(Jesus, Mary + Joseph, Michael)

One who takes the Marian Vow must be prepared for martyrdom. Just as the three religious vows of poverty, chastity and obedience represent the three nails, the lance that struck the Sacred Heart is the Marian Vow. In a radical sense, then, the Marian Vow represents the Birth of the Church, since she too is formed from the New Adam’s side, and in the presence of Mary.

This website is left open for the Church Militant as a dowry to be left behind for those who have the means to mirror the lives of the sister martyrs, and for potential future brother martyrs.

Desired Horarium: Subject to change due to Mass time. The sister martyrs do not practice what has been adopted as “mental prayer” (whatever that even means). Outside Mass, the Carmelite Rite of the Divine Office, Seven Sorrows Rosary, Holy Rosary and Sacred Heart of Jesus Chaplet, the goal is to practice the continual presence of Jesus and Mary in all we do which means our life becomes a continual prayer. Mental prayer has become to mean so many different things with a number of different definitions that are not even biblical which become a hindrance to union with God. Prayer should not be complicated, but simple, because God is simple. We understand why people in the world who have busier lives find those methods helpful, but is not used by the sister martyrs.

4:30am Rise

5:00am Matins and Lauds

6:00am Angelus, small break

Prime, Roman Martyrology and Terce

Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

Coffee and optional breakfast

Holy freedom, rest or work period

12:00pm Angelus, Sext and None

Dinner and dishes

Holy freedom, rest or work period

3:00pm sister martyr oblation prayers

6:00 pm Angelus, Vespers

Supper

Holy freedom, rest or work period

Compline

Holy freedom or work period

Retire

Seven Sorrows Rosary, Holy Rosary and Sacred Heart Chaplet are to be prayed daily and whatever time preferred. Everything centers around the nine First Fridays and five First Saturdays, acts of reparation for the Two Hearts and preparation for death. We desire a life of joyful service, full of laughter and do not follow uncharitable customs such as ignoring outsiders, not looking people in the eye (unholy custody of the eyes), not looking out the windows or ignoring God’s creation. We reject that entirely. With the triumph of Mary’s Heart, may those ridiculous “customs” be wiped away forever, as they are not even Biblical. They lead to pride, arrogance and a pharisee type demeanor. Lighten up! God is a joyful God.

The two future Carmelite Sister Martyrs, like the extern sisters taken from Teresa’s constitutions, will wear black veils from the moment they are clothed in the Holy Habits of Mount Carmel. Externs, wear the black veil from the moment of their clothing ceremony to represent the community as a whole in a more official capacity since they are seen “outside” the cloister. Our reasoning is a little different; we shall be spiritual externs. While the cloister represents the heart, in our case Mary’s Heart, the rib cage protects the heart, but the vocation of the Carmelite Sister Martyrs is to BE the rib cage.

We guard and protect Mary’s Heart with jealousy, and the color of the black veil will symbolize our shared request to “die” for the triumph of Her Heart. Black symbolizes exactly that: death. As the vocation to the desert means little contact with the world, most especially for men who are often priests and are able to administer the Sacraments to themselves, brides of Christ must have a Fatherly priest who can administer them, shelter and protect the hermits and be their Father Superior. As traditional hermits rarely receive spiritual direction as it is not a desert custom, they must have a learned, orthodox, and charitable confessor and go to confession once a week.

The Hermit will not have a human superior, outside of obedience to her confessor and the “Prioress” being the Mother of God in Her title of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, but would live together, but separate, as a community of hermits who share the same vocation with great sisterly affection but separate in their own cells in a single hermitage with two rooms, a kitchen and a place to pray the Divine Office, on or near the Mass. Each sister will be a “sister martyr”. Everything they accomplish will be “together, but separate”.

Office of Mother Superior should be abolished as it leads to feminism:

Not only is feminism found in the New Mass and in the most liberal corners of the counterfeit church today, but it is also found in the most traditional circles. It’s called covert feminism, to be mild.

Ann Barnhardt in a interview with Stephen Kokx, said that “women, unchecked and uncontrolled, ruin everything they take over. You MUST keep the womenfolk under control.” She went on to quote an essay she read on the topic and I was stunned when she said that the problem today, and what we have to be especially careful about is WOMEN in charge of ORDAINED MEN.

