Taking time off from our regular routine and getting away to specifically ponder and pray features prominently in growing in the interior life of the spiritual journey. The Advent season is a perfect time for all to detach from the world and focus on the life of Christ in our soul. Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen said “The Spirit of the Advent liturgy, commemorating the age-long expectation of the Redeemer, will prepare us to celebrate the mystery of the Word made flesh by arousing in each of us an intimate, personal expectation of the renewed coming of Christ to our soul. This coming is accomplished by grace; to the degree in which grace develops and matures in us, it becomes more copious, more penetrating, until it transforms the soul into an alter Christus.” Co-host Mark Danis is interviewed in this program regarding his recent visit for a week with our Discalced Carmelite Friars. He shares some of his thoughts and experiences. We can profit from his sharing and get more inspired to dedicate this Advent season to a deeper preparation for the coming of Christ into our souls in a more intimate way than ever before. Will we make room in the “inn” of our souls for Christ to come in?
RESOURCES:
Book:“Divine Intimacy” by Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, OCD, Advent Week One; Tan Books.
Litany of Flights, a conversation with poet Laura Reece Hogan, with Tim Bete, OCDS
The Beatitudes” presented by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
A Father’s Heart, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
The Spiritual Nature of Work: Reflections on Bro. Lawrence and Practicing the Presence of God, with Tim Bete, OCDS
Therese Poems by Sarah Law, with Tim Bete, OCDS
The Dark Night of the Soul—Preparing to Meet the Beloved by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS.
Mary in the Life and Writings of St. John of the Cross by Lynn Bete, OCDS
The Famous Prayer of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity with Frances Harry, OCDS
The 6 Ms with Colleen Sollinger, OCDS
Communism, Carmel, and the Cure with host Frances Harry, OCDS and Angela Winfield, OCDS
Whoever lives in the presence of so good a friend, a homily by Fr. John MacQuarrie
Mt. Zion with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
Transfiguration Encounter with Deacon Rusty Baldwin. OCDS
Our Lady Queen of Peace with Herb Edwards, OCDS
St. Pope John Paul II and the Blessed Virgin Mary by Paul Adams, OCDS
Maintaining our Carmelite Identity by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
Mystical Union with Mary presented by Frances Harry, OCDS
He is Near by from Mark Danis, OCDS, recorded by Frances Harry, OCDS
On Spiritual Communions with Frances Harry, OCDS
The Well-Ordered Life by Deacon Russell Baldwin, OCDS
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