Conversion: CarmelCast Episode 1

Whether you’ve been praying for many years, or if you are just beginning, we all have one thing in common: the need for conversion. Lent is a season specifically set aside by the Church to focus on repentance and conversion. In this episode we explore what the Carmelite tradition has to teach us about living lives of continual conversion from the teachings of Saints Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross.
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[@ICSPublications]

What suggestions do you have for making this Lent a time of conversion?

[@ReginaClareJane]

Thanks so much, Brothers! Looking forward to more podcasts! One of the suggestions I have to make this Lent a time of greater conversion is to develop a deeper sense of silence. I think we are bombarded with so much "noise" that actually listening to what God has to say, that "still, small voice", gets lost in the constant barrage from the outside world. There is so much distraction that anything of a spiritual nature, essentially, has very little chance of getting through. I hope to get more silence in my life this Lent, and that urge to "want to see God" becomes stronger every day.

[@ICSPublications]

@@ReginaClareJane Great suggestion! We are going to spend an entire episode in a few weeks on the importance of silence and solitude in prayer.

[@verosalazar9318]

Hi Brothers! Great episode, thank you so much! Several spiritual writers talk about “root sin”. Perhaps a good exercise for this lent is to identify our root sin and work with desire,determination and discretion to eliminate it 😊 spiritualdirection.com/2010/04/26/how-can-i-identify-my-root-sin

[@victoriaj.miranda4195]

I thank God for bringing me here. Learned a lot from this first episode. Especially from too many fasting days and not having enough hours of sleep has exhausted me to keep up in my daily prayer life. I continued to fast on bread and water three times a week in the beginning, and I was struggling to keep up, especially when I was at work. Intend to follow on all the episodes to continue to learn more for my daily conversion. Please pray for my 2 daughters conversion to return to the Catholic faith and church and for my grand daughter to receive her first Holy Sacrament of Communion and Confirmation. I am also praying for you and all priests. 🙏

[@annemariewalker4249]

2(@5 is wrong in afasr rwartdrrunw ??L

[@Lumena5]

Thank you brothers for teaching us the faith. May God bless you and this, His work🙏🏽

[@JasonGoldberg777]

I’m so incredibly fortunate to have been led to this channel. Thank you all!

[@kaylahicks5365]

Phenomenal episode! Thank you. 😇

[@maryannemiller8500]

Appreciate what ya'll do. Thanks!

[@janetmunday1100]

The God of all the world, how amazing you are to call these men into your special place of Carmelite beauty. Your wisdom shines brightly through these holy ones and the fruit of their sanctity is easily consumed by us viewers. We praise you Lord for allowing your gift of technology to bring the Carmelite tradition forward in 2021.

[@JasonGoldberg777]

So nice to see technology working for us! Loved your comment. So true.

[@nancylondono5576]

You gave me light in this darkness time of my life and also let me be more confident in God’s way of conversion in my light. God Bless you brothers. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@lizziesplaylists8500]

This was excellent! I love the style. You are both so relaxed and natural. You take in turns to speak, swapping quite frequently, and you don't butt into each other while the other is talking. It's such a joy hearing (and seeing) younger people talking with such spiritual depth. And what most comes across in this video is your HUMILITY. I took notes as I listened to this. I intend to watch all the others over the course of time. Thank you so much for thinking to offer this to us and for taking the time to do so. It's the most excellent thing on all of KZbin imho.

[@reginapasqualino9565]

This was a wonderful surprise! My friend is a Carmelite & was sharing (in our Group Ultreya/ Cursillo) about this & was unsure where she heard it. By the Grace of GOD - there you are! Brilliant! GOD Bless & I look forward to more.

[@ICSPublications]

I'm glad you found us. Have a blessed Lent!

[@kussmannjv]

Thank you my brothers of Carmel... Please continue to share about Carmelite spirituality, prayer, etc.. so many of us need the encouragement and support

[@marysharon7147]

Thanks again for your concern 🥀 and love for the Carmelite's Special Spirituality. Thanks again. You speak for all of us. 🥀🌸

[@ICSPublications]

Thank you for your kind words, Mary. We are united in prayer!

[@marysharon7147]

@@ICSPublications Thanks again for your reply to messages. As I am listening at the moment you both are speaking about the "desire" that is so much needed. And then everything else that is needed 😇 Mary Warren,OCDS

[@cathryndarcy6447]

Hello Bros. John Mary and Pier Giorgio! It is so wonderful to start the Holy Season of Lent with you both!

[@storytellingbyprofessorwaf9987]

Where are my Rosary Beads? Had them on my neck before I went to work. Yes Prayers

[@bweatherman3345]

Thank you for a wonderful opportunity to know our precious faith

[@koinonia123]

Well done my fellow brothers. Good to see you utilising this medium. I hope and pray it will continue to grow and deepen awareness of our spirituality in such an accessible manner.

[@TheMwangikamau]

Am a beginner and a carmelit apostolate

[@georgannkates9296]

This podcast was a very good way for me to begin lent. This lent ("semester") I really want to "get holy." :) FYI: I call the many "up's and downs" of my spiritual life my "amplitudes." I'm old. There have been many.

[@ritamalsch1712]

Rita Malsch I'm a Secular Carmelite and it is wonderful to see you here. It is such a wonderful spirituality. Have a blessed Lent!

[@ouaoua11]

The carmel order is a great spiritual tradition with famous doctors of the Church . I have a profund connection with the life, the writings, the spiritual experience of St John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila…. because it led me to conversion after a spiritual retreat in a monastery of the carmel order.

[@TracyW-me8br]

Just starting the Carmel Cast. Thanks!

[@ICSPublications]

Glad to have you! Be sure to subscribe, and let us know if you have any suggestions for future episodes.

[@janicebustamante5311]

Thank u so much Brothers... Verry helpful..

[@andrewwhipple5882]

Thank you. Well done! I look forward to more episodes.

[@suestillman1917]

I’m so glad I came across Carmelcast. It would be great if you would tell us a little more about yourself. Many of us are praying for our family members (I’m a grand mother) and seeing young men talk about the many aspects of a Holy life gives me hope. God bless you all.

[@luzpalomo2736]

Thank you!!!

[@rscottlogan9471]

Wonderful Dear Brothers,Nice to see Carmelites on KZbin.Could I Ask your community to pray that my health improves and that Almighty God will hear my prayers for financial assistance.Thank You and God bless you.Ryan Scott Logan.

[@flor203]

Thank you so much! I would like to ask if Br John-Mary of Jesus Crucified could talk more about the third spiritual alphabet 🙏❤️ Blessings from Argentina

[@j.williford179]

Thanks so much for this podcast. You are blessing us! I met you at the OCDS Congress in Colombus, OH Bro. Georgio. You worked the ICS Pub. counter. It is good to see you and your peers in action. Keep it coming!!

[@jacquelineramos6630]

Por favor quiero subscribirme para seguirlosbpero en español. Gracias

[@dfgodfirst7884]

💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓

[@grateful8always]

How does one grow in self-knowledge?