Carmelite Spirituality

The Importance of Doing Nothing

We spoil everything by trying to get something out of it, by being so incurably, intractably utilitarian. I agree with Walter Kerr, that New York drama critic who, oh, 12 or 13 years ago wrote one of the best books I ever read, called The Decline of Pleasure, put his finger on the central [...]

The Story of Carmel

The Earthy Mysticism espoused by William McNamara grew out of his experience of, and lifetime immersion in, the unique spirituality of the Carmelite tradition — the same tradition that gave birth to some of Christianity’s most famous mystics, including Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Therese of Lisieux, and Edith Stein. McNamara joined [...]