And what hit me is how even NUNS do this to priests as Mother Superiors. This is an EVIL. The essay she quoted also talked about how LARGE GROUPS OF WOMEN are a recipe for disaster. I immediately thought of COMMUNITIES of nuns, WOMEN, and women leading other women.

This is totally disordered and perverted and I truly see clearly after the dust has settled why Our Lord has shielded me from ever again joining a house of all women. Believe me, I tried before sticking to the current path and meeting my Sister Martyr Princess, Aflavia, and those were the doors that slammed in my face. It was as if Our Lord was saying, “yeah… we’re not doing that again.” In fact, and I say this not to attack these women, but in retrospect, most Mother Superiors I have met tend to have more masculine tendencies that are totally alien to our natural femininity. An unholy and masculine amount of independence.

I would witness a Prioress acting more like a husband figure and a sub prioress acting more as a wife, and honestly… it reminded me of how same sex couples act. See what I mean? Again, how do we fix this feminism, in short? I truly believe a valid pope (either the one destined to consecrate Russia to Mary’s Heart or who comes immediately after him) needs to decree that the office of Mother Superiors be TOTALLY ABOLISHED ONCE AND FOR ALL. And I mean as soon as possible. That women will only be grouped in twos and threes in the religious life and that their superior be a priest. Start there. It’s that simple. I know what you’re thinking:

BUT, Teresa of Jesus and Clare of Assisi were Mother Superiors, and many more. And I have an answer for that. How has that worked out for the Church? As I have written here on this site, there are problems in Teresa’s reform that are ironically smothered in feminism. Our Lord set up a hierarchy of MEN, not women. The early Church militant did NOT have Mother Superiors, they came later, and as I proved in my post on the problems with Teresa’s Discalced Carmelite constitutions, even though I love her dearly, feminism was clearly at play even in her time; knowingly or unknowingly and her daughters suffered for it immensely (they still do). Don’t believe me?

Just for QUESTIONING one’s Mother Superior, her daughters were subject to whippings and imprisonment. You can Read about it here. Humbly, this is what happens when women are left “uncontrolled.” The antidote to feminism is trustful surrender to Divine Providence and that papal decree that I pray one day will be made into law.

How to get rid of feminism for non religious? EASY, abolish the New Mass once and for all, because that is where women have been given free rein; and do not give them any positions of power. Again, and I say this as a woman, it is that simple. Do not give women any opportunities to be tempted to “grab that apple”. Women are too power hungry and need to focus on imitating the Perfect Woman, Mary. I can say from experience that the more one stops seeking power as a female, but sticks to prayer and surrender, the happier she will be. The happier men will be too.

Women, unchecked and uncontrolled, ruin everything they take over. You MUST keep the womenfolk under control.

Our Lady’s dowry is the Catholic Church; Israel is the Church. Covenants were always sealed with Land, and the current occupied Holy Land is unlawfully occupied by the Jews. They lost the land when they rejected Christ, per the Law of Moses. In theory, that land belongs to the Catholic Church, it belongs to Mary. Not only does the literal land belong to Her as PROPERTY, but when we take the Marian Vow we too become HER PROPERTY. This is why we so gloriously view Israel as a person (Jacob), place (Holy Land) and thing (Catholic Church). The Book of the Apocalypse and the Canticle of Canticles promises us that the Jews will convert to Christ the King, and thus, our life will also center around praying for their conversion. Saint Maximilian Kolbe warned of the Talmud’s hatred for Christ and the Church. Citing the protocols of the elders of Zion, he said that the Jews are in charge of freemasonry.

When the Book of the Apocalypse says that The New Jerusalem will come down out of heaven, we Catholics through Church Fathers KNOW that a Biblical “great reset” is coming. This will happen shortly after the death of Elijah, Henoch and Anti-Christ. Also, the death and final passion of Holy Mother Church as predicted in the catechism, but in order for her “resurrection” to take place, she must “die”, so Mary’s Heart can triumph in her, and thus be resurrected.

Anti-Christ is the puppet and “mask” of Satan, while Holy Mother Church is the symbol and mirror of Mary. Anti-Christ’s “reward” for having been made a “prince” of the world for a short time is an eternity of hell fire, but Holy Mother Church’s reward will be great- very great- for having been made a spectacle to the world, but the apple of God’s eye! Remember this when people tell you that Mary’s triumph comes BEFORE anti-Christ. What a load of garbage!

