Love

The prophets of Mount Carmel reminded one and all that God lives among His people and that He loves each one of us with an everlasting love. The mission of the Carmelites is to let this love permeate the entirety of their lives

St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross once wrote of the Carmelite vocation: “I understood that the Church had a Heart and that this Heart was BURNING WITH LOVE.”

Thus, our Carmelite vocation is all about love and Divine Union. Love is the origin, means and goal of the Carmelites. God loves us and creates us as the object of love.

Nothing seems impossible to the one who loves! Without love, deeds, even the most brilliant, count as nothing.” St. Teresa of Avila 

“In the heart of the Church, my vocation is love.” – St. Therese of Lisieux

As Secular Carmelites, we try to show God's love in our everyday lives, wherever God leads us and with the people God gives us.

The Blessed Virgin has shown her patronage over the Order of Carmel from its earliest days. The scapular is a sign of the love of Mary.

Our Carmelite charism is a pure gift from God. He is the contemplative, burning with passionate love for the Absolute who is God, his word flaring like a torch. We hope to touch all people with the healing and renewing power of God's love.

St. Teresa cannot get along without a heart that loves.