Above, St. Maravillas at one of her foundations.
“I consider myself to be a mere nothing, so incapable of any virtue. But it seems to me as if the Lord wants me to let all this nothingness be lost in him, and for him to live in me. For a while I have had a sort of attraction just to stay loving and adoring the Lord whom I feel in the deepest recesses of my soul, however obscure and hidden he may be. It’s as if I am aware of someone better inside me. It’s like the different dwellings of the soul that St. Teresa speaks about. Father, could it be the case that what the Lord wants of me is to remain like this, loving and adoring him in greater or lesser emptiness, in sorrow or in joy, just observing how he can do whatever he likes in the center of this soul, just letting him work?“
(Letter to Fr. Torres-1932)
“I was drawn to the Carmelites because of my desire to imitate the life of Jesus Christ our God.”
– St. Maravillas of Jesus
“We only have to live by faith and then everything becomes easy. Who could see Him acting so kindly towards us, so full of love, so attentive to our needs, and then not live for Him alone and love Him madly?
What does it matter if someone does not feel faith, provided they are living every moment by it?
Always live a life full of faith and trust, letting the Lord steer your boat and even sleep in it if He wants.“
– St. Maravillas of Jesus
Carmel, Garden of God 