Counsels of Perfection for Christian Mothers New Release The Ascent of Mount Carmel

The Ascent of Mount Carmel

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a burning flame devouring the corruption of vice and filling the heart so full that there is no place for vanity

Painted by the now Blessed Dominican friar known as Fra

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Counsels of Perfection for Christian Mothers New Release The Ascent of Mount CarmelMotherhood is the perfect setting for Christian perfection so Monsignor P. Legeune, writing in 1913, counsels overwhelmed mothers in this hidden treasure. In an encouraging, conversational style, Legeune directs Catholic mothers to stir from spiritual lukewarmness, habitual venial sin, and dissipation by using the tools he recommends for spiritual growth: the imitation of Mary, recollected prayer, spiritual reading, a rule of life, devout assistance