WHAT KIND OF TRIUMPH WOULD THAT BE IF ANTI-CHRIST CAME AFTER? That would mean that She did not really crush the head of the serpent, but sort of kicked him aside for a bit. That is no triumph for Mary; that is an insult to Her. That is total “fake news”. The REAL Sister Lucia of Fatima said that the devil is in the mood for engaging in the decisive battle against the Virgin, and the decisive battle is ONE battle. Where one side will be victorious and the other will suffer defeat. WE MUST NOW CHOOSE SIDES.

We are either for God or for the devil, she said. The name “Jerusalem” means “they will see WHOLENESS or COMPLETENESS”. We also see how it means city of PEACE. What did Our Lady of Fatima promise? AN ERA OF PEACE. Wholeness, restoration and completeness will ONLY happen in Holy Mother Church with her liturgy, dogmas and doctrine restored WITH the triumph of Mary’s Heart, Whose time is now. Her triumph is not before anti-Christ; it’s a triumph OVER anti-Christ. Rightfully applied to Mary:

Let Thy dwelling be in Jacob, and Thy INHERITANCE [dowry] in Israel, and take root in My elect. And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and My power was in Jerusalem.

Go back and re-read that sentence. THAT IS THE MARIAN VOW. Mary’s dowry is the Church and the Church’s dowry is Mary. How splendid!

Marriage between Carmel and the Marian Vow:

We will not be Discalced and we will not be O’Carm; rather, we will be something entirely new, but also ancient: C.S.M. Carmelite Sister Martyrs. We are steeped in the life of our Founder Elijah, but we bring Saint Maximilian Kolbe’s Marian Vow to enrich the spirit of Carmel with a specific task: offering ourselves as victims for the Triumph of Mary’s Immaculate Heart, for the restoration of the Rock of Peter, the Mission of Elijah and Henoch and for the consecration of Russia.

Introduction to the Life of an Anchorite

LET US REMEMBER OUR HOLY FATHERS OF PAST DAYS, THE HERMITS WHOSE LIVES WE ATTEMPT TO IMITATE. WHAT SUFFERINGS THEY BORE, WHAT SOLITUDE, COLD, THIRST AND HUNGER, WHAT BURNING SUN AND HEAT! AND YET THEY HAD NO ONE TO COMPLAIN TO EXCEPT TO GOD. DO YOU SUPPOSE THEY WERE MADE OF IRON? NO: THEY WERE AS FRAIL AS WE ARE.

~TERESA OF JESUS~

The call to the cloistered community is truly a “call within a call”, but the call to leave even a cloistered life in common to scale the mountain with Moses, Elijah and the great prophets of the Old Testament can very much be seen as “a call, within a call, within another call.” Many, even in a community are afraid to be absolutely and completely alone with God. Man is not meant to be alone, but how can one truly be alone if they are living constantly in the presence of the Divine? The presence of Our Dear Lady, the angels and the saints.

IF IN THE PAST AGES, THE CHURCH HAD TO RELY ON HER ANCHORITES, WE NEED MORE THAN EVER TODAY THAT THEY SHOULD EXIST AND PROSPER.

~POPE PIUS XI~

Carmelite Sister Martyrs of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, C.S.M:

Hastening the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

I have also tried to ensure that this Rule of Our Lady and Empress shall be kept in its original perfection.

~Our Holy Mother Teresa of Jesus~

Teresa had it right, but she also adopted customs that were flat out wrong; thus, we do not follow her constitutions, only the rule of Saint Albert of Jerusalem edited to fit our way of life and specific mission in the heart of Holy Mother Church. Read here why will not be using her constitutions outside of her habit pattern and extern black veil custom.

NINE PATRONS:

1.) Christ the King and the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

2.) The Immaculate Heart of Mary and Saint Philomena.

3.) Saint Joseph, Saint Michael and Saint Raphael.

4.) Elijah and Henoch.

5.) Maximilian Kolbe and Therese of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face.

