Day: April 22, 2022

Arranged in their rectangular formation that will one day be connected by a walkway, twenty-four hermitages sit dark and still under the twinkling of the brilliant stars. Inside, the Fathers and Brothers peacefully rest on their straw mattresses nestled under warm woolen quilts. This tranquil slumber, however, is interrupted tonight—as it is every night—by the […]

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Dear Friends of Jesus and Mary, Praised be Jesus Christ! “Carmel is the garden of God.” From my earliest inquiries into the Carmelite Order as a young seminarian, I have heard time and time again this phrase repeated to describe the contemplative life we lead. Now those same words find frequent repetition on my own […]