The person of Jesus Christ dominates the Carmelite Rule. The Carmelite is one who “lives in the footsteps of Jesus Christ” one who is expected “to live devotedly in Christ”, and to be whole hearted in the service of Jesus Christ. Christ is the beginning and the end of Carmelite Rule. All the great Carmelites across the centuries have been intensely drawn to the person of Christ. Among them is one who has been described as ‘the greatest saint of our age’, St. Therese of Lisieux.
A Carmelite finds Christ in the very depths of himself. He is expected to tackle the most demanding journey of all, the journey inwards into his own heart. Jesus is the Son of God and our loving Saviour. He lived to teach us, and He suffered and died to save us from sin and death.
Jesus Christ is God incarnate, the Second Person of the Trinity, our Creator, the resurrected Saviour and Redeemer, and the only means of salvation for sinners.
Jesus was the Son of God who became man for the sake of mankind. Jesus Christ is the Word of God made flesh, Who redeemed man by His Death on the Cross, and Whose Divine mission is continued by the ministry of the Carmelites.
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