Touraine Reform
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The Touraine Reform was a Carmelite Counter-Reformation movement of return to regular observance, which appeared in France at the beginning of the 17th century, spreading throughout Catholic Europe an
La Vierge remettant le scapulaire à saint Simon Stock by Nicolas Mignard, 17th century painting.
John of St. Samson
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John of Saint Samson was a French Carmelite lay brother, mystic, spiritual director, poet, musician, and writer. Blind from early childhood, he became one of the principal spiritual figures of the Tou
Touraine Reform
…day and night on the law of the Lord, the reformer reconnected with the essentially contemplative charism of Carmel. In this respect, his choice of Jean de Saint-Samson, a blind mystical lay brother, as master of the interior life of the reform, is revealing of his spiritual priorities. Close to John of Ruusbroec and…
The Blind Musician by Georges de La Tour
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