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Carmelite Conversations — 282 episodes

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1

Clarifying the Dark Night with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

2

Dark Night of the Senses with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

3

Into the Silent Land with Deacon Mark Danis, OCDS

4

Advancement ceremony homily with Fr. John MacQuarrie

5

True Joy with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

6

Our Aptitude for Receiving God’s Grace by Deacon Mark Danis

7

On the Mountain by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

8

Reflection on Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

9

Marriage is Free, Full, Faithful, and Fruitful

10

Exploring Contemplation with St. John of the Cross (part 9)

11

Thinking about the Samaritan Woman During Lent

12

Exploring Contemplation with St. John of the Cross (part 8)

13

Exploring Contemplation with St. John of the Cross (part 7)

14

Interior Castle (part 12): Seventh Dwelling Place; Ch. 1-2: The Grand Entrance and Spiritual Marriage

15

Christmas Preparation for Carmelites

16

Interior Castle (part 11): Sixth Dwelling Place; Ch. 10-11: Preparing to Enter the Kingly Chambers

17

The Determined Determination of St. Teresa of Avila

18

Exploring Contemplation with St. John of the Cross (part 6)

19

Interior Castle (part 10): Sixth Dwelling Place; Ch. 7-9: Keeping Christ Present

20

Exploring Contemplation with St. John of the Cross (part 5)

21

Interior Castle (part 9): Sixth Dwelling Place; Ch. 4-6: Mansion of Spiritual Betrothal & Mystical Communications

22

The Active Night of the Purification of the Spirit

23

Exploring Contemplation with St. John of the Cross (part 4)

24

The Third Spiritual Alphabet and St. Teresa of Avila

25

Exploring Contemplation with St. John of the Cross (part 3)

26

Exploring Contemplation with St. John of the Cross (part 2)

27

Exploring Contemplation with St. John of the Cross (part 1)

28

Interior Castle (part 8): Sixth Dwelling Place; Ch. 1-3: Greater Trials & Greater Favors

29

Interior Castle (part 7): Fifth Dwelling Place; Ch. 3 & 4: True Union with God

30

Evangelical Counsels and Perfection

31

Interior Castle (part 6): Fifth Dwelling Place; New Life in Christ, Fragments of Heaven

32

St. Therese: Being and doing for the Lord

33

St. John of the Cross’ Light in the Dark

34

Interior Castle (part 5): Fourth Dwelling Place; Transition & Transformation

35

Interior Castle (part 4): Third Dwelling Place; Pioneer or Settler?

36

The extraordinary--but ordinary--life of St. Joseph

37

Interior Castle (part 3): Second dwelling place, the seed is germinating, the battle intensifies

38

“Nada, Nada, Nada” of St. John of the Cross

39

Faith Is not a zero-sum game, with Deacon Mark Danis, OCDS

40

Lenten thoughts & resources for 2023

41

Interior Castle (part 2): Image of the Soul in the First Dwelling Place

42

St. Therese’s Influence on a Priest’s Vocation

43

A Soul of Silence: Sister Elizabeth of the Trinity

44

Interior Castle (part 1): The Our Father Prayer

45

Replay: St. Teresa Margaret and the Practice of the Presence of God

46

Christ Made Manifest (Epiphany)

47

Rejoice and Be Light (Homily by Fr. John MacQuarrie)

48

Replay: The Christmas Grace and Epiphany of St. Therese of Lisieux

49

“God, Be Yourself My Sanctity.” (Part 2)

50

“God, Be Yourself My Sanctity” (Part 1)

51

The Beatitudes Connection to the Ten Commandments (and Carmel)

52

A Model for Parents: Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin

53

Replay: Testing and Discerning a Vocation to the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites with Guest, Colleen Sollinger, OCDS

54

An Analogy of Spiritual Childhood and a Reflection on the Rosary, with Deacon Mark Danis, OCDS

55

Detachment: An Essential for Divine Intimacy, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

56

The Prophetic Life and the Call of Discalced Carmelite Seculars to the Living Flame of Love, Homily by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

57

Homily for the feast Day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin

58

Reparation with Deacon Mark Danis, OCDS

59

Silence…the Language of God, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

60

Work: The Road to Holiness, with Tim Bete, OCDS

61

A Radiance of the Holy Spirit: St. Mary of Jesus Crucified, OCD, with Frances Harry, OCDS

