“Carmel, unlike the children of our day, is not afraid of the mystical life. The spirit of the Order does not regard it as doing violence to nature but knows that nature in the last analysis is destined for such perfection. Nor is the mystical way the only way. Great sanctity may be achieved without mystical graces and favors. This is apparent from the lives of many saints. It is enough for those on Carmel to live in God’s presence, in loving humility, content with what the good God may send. Time and place are of little importance. Sometimes on earth the flower blooms in all its glory in the garden of God but most often comes only to bud. But in heaven all God’s flowers will open in the glory of the Sun. If the good God, like a good gardener, brings some to perfection here, others hereafter, that is His own mysterious choice.
So again let us insist that the school of Carmel demands preparation, the exercise of the greatest virtue. Our lives must be ordered, oriented in the direction of the Order’s aim.”
Bl. Titus Brandsma
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