top of page
SECULAR ORDER OF DISCALCED CARMELITES
England, Wales and Scotland
cpblamires
Jul 241 min read
A forgotten pioneer
Today is the feast day of a hugely important figure in the history of our Order, Blessed John Soreth (1391-1471), who was Prior General...
1 view0 comments
cpblamires
Jul 231 min read
You are born a Carmelite ...
Fr Matt Blake, our Delegate from the Friars, makes a very precious contribution to our life in the Secular Carmelites. We prize many of...
4 views0 comments
cpblamires
Jul 221 min read
We started in a shop ....
The first meeting of the new Northampton OCDS group in the Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour took place last Thursday. We had...
3 views0 comments
cpblamires
Jul 191 min read
Praying and Knowing things
In our Northampton group last night we discussed the balance between reading and praying in spiritual growth. Two of us had been...
9 views0 comments
cpblamires
Jul 181 min read
Sixteen martyrs
Yesterday was the feast day of the Blessed Martyrs of Compiegne, France. They died on the guillotine on this day in 1794 in Paris. They...
6 views0 comments
cpblamires
Jul 171 min read
'Flos Carmeli' - Flower of Carmel
A hymn and prayer honouring Our Lady of Mount Carmel. In the Carmelite Rite of the Mass, this hymn was the sequnce for the Feast of...
8 views0 comments
cpblamires
Jul 161 min read
A country honours Our Lady of Mount Carmel
I recently discovered that there has been a great reverence in Chile for Our Lady of Mount Carmel - whose feast day is today - since she...
7 views0 comments
cpblamires
Jul 151 min read
A prayer of St Francis
I came across this prayer I didn't know on the 'Friends of the OCDS' site 'I beg you Lord, let the fiery gentle power of your love Take...
6 views0 comments
cpblamires
Jul 121 min read
Final Promises
During our Carmelite Retreat at Douai Abbey last week three ladies from Wales made their final promises. Their journey into Carmel had...
14 views1 comment
cpblamires
Jul 111 min read
A word from Therese
'A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.' I have often thought that the first duty of love is to pay...
0 views0 comments
cpblamires
Jul 101 min read
Carmels in Communion
I have just discovered the 'Carmels in Communion' Facebook page of the Carmelite Sisters in the Philippines - 'the official website of...
5 views0 comments
cpblamires
Jul 91 min read
Different emphases
Reflecting on our Secular Carmelite retreat at the Benedictine Douai Abbey last week, I am struck by the different charisms of our two...
2 views0 comments
cpblamires
Jul 81 min read
PS
PS: I just published my blog for the day forgetting to add intercessions. An individual is greatly in need of prayer today as she is...
3 views0 comments
cpblamires
Jul 81 min read
Retreat in order to advance
We had our annual week of retreat for the Southern area at Douai Abbey, a Benedictine establishment between Reading and Newbury, last...
2 views0 comments
cpblamires
Jul 21 min read
Temporary suspension
I am off on retreat later this morning, I will be going to Douai Abbey, a Benedictine foundation. I have never been there before so it...
2 views0 comments
cpblamires
Jul 11 min read
A double-edged sword
The sun shone gently and pleasantly on Saturday at Boars Hill Carmelite Priory for the friars' fund-raising day. They are needing to...
8 views0 comments
cpblamires
Jun 281 min read
Stories of Carmel
We have started a new section on the website. It comes under the 'Enrichment' heading. It is simply entitled 'Stories'. We want to...
16 views0 comments
cpblamires
Jun 271 min read
Renewal after catastrophe
Looking back on the years before the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, it is wonderful to see the great things that have happened in...
8 views0 comments
cpblamires
Jun 261 min read
The foundress and the founder
Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer (1902-1975) - whose feast day is today - was the founder of one of the most influential and effective...
10 views0 comments
cpblamires
Jun 252 min read
A unique Carmelite church
The blog about the Carmelite foundation in Hulne, Northumberland the other day reminded me about a unique Carmelite site in Scotland. ...
3 views0 comments
bottom of page