62

The Holy Trinity, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

63

St. Joseph the Worker and the Work of Prayer,Deacon Mark Danis, OCDS

64

The Church Prepares, Year after Year, for the Anniversary of Her Birth: The Church and the Holy Spirit, with Jean Crowley, OCDS

65

Pray without Ceasing: Fulfilling the Lord’s Precept through the Liturgy of the Hours ; Part 2, with Marika Zimmerman, OCDS

66

Pray without Ceasing: Fulfilling the Lord’s Precept through the Liturgy of the Hours, with Marika Zimmerman, OCDS

67

Personal experiences of suffering, with Frances Harry, OCDS, and Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

68

Go to Joseph, by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

69

Silence…the Language of God (Less is More), by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

70

Saint Teresa of Avila and the Holy Spirit, by Teresa Trygstad, OCDS

71

Carmel and the Holy Spirit, by Marika Zimmerman, OCDS

72

Living Our Carmelite Vocation through the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary, by Lynn Bete, OCDS

73

Advent 2021:  Where’s God in All That? by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

74

The Holy Trinity, the 7th Mansion, and the Sacrament of Matrimony, byDeacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

75

Dealing with Annoyances and Difficult People by Teresa Trygstad, OCDS

76

When God Feels Distant…He’s Closer than You Think, by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

77

Ratio Institutionis from The Book of Documents by Colleen Sollinger, OCDS

78

Discernment: An Encounter with the Lord, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

79

Vows in the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites, presented by Colleen Sollinger, OCDS

80

St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross: The Price of Love, presented by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

81

Engaging the World But Not of the World, with Mark Olson, OCDS

82

What the Soul is to the Body, by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

83

Mystery: The Threshold of Divine Love, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

84

Part 4: Courage in the Face of Opposition: What the Carmelites Can Teach Us About Living Counter-culturally

85

Part 3: Courage in the Face of Opposition: What the Carmelites Can Teach Us About Living Counter-culturally

86

Part 2: Courage in the Face of Opposition: What the Carmelites Can Teach Us About Living Counter-culturally

87

Part 1: Courage in the Face of Opposition: What the Carmelites Can Teach Us About Living Counter-culturally

88

Inspired by the Holy Spirt, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

89

Litany of Flights, a conversation with poet Laura Reece Hogan, with Tim Bete, OCDS

90

The Beatitudes” presented by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

91

A Father’s Heart, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

92

The Spiritual Nature of Work: Reflections on Bro. Lawrence and Practicing the Presence of God, with Tim Bete, OCDS

93

Therese Poems by Sarah Law, with Tim Bete, OCDS

94

The Dark Night of the Soul—Preparing to Meet the Beloved by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS.

95

Mary in the Life and Writings of St. John of the Cross by Lynn Bete, OCDS

96

The Famous Prayer of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity with Frances Harry, OCDS

97

The 6 Ms with Colleen Sollinger, OCDS

98

Communism, Carmel, and the Cure with host Frances Harry, OCDS and Angela Winfield, OCDS

99

Whoever lives in the presence of so good a friend, a homily by Fr. John MacQuarrie

100

Mt. Zion with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

101

Transfiguration Encounter with Deacon Rusty Baldwin. OCDS

102

Our Lady Queen of Peace with Herb Edwards, OCDS

103

St. Pope John Paul II and the Blessed Virgin Mary by Paul Adams, OCDS

104

Maintaining our Carmelite Identity by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

105

Mystical Union with Mary presented by Frances Harry, OCDS

106

He is Near by from Mark Danis, OCDS, recorded by Frances Harry, OCDS

107

On Spiritual Communions with Frances Harry, OCDS

108

The Well-Ordered Life by Deacon Russell Baldwin, OCDS

109

“The Angel of the Lord Declared Unto Mary”: Our vocation to Carmel through the Lens of the Angelus by Marika Zimmerman, OCDS

110

Reflections on Poverty presented by Deacon Russell Baldwin, OCDS

111

Mary in Scripture presented by Chris Cotter, OCDS

112

“Little Child of Our Mother Mary” by Frances Harry, OCDS

113

“The Baptism of the Lord” by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS

114

St Elizabeth of the Trinity and prayer to the Trinity

115

The link between contemplative prayer and poetry

116

How should we approach the poetry of St. John of the Cross?

