{"id":6594,"date":"2024-07-15T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=6594"},"modified":"2024-07-14T18:23:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T22:23:08","slug":"our-lady-of-mount-carmel-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/our-lady-of-mount-carmel-5\/","title":{"rendered":"our Lady of Mount Carmel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/july17.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"561\" height=\"567\" data-attachment-id=\"3625\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/our-lady-of-mount-carmel-3\/attachment\/july17-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/july17.jpg?fit=561%2C567&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"561,567\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;the Net&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1594985587&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"july17\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/july17.jpg?fit=561%2C567&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/july17.jpg?resize=625%2C632&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/july17.jpg?w=561&amp;ssl=1 561w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/july17.jpg?resize=297%2C300&amp;ssl=1 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thy Kingdom Come<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eternal Wisdom ! Between you and your Father this was quite sufficient. This is how you made your request of him in the garden of Gethsemane. You showed him what you wished for and what you feared, but left it all in his hands. But you know us, my Lord, and you know that we have not given ourselves up to the will of your Father as completely as you did.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Now the good Jesus bids us say these words, in which we pray that the Kingdom may come in us: Hallowed be thy name, thy Kingdom come. See how great our Master\u2019s wisdom is!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Now, then. The greatest joy in the kingdom of heaven (the greatest among many) seems to me to be that we will no longer be tied up with earthly concerns but will have rest and glory within us \u2013 rejoicing that gives joy to everyone, peace that lasts for ever \u2013 satisfaction in ourselves, a satisfaction that comes from seeing how everyone is praising the Lord and blessing and hallowing his name.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">St Teresa of Avila<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thy Kingdom Come Eternal Wisdom ! Between you and your Father this was quite sufficient. This is how you made your request of him in the garden of Gethsemane. You showed him what you wished for and what you feared, but left it all in his hands. But you know us, my Lord, and you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[49,44,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marian-consecration","category-saints-and-blesseds","category-spiritual-practices"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-1Im","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":258,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/marian-consecration\/knowledge-of-self-day-16-beloved-sinners\/","url_meta":{"origin":6594,"position":0},"title":"Knowledge of Self Day 16 &#8211; Beloved sinners","author":"fatherboniface@gmail.com","date":"March 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Day 16 - Beloved sinners; a dignified embarrassment A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke: There was a man who had two sons; and the younger of them said to his father, \u2018Father, give me the share of property that falls to me.\u2019 And he divided his living\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Marian Consecration&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Marian Consecration","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/category\/spiritual-practices\/marian-consecration\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/big_23.-Cignaroli-2.jpg?fit=1095%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/big_23.-Cignaroli-2.jpg?fit=1095%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/big_23.-Cignaroli-2.jpg?fit=1095%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/big_23.-Cignaroli-2.jpg?fit=1095%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/big_23.-Cignaroli-2.jpg?fit=1095%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7760,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/pope-benedict-xvi\/st-joseph-patron-of-the-church\/","url_meta":{"origin":6594,"position":1},"title":"St Joseph Patron of the Church","author":"monks4christ","date":"March 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Faithful foster Father and Guardian There is a general rule concerning all special graces granted to any human being. 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