Happy Thanksgiving

We give thanks to you, O God, as we call upon your name.
We cry aloud how marvelous you are,  as we call upon your name.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
We give thanks to you, O God, as we call upon your name.

–Responsory, Liturgy of the Hours

Hello, Cyber-Friends!

We have missed you lately and have not posted anything for awhile. As everyone can attest to, sometimes other areas and priorities have to take precedence. Thank you for understanding!

One community task that falls under that category is preparing our quarterly newsletter and getting it in the mail. We all have a part in it, and try to work together. We will post it soon, and if you are on our mailing list you will be receiving it very soon  (we hope! we’re not finished stuffing envelopes yet!).

We’ve also been busy celebrating the feast days in November. Besides All Saints’ Day and All Souls there are several Carmelite days of special commemoration this month. St. Elizabeth of the Trintiy was celebrated as a saint for the first time this year on the liturgical calendar. On her day, November 8th, for evening “collation” (small meal during the monastic Fast season) we honored her with a pseudo-French menu (view here). Then on November 14th and 15th all Carmelites celebrate the Saints of our Order and commemoration of All Carmelite Souls.  We prayed especially for all those enrolled in our Spiritual Treasury who have died.

Below are some shots you might enjoy. We hope you are in a place where the leaves turn in the Fall, or at least you can see them on beautiful pictures.

May you have a very blessed Thanksgiving, everyone!  We are thankful for all those who are so good to us and pray for all of you!

P.S.  We edited this little video and added more “theme music” if you want to take another look. Sorry for the poor quality of the first one.