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- Carmelite spirituality is focussed on Christ, and inspired in a particular way by the prophet Elijah and the Blessed Virgin Mary whom we regard as ‘patrons’ of our Order. Over the centuries the Carmelite Family has been blessed with a large number of men and women of outstanding holiness.
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The first Carmelites centred their lives on the Eucharist, and dedicated a chapel to the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of ‘The Lady of the Place’. Even after their migration to Europe and particularly the big cities, the Carmelites did not lose their mountain identity and Charism. It is through silence and solitude (prayer) that ...
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CARMELITE SPIRITUALITY by PAUL MARIE DE LA CROIX of the Order of Discalced Carmelites. INTRODUCTION. The Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel counts among its members many mystics and many saints, its roots are plunged deep in the Old Testament, its mission is specifically spiritual and yet at no time in the past does it seem to have made any ...
Carmelite Order, p. 37) Charisms of Carmelite Spirituality 2. Community –armel is not an organization, even a Christian organization, but a Christian community committed to leading an evangelical life. It is one way among many in which Christians can live out their baptismal call to discipleship. Consequently, the Call to Carmel is a vocation.
Our Carmelite spirituality expressed through the writings of various Carmelite saints and Doctors of the Church, is a great gift to the universal Church. Therefore, we commit ourselves to: Developing the Carmelite Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary Endowed Chair and Centers for Carmelite Studies at the Catholic University of America.
- Carmel is Christocentric
- Carmel is Eucharistic
- Carmel is scriptural
- Carmel is in harmony with the teaching office of the Pope and the bishops
- Carmel is in the classic Catholic Tradition
- Carmel is Marian
- Carmel is Elijan
- Carmel is about Community
- Carmel has its roots in the Laity
- Some final thoughts
The first characteristic of Carmel is that we are Christocentric. Carmel is first and foremost about following Jesus Christ. The Rule of Saint Albert outlines the purpose of our vocation. It says: ‘Many and varied are the ways in which our saintly predecessors laid down, how everyone, whatever one’s station in life, or kind of religious observance ...
The second characteristic I’d like to talk about is that Carmel is Eucharistic. Carmelite life has always been centred around the Eucharistic celebration. The first hermits on Mount Carmel gathered daily for the Eucharist. The Eucharist was their one, daily community exercise. That first generation of Carmelites prayed the Psalms alone in their cel...
We are a community centred on the word of God. The prayer book of the Carmelite is the Bible. Lectio Divina is a prayer form that the whole Order is rediscovering. Lectio Divina means the ‘Sacred Reading’, the prayerful, prayer filled, attentive reading of the Word of God. This takes place certainly in the liturgy, both in the Liturgy of the Hours ...
Carmel is a family within the hierarchical Church. This is very necessary, I think, for us to reiterate today. We are not a Church unto ourselves but we’re one part of a Church that stretches around our globe, the Catholic Church. Our Prior General, Father Fernando Millán Romeral, is directly accountable to the Holy See. And every Carmelite friar, ...
There are too many people in the Church these days hitting each other over the head with the Catechism of the Catholic Church or the decrees of the Second Vatican Council or the encyclical letters of the Pope, or decrees from Roman congregations. All these documents are good and fine, but we should remember that they are doorways into an ancient tr...
The next characteristic I would like to speak about is that Carmel is Marian. We belong to Mary. But if you notice, Our Lady of Mount Carmel is always depicted as holding the Child Jesus. Carmelites love Mary and honour her as the one who introduces us to Jesus. Strangely Mary is never mentioned in The Rule of Saint Albert, the document that initia...
That means we look to the prophet Elijah, the great prophet who lived on Mount Carmel eight centuries before Jesus, and we find great inspiration in him. Carmelites from the very beginning of the Order have looked to Elijah for inspiration. They saw in the prophet everything that they wanted to be. He was a man of deep contemplation, one who sought...
The next characteristic I want to talk about is the fact that Carmel is communitarian. One of the most frightening phenomena of the twentieth century has been the breakdown of community at almost every level of society. Pope John Paul II repeatedly wrote and spoke on this subject. And he was particularly critical of North American Society on this a...
My final point in the tape recoding that I made twelve years ago for the American Lay Carmelites was that Carmel is essentially a lay organization. I must admit that I have never been happy with that formulation because it is not quite accurate. In this regard, it is easier to say what we are not, rather than what we are. We are not, at least if we...
I am very concerned about the rapid growth of Lay Carmel. Recently one of my Discalced Carmelite confreres said: ‘The good news is that we are growing very fast and the bad news is that we are growing very fast’. We are growing faster perhaps than we can shape Lay Carmel in harmony with the larger Order. We do not want ideas and practices that are ...
The Carmelites of the Most Pure Heart of Mary are a religious Order within the Catholic Church, who follow an 800-year-old tradition of spirituality. They follow the prophet Elijah to seek, live, and invite other to God’s presence and justice. They follow Mary to be open and help open others to God’s love.
The three main values of the Carmelites are community, service, and contemplation (silent communication with God). Names. The Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel are also known simply as the Carmelites or the Carmelite Order.
