Today is the Feast of that most tragic yet beautiful saint, Maria Goretti (1890-1902). I came across on the internet an article by a member of the Order of the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart in Los Angeles whose name is Sister Maria Goretti. I find it particularly eloquent: ‘… our habit is our ‘bridal garment’; for Carmelites, it is brown. The brown habit is a colour of earth and symbolizes penance. Only in penance and self-denial, fuelled by love, will I truly
