Praise be Jesus Christ!
Welcome to our OCDS Community Website and Meditations from Carmel Podcast. Through this New Media Apostolate we hope to enlighten souls to the ways of contemplative prayer as exampled by the great Saints and Religious of our historic Carmelite tradition.
Our Podcast are short audio meditations which are meant to lead a soul into prayer. The meditations are taken directly from the writings of the Church Doctors of Prayer, Mysticism, Confidence and Missionaries (Saints Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross and Thérèse of Lisieux) as well as many other Carmelites you may not have known before!
As Secular Carmelites living in the world, our calling is to listen to hear the whisper of God in the silence of our hearts. We seek Him, who we know loves us, and contemplate His wonders.
Through our Vocation of Prayer, we are inspired by the words of our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI. He says the people of the Catholic Church should "spread the truth of the Gospel in the form of the New Evangelization." With this encouragement, our apostolate of prayer has spread into using new medias to teach the world about the importance and beauty of prayer and Learn more about Carmelite SpiritualityCarmelite Spirituality.
We do hope you will find our new website easy to navigate and quick to load. Our 2 years worth of podcasts are still available to listen to and you may also choose to listen to them as mp3 audio files which may be played straight from your computer via our built in audio player. May you find a meditation today which will inspire your heart towards contemplation of our Lord in His great Majesty and love!
We hope these short reflections will inspire you to take up the practice of prayer in your life!