117

On St. Joseph and his purity and humility, with Tammy Jetton, OCDS

118

The language of God, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin

119

St. Teresa’s Devotion to St. Joseph presented by Chris Cotter, OCDS

120

Overview of the Life of St. Teresa of Avila presented by Deacon Russell Baldwin, OCDS

121

Making Sense of Suffering presented by Colleen Sollinger, OCDS

122

A Conversation with Michael Vanderburgh from St. Vincent de Paul

123

After the Offering with St. Therese of Lisieux

124

St. Therese of Lisieux: A Willing Victim of Merciful Love

125

Carmel and the Evangelical Counsels with Deacon Rusty Baldwin

126

Thoughts on the Wounds of Love and the Transverberation of the Heart

127

A Cell of Prayer, the Transverberation, and the Virtues of Mary

128

Short Take on St. Mary of Jesus Crucified, the Little Arab

129

The Act of Oblation to Merciful Love of St. Therese of Lisieux

130

Consummation of Love: From the Depths to the Heights

131

Battling Scrupulosity and Aridity in the Dark Night: What the Experience of St. Teresa Margaret Redi of the Sacred Heart Can Teach us

132

The Lord Thy God is a Consuming Fire: St. Teresa Margaret Redi of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Dark Night of the Spirit

133

More to Learn about Our Lady, Mother of Divine Grace

134

Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, "Here I am Lord, I come to do Your Will"

135

The Glories of St. Joseph with Frances Harry

136

The Use of God’s Gifts with Deacon Rusty Baldwin

137

Deus Caritas est

138

St. Teresa Margaret and the Practice of the Presence of God

139

For the Return of the Prodigal Catholic

140

St. Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and making our lives a Sacrifice to the Lord (PART 3)

141

Preparing to Receive Jesus in the Eucharist

142

St. Teresa Margaret's Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (PART 2)

143

St. Teresa Margaret: The forgotten Saint of Carmel's Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (PART 1)

144

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

145

Tribute to St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi for her Feast Day

146

A Journey to the Deep Interior of the Soul (part 2)

147

Short Takes: Holy Week Poems

148

A Journey to the Deep Interior of the Soul (part 1)

149

Catholic Poetry as a Spiritual Exercise with host Frances Harry, OCDS and Guest, Tim Bete, OCDS

150

The Faith of St. Joseph with host Frances Harry, OCDS and Guest, Marika Zimmerman, OCDS

151

A Man of Few Words:  the Silence of St. Joseph with hosts Mark Danis, OCDS and Frances Harry, OCDS

152

Testing and Discerning a Vocation to the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites with Guest, Colleen Sollinger, OCDS

153

Fifteen Days of Prayer with Blessed Fr. Marie-Eugene and the Child Jesus (part 2)

154

The Epiphany and Conversion of Sally Read

155

The Christmas Grace and Epiphany of St. Therese of Lisieux

156

The Signs, Saints, and Silences of Advent—to Help Us Grow Spiritually Guest: Colleen Sollinger, OCDS

157

True Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and a Message for Christmas 2016

158

Interview of Co-Host Mark Danis on a Week with the Friars…in Preparation for Advent

159

Praying the Rosary

160

Introduction to Pere Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus, OCD

161

Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity and our Incarnation in Christ

162

Lessons from St. Therese of Lisieux on Death and Dying

163

Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity: Beginning the Journey of Sainthood

164

Intimate Friendship with Jesus Christ—from the Perspective of St. Teresa of Avila

165

Joy in Suffering

166

The Sign of the Cross

167

Beginning Eucharistic Adoration with Guests: Teresa Gooding and Marika Zimmerman

168

Purity of Heart: a Spiritual Perspective

169

How to Introduce Contemplative Prayer to Children With Guest: Colleen Sollinger, OCDS

170

Catholic Apps with guests, Jennifer Kane, OCDS and Tim Bete, OCDS

171

Humility: the Bedrock of Prayer and Spiritual Growth, Part Three

172

Humility: the Bedrock of Prayer and Spiritual Growth, Part Two

173

Humility: the Bedrock of Prayer and Spiritual Growth, Part One

174

The Grace of Contemplative Prayer, Part Three of Three

175

The Grace of Contemplative Prayer, Part Two of Three

176

The Grace of Contemplative Prayer, Part One of Three

177

Silence and Poetry

178

The Role of Silence in Prayer

179

An interview with Fr. and Carmelite Friar Don Brink OCD

180

The Marian Devotion of St. Teresa of Avila

181

MAY 17 2016: Mary as Our Principal Intercessor to Receive the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit

182

Docility to the Holy Spirit.

