The Sayings of Light and Love (121)

The traits of the solitary bird are five:

• First, it seeks the highest place;
• Second, it withstand no company;
• Third, it holds its beak in the air;
• Fourth, it has no definite color;
• Fifth, it sings sweetly.

These traits must be possessed by the contemplative soul. 

It must rise above passing things paying no more heed to them than if they did not exist.

It must likewise be so fond of silence and solitude that it does not tolerate the company of another creature.

It must hold its beak in the air of the holy Spirit, responding to His inspirations, that by so doing, it may become worthy of His company. 

It must have no definite color, desiring to do nothing definite other than the will of God.

It must sing sweetly in the contemplation and love of its Bridegroom.

St. John of the Cross

Source:

St. John of the Cross, Collected Works
Revised Edition
Translated by:
Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD
Otilio Rodriguez, OCD

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The Sayings of Light and Love (156)

Twelve stars for reaching the highest perfection:

• Love of God
• Love of neighbor
• Obedience
• Chastity
• Poverty
• Attendance at choir
• Penance
• Humility
• Mortification
• Prayer
• Silence
• Peace

St. John of the Cross

Source:

St. John of the Cross, Collected Works
Revised Edition
Translated by:
Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD
Otilio Rodriguez, OCD

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Show Me Lord (MTV)

This music although never released commercially and is simply used when the Friars do their vocation campaign, reflects the kind of life that a Carmelite must undertake in following His/her calling, as a Priest, Nun or a Secular.

A common part of our prayer, asking and seeking the way that we must take, to achieved our one common goal.

To Jesus through Mary!

- Jov of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, OCDS

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The Sayings of Light and Love (28)

"The very pure spirit does not bother about the regards of others or human respect, but communes inwardly with God, alone and in solitude as to all forms, and with delightful tranquility,for the knowledge of God is received in divine silence"

St. John of the Cross

Source:

St. John of the Cross, Collected Works
Revised Edition
Translated by:
Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD
Otilio Rodriguez, OCD

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The Sayings of Light and Love (137)

"To lose always and let everyone else win is a trait of valiant souls, generous spirits, and unselfish hearts; it is their manner to give rather than receive even to the extent of giving themselves. 

They consider it a heavy burden to posses themselves, and it pleases them more to be possessed by others and withdrawn from themselves, since we belong more to that infinite Good than we do ourselves."

St. John of the Cross

Source:

St. John of the Cross, Collected Works
Revised Edition
Translated by:
Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD
Otilio Rodriguez, OCD

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The True Lover of God Must Care Little for Life and Honor

"We give up our freedom for the love of God, we put up with so many trials -- fast, silence, enclosure, service in choir; why, then do we shrink from interior mortification?

This is the means by which every other kind of mortification becomes meritorious and perfect.

It is acquired gradually, by never indulging our own will and desire, even in small things, until we have succeeded in subduing the body to the spirit."

-St. Teresa of Avila

Sources:

The way of perfection

St. Teresa of Avila

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The Sayings of Light and Love (112)

Allow yourself to be taught, allow yourself to receive orders, allow yourself to be subjected and despised and you will be perfect."

St. John of the Cross

Source:

St. John of the Cross, Collected Works
Revised Edition
Translated by:
Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD
Otilio Rodriguez, OCD

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The Sayings of Light and Love (78)

"If you desire that devotion be born in your spirit and that love of God and the desire for divine things increase, cleanse your soul of every desire, attachment, and ambition in such a way that you have no concern about anything. 

Just as a sick person is immediately aware of good health once the bad humor has been thrown off and a desire to eat is felt, so will you recover your health, in God, if you cure yourself as was said.

Without doing this, you will not advance no matter how much you do."

St. John of the Cross

Source:

St. John of the Cross, Collected Works
Revised Edition
Translated by:
Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD
Otilio Rodriguez, OCD

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The Sayings of Light and Love (165)

"If you desire to be perfect, sell your will, give it to the poor in spirit, come to Christ in meekness and humility, and follow him to Calvary and the sepulcher."

St. John of the Cross

Source:

St. John of the Cross, Collected Works
Revised Edition
Translated by:
Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD
Otilio Rodriguez, OCD

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Wikipedia.com - St. John of the Cross
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St. Albert of Jerusalem

Saint Albert Avogadro (1149 – September 14, 1214) was a canon lawyer who served as Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from 1204 until his death [1].

Known to all Carmelites as the "Lawgiver of Carmel", Albert was an Italian born in the Diocese of Parma in the middle of the 12th Century.

He was an Augustinian with a wide reputation as a man of Holiness and Prudence. [2]

In 1205, he was appointed Papal legate of the Holy Land and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem by Pope Innocent III. [3]

As Patriarch he helped found the Carmelite order around 1209AD in particular by his composition of what came to be the Carmelite Rule of St. Albert. [4]

Additionally he mediated disputes between the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Cyprus, as well as between the Knights Templar and the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. In 1214, he had been invited to the Fourth Lateran Council. [5]

Albert met a tragic death in 1214 at Acre, where he established his residence  with the permission of the Pope, because Jerusalem then was still occupied by hostile Moslems. During a religious procession on the Feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross, he was stabbed to death by the Former master of the Hospital of the Holy Spirit whom he deposed from office because of public immorality.[6][7]

Albert Avogadro is commemorated every 17th of September in the Roman Catholic Church.[8]

Regarded as "Blessed" by the Universal Church [9] and venerated as a Saint by Both Ancient  (O. Carm) and Teresian (Discalced) Carmelites [10]. 

ST. ALBERT AVOGRADO

Discalced Carmelite Liturgy of the Hours

• Lawgiver of Carmel
• Feast
• Carmelite Proper

Born

• Albert Avogrado
• 1149
• Parma, Italy

Died

• September 14, 1214
• Akko (Acre)

Feast     

September 17


References:


[ 1 ] Albert Avogadro, wikipedia
[ 2 ] pp 82, OCDS-Philippines Support Manual, Volume 1-Aspirancy
[ 3 ] ibid
[ 4 ] Albert Avogadro, wikipedia
[ 5 ] ibid
[ 6 ] ibid
[ 7 ] pp 82, OCDS-Philippines Support Manual, Volume 1-Aspirancy

[ 8 ] Albert Avogadro, wikipedia 
[ 9 ] ibid
[ 10 ] pp 40, Calendar for the Liturgy of the Hours 2010, Discalced Carmelite Order (OCD)


Resources:

1. OCDS-Philippines Support Manual Vol 1- Aspirancy
2. OCDS Calendar for the Liturgy of the Hours, 2010
3. Wikipedia.com - St. Albert of Jerusalem under Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 (Unported). and the GNU Free Documentation License