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The Garden of Carmel Confraternity of our Lady of Mount Carmel Chula Vista, California –April, May & June 2017 Newsletter No.2 Volume 4
J.M.+J.T. Praised be Jesus Christ, who dwells among us, now and forever!
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Have mercy on us Garden of Carmel
As we enter into the month of June we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Body and Blood of Christ and head
into that special feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. How will you devote yourself to the Sacred Heart of
Jesus? What will make it sacred for you and your family? Perhaps you may be inspired to attend the Liturgies in
your parish for first Friday devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus…
Let us all give thanks and praise for Jesus’ gift of Himself-His real presence in the Eucharist-and for what it
means for us: “Amen, amen. I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life… Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my
blood remains in me and I in Him” (John 6:47, 56)
Daily Practice in our Carmelite Spirituality “The call to Carmel is to walk in the footsteps of Jesus with Mary and Elijah and with St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi like her
“may we never tire of calling God with this name “Love”
Reflection: As Carmelites our calling is to live in the love of God. To walk in the love of God. St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi asked her sisters “to love only our Lord Jesus Christ, to place all hope in Him, and be perpetually devoted with desire to suffer for love of Him”. There are three virtues, faith, hope and love and these are the foundation of our spiritual life. But only love endures forever. In heaven there is only one theological virtue and that is love. “Love will endure forever”. God is love. His love is an eternal love; and this love without beginning has prepared graces and blessings for us from all eternity. And so my dear Garden of Carmel let us always love one another because this “love” is so dear to the
St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi pray for Heart of our Savior and therefore our life in Carmel is complete
our Community, Garden of Carmel communion with God from morning to evening. Amen. Estrella
St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi had a great devotion to Our Lady of Mount
Carmel her feast day is May 25, and she was a significant inspiration in the
development of Carmelite Marian devotion to the "Most Pure Virgin", claiming
that the beauty of Mary lay in her purity, which was what had made her one
with the Word in her divine maternity.
The Garden of Carmel Confraternity of our Lady of Mount Carmel Chula Vista, California –April, May & June 2017 Newsletter No.2 Volume 4
In our Carmelite Way of Life we find joy in our journey with Jesus and Mary, in our May meeting we are so blessed to have Fr. Stephen Watson, O.C.D and Ms. Bernadeane Carr, S.T.L.
Flower offering to our Lady, as we honor Her as Queen of Heaven and Earth. How wonderful it is to be in the family of Carmel. We all believe that Mary led us to Carmel who’s always watching and guiding us. As a community, we learned that
Mary is a shining example to gaze upon Her as She totally embraces the will of God. Let us all ask our Blessed Mother to pray for us.
We begin praying the Liturgy of the Hours
Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
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Very Reverend Stephen Watson, OCD priest and Ms. Bernadeane Carr gave us a beautiful reflection about our
Blessed Virgin Mary’s role in our Catholic faith.
Enjoying our Carmelites babies, Elijah and Sebastian, “with Jesus
our Brother and Mary our Mother”, we are one big happy family, one family are we…
The Garden of Carmel Confraternity of our Lady of Mount Carmel Chula Vista, California –April, May & June 2017 Newsletter No.2 Volume 4
Instruction Class and Interview before reception of scapular, Thank you dear
Council Members for giving your time
to come to our Instruction Class to
give your support as they prepare for
their reception on the Feast of our
Lady of Mount Carmel. God bless you!
Our Candidates: Ana, Cora, Cheryl,
Isabella, Christina and Kelley.
You have our prayers, may God
continue to bless you!
Our Council Members, Viola, Renee, Maria and Mary. God bless!
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Homeless Feeding 17th Street Downtown San Diego
“It is our calling then to help the unfortunate and to love the poor. In doing this you will prove yourself a true child of God. “Your reward is in Erika preparing sack lunches for heaven” The homeless in 16th Street Downtown “We say grace before serving the homeless”
The call to Carmel is as unique as each soul who makes the journey to be with God and our deep desire to serve Him always to marry both contemplation and action in the world.
Carmelites in Action and Contemplation
“Our desire is to rejoice in the Lord always, not in the world” All for God
For information about the Garden of Carmel, please contact us at (619) 656-5423,
email: [email protected], our website: gardenofcarmel.wordpress.com
Our Blessed Mother will clothe you soon in her brown habit which symbolizes our unworthiness humility of heart.
The Garden of Carmel Confraternity of our Lady of Mount Carmel Chula Vista, California –April, May & June 2017 Newsletter No.2 Volume 4
As we celebrate this beautiful month of June dedicated to our Lord Jesus Christ
we find these feasts a very special the
coming of the Holy Spirit, The Feast
of the Most Holy Trinity, The Most Holy
Body and Blood of Christ and the Feast
of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, we become united with God and dwell with
Him. Fr. Hardon, the Servant of God
said that “Devotion to the Sacred Heart
and the Eucharist are inseparable” as
Carmelites our only desire is to seek for
Jesus in Holy Communion: Let us be
united, and never more to be separate.
For His great love for us.
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O Most Holy Trinity dwelling in my soul, by thy grace. I adore thee”
Coming Events and Feast Day
June 4, Pentecost Sunday
June 11, Feast of the Most Holy Trinity
June 17, Garden of Carmel meeting
June 18, The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi Sunday)
June 20, Homeless Feeding
June 23, The Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
June 24, The Nativity of St. John the Baptist
June 28, Prolife Ministry Prayer, El Cajon and Chula Vista (every third Wednesday of the month
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Carmelite Thought- “I do not desire to die soon, because in Heaven there is no suffering. I desire to
live a long time because I yearn to suffer much for the love of my Spouse.” St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
Our Agenda Garden of Carmel meetings at St. Rose of Lima
are held every Third Saturday of the month Our meeting begin with Holy Mass 7:30 am,
followed by Holy Rosary, Easter Season Regina Caeli
8:40am- Liturgy of the Hours, Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
9:00am- Refreshments 9:15 am- Instruction Class, Carmelite Study
10:15 am- Lectio Divina, Sunday Gospel Reading
11:00 am New Business 11:45 am Closing Prayer Consecration to our
Lady of Mount Carmel Closing Song Easter Season Regina Caeli
Our Lord walks with you on your birthday and many friends around you as well...
Praying, Praying, and Praying for your Birthday! May 1: Pat White, May 24: Teresa de Loera May 26: Estrella Pangilinan and Vera Nelson May 28: Sr. Maria Javier, Carmel, D.C.J.