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To be love and prayer in the heart of the Church is the mission and vocation of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns. The heart of a Carmelite embraces the whole world. The contemplative life of Carmel has thrived in the Church since the 12th Century in the Holy Land.
White Abbey, the Carmelite Church in Kildare, plays an important role in the life of the town. It is a place of prayer and devotion. Through the celebration of the sacraments and devotional prayer, it provides a place of quiet and contemplation for the local community. The church shop and hall are also places of meeting and community.
The life of a Carmelite is one of a radical commitment to living out their baptism. That radical commitment to one’s baptism for a Carmelite revolves around the call to allegiance. Jesus is the Lord. He is the one to whom the baptized are bound and obligated to give everything in this life. Via the Carmelite path, this allegiance is shown ...
Stages of Carmelite Formation. "Formation consists principally in instructing the novices gradually toward the perfection proper to the Discalced life, in which they will have Jesus Christ as a model in that virginal and poor life which He chose for Himself and for His Virgin Mother, particularly during the years of His hidden life in Nazareth."
Personally. Personal prayer is an encounter with God, the “one whom we know loves us” (St Teresa of Avila). She also tells us that it begins with “conversation”; we listen to and speak with God in faith. God is always present to us but we need to prepare to meet Him by setting aside a place and time and by providing ourselves with words ...
Later this section of the Rule was applied to the obligation to pray the Divine Office, which is the official prayer of the whole Church. Christ, the head of the Body, intercedes always for us before the throne of mercy, and we, as members of the Church, take part in this constant prayer of Christ.
The Discalced Carmelites are friars and nuns who dedicate themselves to a life of prayer. The Carmelite nuns live in cloistered (enclosed) monasteries and follow a completely contemplative life. The Carmelite friars, while following a contemplative life, also engage in the promotion of spirituality through their retreat centres, parishes and ...