‘Prayer is life, it is not an oasis in the desert of life’, claimed Blessed Titus Brandsma. [67] John Paul II confirms that in Carmel ‘prayer becomes life and life flourishes in prayer.’ [68] (The Rule of the Third Order of Carmel)
Following the charism of the Carmel Order, the Lay Carmelite lives a life of intense prayer. We do this through:
- The Sacramental life - Eucharist
- Liturgy of the Hours - Morning, Evening and Night prayer
- Lectio Divina - Contemplative
- Devotional prayers and practices of the Catholic Church - wearing the Scapular of our Lady of Mount Carmel, the rosary etc.
“The challenge of Carmel is to seek God’s presence in prayer while living an active, busy life in the midst of the world.” (Provincial Statutes I, 3:1)