mariaassunta Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 How is your discernment going??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilde Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 (edited) Well, I know about at least two. I'm leaning towards Dominican, but the carmelites have some magnetizing qualities too. I have never met or visited carmelites so I can't be certain. Edited June 20, 2010 by Hilde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vee Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aalpha1989 Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Nah, no Carmelites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilde Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 [quote name='aalpha1989' date='20 June 2010 - 09:35 PM' timestamp='1277058921' post='2131773'] Nah, no Carmelites. [/quote] Yeah can't see any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeresaBenedicta Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 I do have a growing appreciation and love for the Carmelites. The tradition (and Saints) of the Carmel tradition have helped me greatly in my own spiritual life. Very helpful in growing in prayer. And I have a great love for, well, quite a few Carmelite saints-- St. Teresa Benedicta (obviously, haha), St. Teresa of Avila, Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity, St. John of the Cross... (I have to admit that I do not share the profusely popular love of St. Therese. She's wonderful and I think she's great but I have no personal 'connection' with her.) I don't think I have a call to Carmel, although it does appeal to me. I think if there were a mixture of Dominican and Carmelite, I would be there in an instant. The Carmelite prayer tradition with the Dominican love of study and learning. It's funny... I think sometimes I'm a spiritual "mutt". I basically take the parts of each spirituality that really resonate with me and then combine them into this strange mixture that somehow manages to work for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgnatiusofLoyola Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 [quote name='aalpha1989' date='20 June 2010 - 01:35 PM' timestamp='1277058921' post='2131773'] Nah, no Carmelites. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/saint.gif[/img] [/quote] [quote name='Hilde' date='20 June 2010 - 11:31 PM' timestamp='1277094684' post='2132067'] Yeah can't see any. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/lol.gif[/img] [/quote] Nunsense is currently on a three month live-in with a Carmelite community. And, Vee8 is showing some Carmelite tendencies, but since she's not wild about Therese I wonder about whether she wouldn't be happier with the Dominicans.[img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif[/img] Poor Vee8, she takes so much grief from us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilde Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Ok, so I count 4 now. Keep em coming. BTW: carmel sounds like caramel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vee Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 [quote name='IgnatiusofLoyola' date='21 June 2010 - 12:40 AM' timestamp='1277098827' post='2132105'] Nunsense is currently on a three month live-in with a Carmelite community. And, Vee8 is showing some Carmelite tendencies, but since she's not wild about Therese I wonder about whether she wouldn't be happier with the Dominicans.[img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif[/img] Poor Vee8, she takes so much grief from us! [/quote] I'm all for whatever God wants and I'm happy there is a place like VS to come to, grief or not for support in the whole process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserere Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 [quote name='Hilde' date='21 June 2010 - 12:46 AM' timestamp='1277099217' post='2132109'] Ok, so I count 4 now. Keep em coming. [/quote] You can count me as a tentative Carmelite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiquitunga Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 [quote name='TeresaBenedicta' date='21 June 2010 - 12:35 AM' timestamp='1277098505' post='2132103'] I don't think I have a call to Carmel, although it does appeal to me. I think if there were a mixture of Dominican and Carmelite, I would be there in an instant. The Carmelite prayer tradition with the Dominican love of study and learning.[/quote] http://www.communityofstjohn.com/ They are definitely a Dominican and Carmelite mix all the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherie Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 [quote name='Chiquitunga' date='21 June 2010 - 11:12 AM' timestamp='1277133132' post='2132185'] [url="http://www.communityofstjohn.com/"]http://www.communityofstjohn.com/[/url] They are definitely a Dominican and Carmelite mix all the way! [/quote] LOVE the Community of St. John! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!! They actually also have Cistercian roots - the original brothers spent their novitiate with a Cistercian community in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherie Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 [quote name='TeresaBenedicta' date='21 June 2010 - 01:35 AM' timestamp='1277098505' post='2132103'] I don't think I have a call to Carmel, although it does appeal to me. I think if there were a mixture of Dominican and Carmelite, I would be there in an instant. The Carmelite prayer tradition with the Dominican love of study and learning. [/quote] Chiquitunga is right ... have you ever looked at the Community of St. John?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeresaBenedicta Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 What a beautiful community!! Y'all trying to tempt me, or something?! Seriously though, they seem like an amazing community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgnatiusofLoyola Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 [quote name='Hilde' date='21 June 2010 - 12:46 AM' timestamp='1277099217' post='2132109'] BTW: carmel sounds like caramel. [/quote] In the U.S., it's not unusual to see the word "caramel" prounced like "carmel." In my case, I normally pronouce caramel with three syllables--"care-uh-mel,"--but for whatever reason, when I talk about caramel apples, which I love (that is, fresh apples dipped in caramel), I call them "car-mul apples." I think some people may prounce caramel and carmel the same way all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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