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| Photo: R. Massaro Lourdes, France (C)2019 Spirit Singing |
Secular Carmelites throughout the world will be praying and fasting on Monday, July 15, in preparation for the solemnity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on July 16. Secular Carmelites fast on the vigil of the major feasts of the Order.
Although we are asked to fast on these special days of preparation, Carmelites are called to mortify and detach themselves from worldly pleasures often. Detachment helps us to be disposed for prayer, for as St. Teresa of Jesus tells us in her Way of Perfection, "Prayer and self-Indulgence do not go together.
(The Way of Perfection, 4:2)
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us!
Peace be with you!
Rosemarie, ocds
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