![]() ![]() So she calls her cloistered Carmelites to take a small part in her apostolate of love in the heart of the Church. ![]() Her love for God, which is unfathomable to us because of her Immaculate Conception, touches every soul who encounters Christ, even in the midst of her hiddenness. ![]() The Blessed Mother was a very hidden soul who did God's will perfectly, and through her unfathomable union with her Son, was the Mediatrix of all graces. A monk who makes his vows through Our Lady to the Most Holy Trinity, gives himself in a very profound way to her service and to her own apostolate. When he longs to be completely consecrated to Our Lady, and do her bidding in everything, it can be a sign that he is called to follow Our Lady of Mt Carmel through the vows of Obedience, Chastity and Poverty. A man with a vocation to Carmel desires deep in his soul to be one of these religious.Īnother desire that is a sign that a Carmelite vocation is at work in a young man's soul, is his desire to belong to the Blessed Virgin Mary in a profound way. They see the beauty of the active priesthood and love what the priest does for the church in the parish, yet have a deep understanding that the priest needs help to reach souls - he needs channels of grace obtained for souls by hidden religious in the cloister of Carmel. They feel that raising children on a natural level, while beautiful, does not fulfill their desire, which is to obtain graces for souls on a spiritual level. They sense a movement of grace in their heart that gives them a fervor and a love for those who need prayers. They are given a vast capacity to desire to save souls. So it is with cloistered Carmelite religious also. A father who is called to have many children and raise them in the faith has the desire for that vocation, because he is given the capacity to raise his children with great love. One major sign of a vocation is a deep desire for it. It remains a mysterious thing until we see God face to face in heaven.īut there are many signs of a vocation that God wants us to see and to follow. Since God's work is so far above our ability to understand, so is that special call to serve him in a deeper way above our ability to understand. When that soul is consecrated to God by the Holy Ghost in the matter and form of the sacrament of baptism, the Holy Ghost makes His decision and leaves His imprint upon the soul who is chosen to belong to Him alone. A religious vocation is given to a soul at the moment of his baptism. A vocation springs from the depths of a person's soul, where the Most Holy Trinity sustains a person at every moment. Contact the Carmelite Vocations Director HereĪ Carmelite vocation as a mysterious call from GodĪ desire to live the vows of Obedience, Chastity and Povertyĭiscernment with a spiritual father and the fathers of our communityĪ Carmelite vocation as a mysterious call from God:Ī vocation is a mystery, and that's what it is supposed to be. ![]()
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