66)Īll the religious shall take part every day in the celebration of the Eucharist, which is the source and summit of the life of the Church. 10:17), the community is united as one body and one spirit. Through its participation in the one bread and one cup (1 Cor. The Eucharistic banquet is a sign of unity and bond of charity. Therefore, by celebrating the Eucharist and the sacraments, and by proclaiming the word and singing the divine praises, a community builds and renews itself, expresses its union with the universal Church, and does its part for the coming of the Kingdom. In fact, by word, sacraments and prayer, he nourishes and sanctifies his Church, and through the gift of the Holy spirit joins the Church to himself so that it may worship the Father's glory and obtain the well-being of the entire human family. When it celebrates the liturgy, the assembled religious community realizes the mystery of the Church and shares in the Paschal mystery of Christ and in his priestly office.
#Prayer pure hearts and minds full#
The sisters are to be suitably trained in liturgy, in accord with what the Church asks, so that they may participate in the sacred liturgy with full understanding and in an active and fruitful manner. The liturgy enriches personal prayer which, in turn, enables us to bring a truly contemplativ to a worthy celebration of the divine mysteries.
This participation is prolonged during the day in personal prayer. The sacred liturgy is the highest expression of our sharing in the prayer of Christ. The spirit of the Rule and the example of our founders stress the importance in the life of Carmel of a full and attentive participation in the holy liturgical mysteries. As a consequence, prayer must be the first priority in organizing the life of the community and in the personal commitment of every nun. In that way they will walk in the presence of the living God (1 Kings 18:24), put faith, hope and love unceasingly into practice and make their entire life a prayerful quest for union with God. On the contrary, in the spirit of the Rule, it must permeate the entire existence of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns. The obligation of praying and of contemplating cannot be confined to participating in prayer at stated times. Through such prayer, they prepare themselves for ever more lavish gifts of the Spirit. In that way they are enabled to reach the fullness of life in Christ with pure hearts. Their commitment to continuous prayer is sustained by faith, by hope and above all, by divine charity. Therefore, in virtue of their vocation, they are called to contemplation in prayer and in life. This evangelical prayer expresses the intentions which the Christian holds dearest and as Holy Mother Teresa of Jesus noted, it contains a program of life that follows the way of perfection.
Model, teacher, and mediator of Christian prayer, he taught his friends the Our Father. 60)Ĭhrist raised the prayer of his disciples to the dignity of a share in his own filial converse with his Father in the Holy Spirit (Lk. For this reason, the Church expectantly asks all Teresian monasteries to enter deeply into the mystery of contemplative prayer and to offer an exemplary witness to it among God's People. She made prayer the foundation of her daughters' life and their primary activity. She renewed the call to contemplation of Mt. In contemplation, we open our hearts and minds to his love and presence, in Scripture, in the liturgy, in God's creation, in our brothers and sisters, and in all the events of our lives.ĭiscalced Carmelite Nuns are obliged by their vocation to "live in allegiance to Christ Jesus" and to "meditate day and night on the law of the Lord and watch in prayer." Holy Mother was faithful to this principle of the "primitive" Rule. The Bible is our prayer book, from which we come to know and love Christ. Discalced Carmelite Nuns are called to live always in God's presence, pondering Christ and his words in Scripture.
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