“Loneliness is not your verdict. It is a season — and seasons turn.”
Scripture
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
Psalm 34:18
Carmelite Voice
“I have found Heaven on earth, since Heaven is God, and God is in my soul.”
— St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
“You were never meant to be everything to yourself. Let yourself be held.”
Scripture
“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.”
Psalm 68:5
Carmelite Voice
“Christ has no body now but yours; no hands, no feet on earth but yours.”
— St. Teresa of Ávila
“Even in the empty room, you are not alone. He sits beside you.”
Scripture
“Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?”
Psalm 139:7
Carmelite Voice
“We must learn to remain at rest in Him, in the depth of our soul.”
— St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
“The ache for company is, in part, the ache for Him. He made the longing — and He is the answer to it.”
Scripture
“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.”
Psalm 42:1–2
Carmelite Voice
“Our hearts are restless, Lord, until they rest in You.”
— St. Augustine
“Solitude is not the same as abandonment. In the silence, He is speaking your name slowly, the way a mother speaks to a sleeping child.”
Scripture
“I have called you by name; you are mine.”
Isaiah 43:1
Carmelite Voice
“God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer.”
— St. Teresa of Calcutta