The Desert Fathers and the Spirit of Carmel:

Hundreds of years ago our Fathers of the Church, in particular the desert Fathers, thought the greatest gift a soul could possess was to be totally secluded in the desert. This ancient call precedes life in common and has been lost, misunderstood or seen as a waste, when it is actually the Church’s greatest gift. The world teaches us that we always have to be doing something; even our best intentions in these actions can have some sort of vain glory in it. Many Catholics in our day see the true life of prayer as selfish, but what did Our Lord reveal to Moses and Elijah on the mount during His Transfiguration? WE do not know the answer, but the most glorious of all intimacies can be found on the top of the mountain of prayer if we simply take the risk and leave all to discover these choicest secrets.

However, the life of an anchoress needs a “spirit” to fuel her fire and that ancient “spirit” is that of Carmel. We often hear how most religious orders belong to Mary; especially that of Carmel but many do not know the REAL reason Carmelites belong totally to Our Lady. There was a group of hermits during Our Lord’s life, who, adopted the spirit of Elijah, lived on Mount Carmel and because Nazareth is so close to Mount Carmel OUR LADY OFTEN WENT TO INSTRUCT THESE HERMITS ON THE MOUNT! And on the way back from Egypt, Saint Joseph, Our Lady and Our Lord stopped and visited these hermits, on their return to Nazareth, on Mount Carmel.

So you see, Carmel really is Our Lady’s Order because She instructed these Carmelite hermits DURING HER LIFETIME. Thus, it made perfect sense, when the Order of Carmel came under attack and was on the verge of being expunged by the Holy See, that Our Lady appeared to Pope Honorius and said this in defense of Her Carmelites:

My orders do not admit contradiction or delay. So that you might have faith in My words, know that your judges, who are the enemies of My order [Carmel], will feel the vengeance of God this very night and will die simultaneously a sudden death.

Pope Honorious called the Carmelites to approve their rule and dismissed the two judges. The Holy Virgin spoke these impressive words in a vision to Pope Honorius III in 1226, ordering him to approve and protect the Rule of the Carmelite Order, that is, the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The next day, January 30^th, Honorius III learned of the deaths of the judges whom he had convoked to resolve the case regarding the approval of the Carmelite Order. The Pope then called the Carmelite religious to appear before him, embraced them warmly, and proceeded to compose the Bull Ut vivendi normam, which confirmed their Rule. The institution was definitively approved on this date. The sons of Carmel gave thanks upon learning of this prodigy and the extraordinary protection of the Virgin Mary over their Order. The remembrance of this event was perpetuated by a feast, instituted by that same Pontiff at the request of St. Simon Stock, who was then Vicar General of the Carmelites in the West. This is the solemn feast day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, recorded in the liturgical calendar on July 16^th.

With all that being said thus far, it is not enough to simply be an anchorite, but a Carmelite anchorite, because the spirit of Carmel is this hermit’s guide to the mount of perfection.

Carmel dates back to far beyond that of Our Holy Parents, Teresa and John; so, one would ask: where did it all begin? In 1321, Our Lady revealed to Saint Peter Thomas that,

THE ORDER OF CARMEL IS DESTINED TO EXIST UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD.

This would be fitting because in theory, the very first monastic order to take form was under our original Carmelite Holy (Desert) Father who began his intense eremitical life on Mount Carmel where his original cell was that of a cave: Elijah. This prophet, who scripture tells us will also come back down to earth to prepare the world for the Second Coming of Christ, still has an important part to play. Many secrets have been revealed on mountaintops: God descended in a cloud of fire on Mount Sinai, the fire that consumed the sacrifices of Elijah. Abraham went to such a place to sacrifice his son, Isaac to God; on Mount Horeb God revealed Himself to Moses through the manifestation of the burning bush, then later received the Ten Commandments from Him while on top of a mountain.

Our Lord faithfully carried His cross uphill, to Mount Calvary where He sacrificed Himself. Was it not Elijah and Moses who were also next to Our Lord on a similar summit during His transfiguration? Finally, this very same prophet’s mysterious vision (described below) was seen on Mount Carmel; John of the Cross also has his famous map of perfection that leads to the top of a mountain. If we ponder the meaning of Our Lady’s mysterious prophecy of Carmel “destined” to exist until the end of the world, it would be only fitting that it’s father and founder would come back to be Carmel’s commander-in-chief for the decisive and final battle ahead. So what makes Carmel, the desert – or mountain – destined for greatness?

