The Way of the Cross with the Carmelite Saints

Compiled and Illustrated by Sister Joseph Marie, CHT

This book offers one of the most fruitful and popular practices of Christian devotion: the Way of the Cross, or Stations of the Cross, from a Carmelite perspective. The reader can make the Way of the Cross with five inspiring Carmelite saints: John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila, Thérèse of Lisieux, Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), and Elizabeth of the Trinity.

The book effectively provides five different Ways of the Cross that the reader can use for prayer. A complete set of reflections from each saint includes a brief Scripture passage, followed by a selection from the saint’s writings; footnotes identify the source document for each.

These saints have a perennial message for us, helping us to mine, as St. John of the Cross described, the deep, inexhaustible love and riches of Christ, especially demonstrated in his Passion, death, and resurrection.

The Way of the Cross with the Carmelite Saints is an ideal prayer resource for the Lenten season or personal prayer and reflec