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Meeting Time 1 Saturday of every month at 9 00 a m Are you interested in coming to a Carmelite Meeting to the of Called Family Please Call or Email for more details WHO WE ARE Lay Carmelite Community Carmel Community Name Here BeListen still Heart with your to Hear Him in the Silence amidst the storm Order of Carmelites Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary Community Name Here Lay Carmelite Community

WORDS OF CARMEL WHO WE ARE In order to be an image of God the spirit must turn to what is eternal hold it in spirit keep it in memory and by loving it embrace it in the will e Lay Carmelite is called to the Family of Carmel to be deeply involved in the mission of the Church to contribute to the sancti cation or transformation of the secular world A Lay Carmelite does this by sharing or participating in the charism of the Carmelite Order We nd in Mary the Mother of Jesus and in the Prophet of Elijah the models for this way of Gospel living Profession of promises as a member of the Lay Carmelites is an intensi ed repetition of one s baptismal promises Being a Lay Carmelite is not just a devotion added to life it is a way of life it is a vocation By entering the Order the Lay Carmelite takes upon himself or herself the Carmelite charism which is profoundly marked by personal and liturgical prayer e call to Carmel a call to seek God s will in the ordinary circumstances of everyday life roots the Lay Carmelite in a love of those with whom they live and work in the recognition of God s presence in all circumstances and in solidarity with God s People everywhere St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Edith Stein Distress and worry ordinarily makes things worse and even does harm to the soul itself e endurance of all with equanimity not only reaps many blessings but also helps the soul to employ the proper remedy St John of the Cross Let nothing disturb thee Let nothing dismay thee All things pass God never changes Patience attains all that it strives for he who has God nds he lacks nothing God alone su ces St Teresa of Avila For me prayer is a surge of the heart it is a simple look towards heaven it is a cry of recognition and of love embracing both trial and joy St r se of Lisieux I see God in the work of his hands and the marks of his love in every visible thing and it sometimes happens that I am seized by a supreme joy which is above all other joys Bl Titus Brandsma e Lay Carmelite Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary historically known as the ird Order is an association mainly of laypersons Its members responding to a special call of God freely and deliberately commit themselves to live in the following of Jesus Christ according to the charism traditions and spirit of Carmel under the authority of the Prior General of the Carmelite Order e members though not in Religious Life choose to live out their baptismal commitment according to the spirit of the Carmelite Order Members are brothers and sisters of the Carmelite Family and sharers in the same call to holiness and in the same mission of the Carmelite Order