Carmelite Books Online

Carmelite Books Online

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The following books are available at no cost to you. Many of them can be read online, viewed on a mobile device, or downloaded. Some are also available as audio files. If you have a Kindle or an eBook reader on your computer or mobile device, there are free versions of many titles, such as the Practice of the Presence of God and the Imitation of Christ.

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Brother Lawrence

Practice the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Elizabeth of the Trinity

The Praise of Glory: Reminiscences of Sister Elizabeth of the Trinity, a Carmelite nun of Dijon, 1901-1906 (1913)

John of the Cross

The Complete Works of St. John of the Cross, Publisher: London - Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green 1864
The Ascent of Mt. Carmel by Saint John of the Cross, Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Dark Night of the Soul by Saint John of the Cross, Christian Classics Ethereal Library
The Spiritual Canticle by Saint John of the Cross, Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Madame Louise

The Life of Madame Louise, a Carmelite nun, and Daughter of Louis xv., King of France, transl (1807)

Marie of St. Pierre

The Life of Sister Marie of St. Pierre: Internet Archive Library 1884

Mary Magdalen de Pazzi

Biography of Saint Mary Magdalen de Pazzi: ICS Books Online — click on Archives

Mother Isabel of the Sacred Heart

A Copy of the Circular Letter Sent to Carmelite Convents on the Death of Mother Isabel of the Sacre Heart, Carmelite Nun of Lisieux (1882-1914), by Agnes de Jésus, Soeur; London: Kingscote Press. Quote on the book jacket reads: ‘I am the lowly herald of the “Little Queen”. – Sister Isabel of the Sacred Heart’

Mother Mary Xaveria of the Angels

An English Carmelite: The Life of Catharine Burton, Mother Mary Xaveria of the Angels, of the English Teresian Convent at Antwerp. by Fr. Thomas Hunter, S.J. (1876 18th edition)

Teresa of Avila

The Book of the Foundations of Saint Teresa of Jesus of the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, with the visitation of the nunneries, the rule and constitutions
The Book of Her Life by Saint Teresa of Avila, Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Interior Castle by Saint Teresa of Avila, Christian Classics Ethereal Library
St. Teresa's book-mark : a meditative commentary (1919)
The Way of Perfection by Saint Teresa of Avila, Christian Classics Ethereal Library

Thérèse of Lisieux

Poems by Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, Christian Classics Ethereal Library
The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Ame) by Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Thoughts of the servant of God, Thérèse of the Child Jesus : the Little flower of Jesus, Carmelite of the monastery of Lisieux, 1873-1897 (1915)

Titus Brandsma

Letters of Blessed Titus Brandsma: from EWTN.com
Carmelite Mysticism Historical Sketches by Titus Brandsma

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