Contemplation and Castanets: Carmelite Spirituality

Welcome to Day 9 (and conclusion) of the Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This episode is the spoken version without background music, ideal for those who prefer to pray in silence or with fewer distractions. A version with gentle background music will be released at a later date for those who enjoy a more reflective listening experience. The Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a nine-day jou...

O God, who gave to Saint Louis and Marie Zelie the grace to lead a life of holiness as Christian spouses and parents, that, through their intercession and example, we may be able to love and serve you faithfully, living worthily our own vocation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen. Source: Catholic Ch...

Welcome to Day 3 of the Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This episode is the spoken version without background music, ideal for those who prefer to pray in silence or with fewer distractions. A version with gentle background music will be released at a later date for those who enjoy a more reflective listening experience. The Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a nine-day journey of trust in...

Welcome to Day 7 of the Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This episode is the spoken version without background music, ideal for those who prefer to pray in silence or with fewer distractions. A version with gentle background music will be released at a later date for those who enjoy a more reflective listening experience. The Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a nine-day journey of trust in...

Welcome to Day 3 of the Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This episode is the spoken version without background music, ideal for those who prefer to pray in silence or with fewer distractions. A version with gentle background music will be released at a later date for those who enjoy a more reflective listening experience. The Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a nine-day journey of trust in...

Welcome to Day 5 of the Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This episode is the spoken version without background music, ideal for those who prefer to pray in silence or with fewer distractions. A version with gentle background music will be released at a later date for those who enjoy a more reflective listening experience. The Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a nine-day journey of trust in...

Welcome to Day 4 of the Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This episode is the spoken version without background music, ideal for those who prefer to pray in silence or with fewer distractions. A version with gentle background music will be released at a later date for those who enjoy a more reflective listening experience. The Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a nine-day journey of trust in...

Welcome to Day 3 of the Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This episode is the spoken version without background music, ideal for those who prefer to pray in silence or with fewer distractions. A version with gentle background music will be released at a later date for those who enjoy a more reflective listening experience. The Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a nine-day journey of trust in...

Welcome to Day 2 of the Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This episode is the spoken version without background music, ideal for those who prefer to pray in silence or with fewer distractions. A version with gentle background music will be released at a later date for those who enjoy a more reflective listening experience. The Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a nine-day journey of trust in...

Welcome to Day 1 of the Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This episode is the spoken version without background music, ideal for those who prefer to pray in silence or with fewer distractions. A version with gentle background music will be released at a later date for those who enjoy a more reflective listening experience. The Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a nine-day journey of trust in...

Join us in praying for new Carmelite vocations as we ask Our Lord to raise up holy men and women to serve Him in the Discalced Carmelite Order. Through the intercession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, we pray for future friars, nuns, and Secular Carmelites who will embrace the Carmelite charism of prayer, contemplation, and friendship with Christ. May God awaken generous hearts to respond to His call...

The Litany of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Letanía de Nuestra Señora del Carmen) is a beautiful prayer of praise and supplication honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary under her beloved Carmelite title. Inspired by Sacred Scripture and the rich spiritual tradition of Carmel, each invocation contemplates a different aspect of Mary’s role as Mother, Queen, Protectress, and perfect disciple of Christ. Whethe...

Entrust yourself to the loving protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary under her beloved title of Our Lady of Mount Carmel . This traditional litany invokes her maternal intercession through beautiful Carmelite titles, praying for perseverance, conversion, comfort in affliction, the dying, the souls in purgatory, and all who seek to grow closer to Christ. As we begin the month of July and prepare fo...

Join us in praying this beautiful Daily Prayer to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. As we entrust ourselves to the Blessed Virgin Mary through the Brown Scapular, we ask for her maternal protection, guidance, and help in following Jesus more faithfully each day. Our Lady of Mount Carmel reminds us of our Christian calling to live with humility, purity, obedience, charity, and trust in God’s will. Through...

Join us in praying for new Carmelite vocations as we ask Our Lord to raise up holy men and women to serve Him in the Discalced Carmelite Order. Through the intercession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, we pray for future friars, nuns, and Secular Carmelites who will embrace the Carmelite charism of prayer, contemplation, and friendship with Christ. May God awaken generous hearts to respond to His call...

Begin the day by renewing your Carmelite Promise before the Lord. Through the intercession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, may we remain faithful in prayer, simplicity, and love, following Christ with perseverance and trust. For more Catholic content, please follow our other podcasts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Under Thy Protection⁠ (Prayers in English) ⁠Bajo Tu Amparo⁠⁠⁠ (Prayers in Spanish) ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ (Bilingual Pra...

Oración del Alma Enamorada This beloved Carmelite prayer is traditionally attributed to St. John of the Cross, Doctor of the Church and one of the greatest mystics of the Christian tradition. Written in the language of love, surrender, and union with God, the prayer expresses the soul’s complete trust in the Divine Will and its longing to belong entirely to Christ. This recording presents the pray...

The Rule of Saint Albert — Complete Text Written in the early thirteenth century by Albert of Jerusalem for a small band of hermits living near the spring on Mount Carmel, the Rule of Saint Albert is the foundational charter of Carmelite life. It is brief - just twenty-four paragraphs - and yet it holds everything: solitude and community, silence and labor, the armor of God and the tenderness of a...

The Rule of Saint Albert is a contemplative audio series within Contemplation and Castanets, offering a slow, prayerful listening to the foundational rule of the Carmelite Order. Written in the thirteenth century by Saint Albert of Jerusalem, the Rule is presented one paragraph at a time, read without commentary and followed by silence. This series is intended as an audio divina, an invitation to...

The Rule of Saint Albert is a contemplative audio series within Contemplation and Castanets, offering a slow, prayerful listening to the foundational rule of the Carmelite Order. Written in the thirteenth century by Saint Albert of Jerusalem, the Rule is presented one paragraph at a time, read without commentary and followed by silence. This series is intended as an audio divina, an invitation to...

The Rule of Saint Albert is a contemplative audio series within Contemplation and Castanets, offering a slow, prayerful listening to the foundational rule of the Carmelite Order. Written in the thirteenth century by Saint Albert of Jerusalem, the Rule is presented one paragraph at a time, read without commentary and followed by silence. This series is intended as an audio divina, an invitation to...

The Rule of Saint Albert is a contemplative audio series within Contemplation and Castanets, offering a slow, prayerful listening to the foundational rule of the Carmelite Order. Written in the thirteenth century by Saint Albert of Jerusalem, the Rule is presented one paragraph at a time, read without commentary and followed by silence. This series is intended as an audio divina, an invitation to...

The Rule of Saint Albert is a contemplative audio series within Contemplation and Castanets, offering a slow, prayerful listening to the foundational rule of the Carmelite Order. Written in the thirteenth century by Saint Albert of Jerusalem, the Rule is presented one paragraph at a time, read without commentary and followed by silence. This series is intended as an audio divina, an invitation to...

The Rule of Saint Albert is a contemplative audio series within Contemplation and Castanets, offering a slow, prayerful listening to the foundational rule of the Carmelite Order. Written in the thirteenth century by Saint Albert of Jerusalem, the Rule is presented one paragraph at a time, read without commentary and followed by silence. This series is intended as an audio divina, an invitation to...

The Rule of Saint Albert is a contemplative audio series within Contemplation and Castanets, offering a slow, prayerful listening to the foundational rule of the Carmelite Order. Written in the thirteenth century by Saint Albert of Jerusalem, the Rule is presented one paragraph at a time, read without commentary and followed by silence. This series is intended as an audio divina, an invitation to...