The Carmelite Conversations podcast discusses Carmelite Spirituality and its application to our busy lives. The podcast provides advice on how to live the Carmelite call to combine contemplative prayer with service to the Church. Carmelite Conversations is of particular interest to Secular Carmelites as it is produced by the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites Community of Our Mother of Good Counsel in Dayton, Ohio. But whether you're a Secular Carmelite or just interested in Carmelite saints, you'll enjoy the hundreds of podcast episodes in our archive and the new ones we publish each week.
Have you ever considered yourself a mystic? What exactly is a mystic? What is mysticism? How does it apply to me? The mystic, St. John of the Cross, dives into what the “Dark Night of the Soul” entails. In general, many p...
Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS, shares a Lenten message about the Dark Night of the Senses, St. John of the Cross, disposing ourselves to God's grace, and seeking God, not His gifts.
Mount Carmel magazine provides wisdom from a venerable Carmelite, contemplative tradition.
Mount Carmel magazine has been devoted to making the riches of Carmelite spirituality available to everyone for more than 70 years. It provides an excellent …
Deacon Mark Danis, OCDS shares a reflection on how to accept our own weaknesses and obstacles to our union with God. Deacon Mark quotes the book Into the Silent Land by Martin Laird.
There are more than 100 Discalced Secular Carmelites in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati—lay people who commit themselves to live as apostolic contemplatives, seeking interior silence and solitude amid their busy lives, professional careers, fami…