183

Preparing to Receive the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

184

The Virtue of Hope: Drawn from “Divine Intimacy” and Pope Benedict XVI’s “On Christian Hope”

185

Introduction to the Virtuous Life and Spiritual Insight of Madame Barbara Acarie/Blessed Mary of the Incarnation, OCD

186

Great Books

187

A Reflection on Reconciliation

188

The Remarkable Mercy of God (2 of 2)

189

The Remarkable Mercy of God (1 of 2)

190

The Way of the Cross with the Carmelite Saints

191

Provoking Contemplation—Who are these Contemplatives Anyway?

192

Provoking Contemplation—Suffering Trials, the Poor and Contemplation

193

Provoking Contemplation—Poverty, Self Denial and Trial

194

Provoking Contemplation au Deux

195

Provoking Contemplation

196

A Call to Carmel as an OCDS with Colleen Sollinger, OCDS

197

No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him

198

Pondering the Epiphany

199

In the Silence of the Night There is Music

200

The Mystery of Christmas

201

Advent

202

Heaven is for Real

203

“The Writing and Letters of St. Teresa of Avila #1″ with special guest Lisa LaRosa

204

Themes for Pope Francis

205

The Church of Mercy

206

Fr. Titus Brandsma Part 2

207

The Life of Hermann Cohen Part 3

208

The Life of Hermann Cohen Part 2

209

Conforming our will to the will of God – Part II

210

Carmelite Spirituality and God’s Will

211

What Should Go Into A Rule of Life?

212

The Infant of Prague

213

Homeschooling with the Carmelite Saints

214

Frances and Mark continue their conversation about Mark’s recent trip to Spain

215

Frances turns the mike on Mark

216

Mary and the use of the Rosary

217

Quotable Quotes of St. Teresa of Avila, #1

218

The Importance of Community

219

Mary and the work of Evangelization

220

Mary Pyper

221

Tammy Jetton

222

The Role of Mary part 2

223

The Role of Mary

224

Active Contemplatives

225

Pilgrimage vs. Retreat

226

What Is Faith?

227

Mark Olsen

228

Devotion to the Sacred Heart

229

Carmelite aspects of the Feast of Fatima

230

Upon this Mountain

231

Josefa Naval Girbes

232

Prayer of recollection

233

Introduction to the Life of St. Teresa Margaret (Anna Maria Redi) of the Sacred Heart, Part 2

234

What is Spiritual Marriage?

235

The “Last Conversations” of St Therese of Lisieux part 1

236

St. Teresa of the Andes part 3

237

St. Teresa of the Andes part 2

238

St. Teresa of the Andes part 1

239

Praying without Ceasing

240

Frances Harry: OCDS Congress

241

Marika Zimmerman

242

A Retreat with Pere Jacques

243

Mary in the life of St. Raphael Kalinowski

244

St. Raphael Kalinowski

245

The prophet Elijah

246

Spiritual Direction

247

The Holy Face Part 3

248

Fr. Daniel Chowning

249

The Holy Face Part 2

250

Mary as Virgin

251

Devotion to the Holy Face Part 1

252

Carmelite Books

253

Divine Mercy and the Carmelites, Part Two

254

Divine Mercy and the Carmelites, Part One

255

Devotion to the Holy Face – Part 1

256

Brother Lawrence’s Letters

257

Brother Lawrence’s Teachings On Detachment

258

The Writings of Fr. Beaufort

259

Elizabeth of the Trinity III

260

Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity II

261

Purgatory

262

St. Therese of Lisieux

263

St. Therese – Suffering

264

Changes to the Missal – Fr. Tony

265

St. John of the Cross

266

St. John of the Cross – Active night of the Spirit

267

St. John of the Cross – Active night of the Spirit

268

St. John of the Cross

269

The Brown Scapular

270

Debbie Koch

271

The Interior Castles III

272

Reconciliation

273

Spiritual Life

274

Mary, Jesus, and Catholicism in Film

275

The Interior Castle II

276

The Interior Castle II

277

St Teresa of Avila

278

St. Therese of Lisieux

279

St. Teresa of Avila

280

Devotion to Mary

281

Living the Call

282

Introduction - the first podcast!