Incarnation calls us to examine our hearts and embrace true gratitude. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Imq3vN #CatholicQuotes #MadameAcarie

🙏 "A life of prayer and the striving for perfection always remained the main goal." Blessed Maria Teresa of St. Joseph, who died on this date in 1938, teaches us that prayer should guide everything we do. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Imq5zP #CatholicQuotes #BlessedMaria #Prayer

✨ "My soul is out on paths that have no ending and no return." Jessica Powers offers a beautiful remedy for our restless age in her mystical poem about journeying toward God. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Imq63L #CatholicPoetry #Prayer #SpiritualJourney

Pope Leo XIV said a proposal to create an AI-version of him so people could have a virtual audience with the pope pretty much horrified him.

📖 "One day thanks to God's mercy, I opened the Bible." Hermann Cohen's powerful testimony of how Scripture's light scattered his doubts and brought clarity to his seeking heart. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Imq7fB #Scripture #Conversion

From Me to You: a 🌺 for anyone that needs this 💕

⛰️ "Many and varied are the ways" to serve Christ with steadfast devotion. St. Albert of Jerusalem's wisdom reminds us that whatever our station, we can live with pure heart. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Imq7dM #Saints #CarmeliteWisdom

In an overly frenetic world, the Gospel teaches the importance of stopping, resting and trusting in the Lord, Pope Leo XIV said.

The video of the 9/11 “Deportations and Assaults on Human Dignity” roundtable with Archbishop Gomez, Archbishop Wenski, Bishop Evelio, Bishop Seitz, Sr. Norma Pimentel, M.J., Ashley Feasley (SFS’02), Nichole Flores, and Fr. Treviño, Jr. is now available: youtu.be/Mt_J7S38sPU?... #DeportationsCST

💔 "You can't heal one wound by inflicting another wound." Bishop Silvio José Báez's timely reminder that revenge only deepens our wounds and damages our emotional well-being. 🔗 https://twp.ai/ImptTG #Forgiveness #Healing

🏔️ "The mountain seems to rise directly from the sea." Peter Thomas Rohrbach's reflection on Mount Carmel reveals why this ancient mountain remains the heart of Carmelite spirituality worldwide. 🔗 https://twp.ai/ImptLB #MountCarmel #Carmelites #ChurchHistory

⚔️ "There can be no pleasing God without faith." St. Albert of Jerusalem's Rule equipped early Carmelites with spiritual armor for the battles of religious life. 🔗 https://twp.ai/ImpvbP #Faith #Carmelites #Catholic

Once on brink of despair, first Nicaragua-born bishop in US 'full of joy' and hope www.ncronline.org/news/once-br...

🌹 "Saint John's home becomes your only refuge." St. Thérèse of Lisieux's meditation on Mary's exile becomes our call to offer her sanctuary in our hearts. 🔗 https://twp.ai/ImpvfF #StTherese #MotherOfSorrows

🕊️ Honor St. Albert of Jerusalem, who gave Carmelites our foundational Rule. Join us for feast day prayers. 🔗 https://twp.ai/ImofeZ #CarmeliteHistory #Saints

💌 From Constantinople with love! St. Louis Martin's 1885 pilgrimage letter brims with fatherly affection and vivid travel descriptions. 🔗 https://twp.ai/ImpwJ3 #SaintLouisMartin #CatholicFamily

✝️ "The day God has unrestricted power over our hearts we shall also have unrestricted power over his." St. Edith Stein's meditation for the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Impx8d #CatholicFaith #Saints #Prayer

🕊️ "I come to you by passing through the pierced Heart of the Mother of Sorrows." St. Elizabeth of the Trinity offered these tender words to console a grieving mother in 1906. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Impylh #CatholicFaith #Saints #Prayer

🙏 "Continue to pray the Rosary in order to obtain the end of the war." Our Lady shows Venerable Lucia that prayer remains our most powerful response to the world's great evils. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Impyp1 #Fatima #CatholicPrayer

✝️ "That love for the Cross that makes saints." Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity writes from her deathbed, discovering that Christ's suffering has become her true home. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Imq0et #Carmelite #CatholicQuotes

Evening 🦋

🌟 "It seemed like I was in Heaven." St. Mary of Jesus Crucified's mystical vision after her near-murder in Egypt—and the mysterious nun who saved her. 🔗 https://twp.ai/4iqHQY #Saints #Miracles #Carmelite

🤝 "He only said: forgive us because we forgive." St. Teresa of Avila reflects on how Jesus prioritizes mercy over all other virtues in the Our Father. 🔗 https://twp.ai/ImplNn #CatholicPrayer #Forgiveness

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#ThursdayTLCleanser Needed this ... caught him resting #Hummingbird #NaturePhotography

✝️ "I felt the Virgin near me. For the first time I experienced a delicious peace." St. Teresa of the Andes describes her First Communion on September 11, 1910. 🔗 https://twp.ai/4iq1bl #Catholic #FirstCommunion #StTeresaOfTheAndes

✝️ "We must first taste the cross if we wish to taste love." Mother Agnès of Jesus shows us that embracing God's will brings happiness even during trials and crosses. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Impngs #Catholic #Cross #GodsWill

"Make an effort to understand, and to comprehend, and replace that violence, that stain of bloodshed that has spread across our land, with an effort to understand, compassion, and love." - Robert F Kennedy, Indianapolis (1968)

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be moved, and though the mountains be toppled into the depths of the sea; (1/2)

📚 "She would have learned to read and write when about seven years old. Probably without going to school." Fascinating look at St. Teresa's homeschooling in 16th century Spain and how it shaped her distinctive handwriting. 🔗 https://twp.ai/ImpnMO #Homeschooling #SaintTeresa #CatholicEducation

🌿✨ "God give thee the dew of heaven." St. Teresa of Avila blesses Blessed Mary of Jesus for her profession using Isaac's biblical blessing. Beautiful example of Teresa's scriptural grounding and maternal care. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Imppr3 #BlessedMaryOfJesus #SaintTeresa #CarmeliteSpirit

✨ "Walk in Jesus Christ: you need this broad road, for you were not made for the narrow paths of here below!" St. Elizabeth of the Trinity offers this encouraging reminder. 🔗 https://twp.ai/Imppfk #Saints #Faith