Carmelite spirituality.

[UnityofTrinity]

Can anyone please tell me what other Carmelite spirituality there are beside the scapulars? Are the Carmelite a cloister order (Benedictine style) or an active order (franciscan style)

 

[Friar_David_O.Carm]

Can anyone please tell me what other Carmelite spirituality there are beside the scapulars? Are the Carmelite a cloister order (Benedictine style) or an active order (franciscan style)

We are active contemplatives. We are mendicant friars like the Franciscans.

Please see my provinces website read the pages on the Tradition found here: Order of Carmelites: Tradition.

 

[UnityofTrinity]

do they have active priests who are carmelite?

 

[Friar_David_O.Carm]

do they have active priests who are carmelite?

As I said, we are active contemplatives.

So the answer would be yes, we are active.

 

[jcian12]

If you are interested on Carmelite Spirituality, why not join the lay order of the Carmelites? OCDS for the Discalced Carmelite Seculars and Third Order Carmelites.

Also, you may want to read the writings of Carmelite saints (Story of a Soul, The Interior Castle, etc.)

 

[mariafransisca3]

Yes, the carmelite saints are their spirituality.

You can learn more about Carmelite Saints, what they have to say about the spirituality of carmel here:
meditationsfromcarmel.com/mp3.html