PROPHETS AND APOSTLES CALLED TO THE DESERT/ MOUNTAIN:

1.) Moses

2.) John the Baptist (an austere hermit before preparing the way of the Lord)

3.) Elijah

4.) Saint Paul (fled to the desert- Arabia’s Mount Sanai- for three years before preaching to the gentiles)

5.) Mary Magdalen, who, lived the rest of her days in a cave of total seclusion in France until her death. Martha, Mary and Lazarus docked the same boat they shared in France. Lazarus became a bishop; Martha started a holy community of Virgins. That was not enough for the Magdalen; she did not join Martha in community life but entered into her predestined cave of solitude.

ON MOUNTAIN TOPS:

1.) God the Father is found and reveals Himself- “I Am that I Am.”

2.) Our Lord accepts “burnt offerings”- sacrifices.

3.) Christ reveals another part of His identity, that of fire- the burning bush.

4.) Reveals His Holy Will.

5.) His Law- beatitudes, ten commandments etc.

Hermits are called to a stricter and more intense way of life even than that of the cloister, because it is a life of direct service to Jesus and Mary outside of life in common. Contemplatives have been identified as the very heart of the Catholic Church; the cloister “grills” can be seen as the rib cage, which we know, protects that heart. Modernism has seeped its way into the rib cage and this heart is no longer seen as essential; we are well aware, however, that the body cannot go on living without this vital organ. Thus, we must look back to Elijah where it all began, the prophet who was chosen to foresee the glorious foot of Our Lady predicting this future war between the seed of Satan and the seed of Her own:

ELIJAH CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF CARMEL [THE MOUNTAIN], CROUCHED DOWN TO EARTH AND PUT HIS HEAD BETWEEN HIS KNEES. SIX TIMES HE LOOKED OUT TO THE SEAS AND SAW NOTHING. AND THE SEVENTH TIME THE YOUTH REPORTED, ‘THERE IS A CLOUD AS SMALL AS A FOOT RISING FROM THE SEA’…IN GENESIS, GOD THE FATHER SAID TO THE SERPENT: ‘SHE WILL CRUSH YOUR HEAD AND YOU WILL STRIKE HER HEEL.’

Are Carmelite souls destined to form Her Heel? After all, it was Elijah on the top of Carmel who saw this Heel take shape. Only time will tell, however; at Fatima did not Our Lady appear on October 13th, 1917, as Our Lady of Mount Carmel?

Carmel seems to be the key ingredient to proclaiming victory over Satan. Carmel was in a very real sense, the first monastic order to exist with Elijah being the first ever founder and according to Our Lady, will it also be the last? The Blessed Virgin Mary has revealed extraordinary secrets of Her Heart through the holy prophets and order of Carmel: The gift of Her Scapular to Saint Simon Stock and the intense and disciplined rule of Saint Albert of Jerusalem; in no other (approved) apparition does Our Lady appear in a different habit, only the Holy Habit of Carmel. If we reread all that was written in regards to Fatima, the “Carmel destiny” and the future role of Elijah, we are reminded that Carmel is truly Our Lady’s order. Thus, we do not limit ourselves to strictly looking back at Our Holy Parents Teresa and John, but to the very beginning where it all began on the mountain of Mount Carmel. As Scripture has shown us, it began with Elijah, and it must end with him.

ALL ARE TO REMAIN IN THEIR CELLS OR NEAR THEM, MEDITATING DAY AND NIGHT ON THE LAW OF THE LORD AND BEING VIGILANT IN PRAYERS, UNLESS OTHERWISE LAWFULLY OCCUPIED.

~SAINT ALBERT OF JERUSALEM~

The Marian Vow and Our Lady of Fatima:

After having brought the daughters of Teresa of Jesus to France in the beginning of the 17th century, Cardinal de Berulle wanted them to add a fourth Marian vow to their three existing religious vows. But he had to renounce this idea due to the very strong opposition of the Spanish Carmelite nuns; this unexpected objection was headed by none other than Blessed Anne of Jesus and Blessed Anne of Saint Bartholomew. So, since that time, what has changed? St. Teresa of Jesus and Bl. Anne of Saint Bartholomew both faced a great crisis in their own times: the Protestant revolution. In our current time, we can simply look around and clearly see with adjusted vision the crisis infiltrating the heart of the Church.

That rib cage can be seen as the Catholic Hierarchy, without them- who protects the heart, the contemplatives? Our Lady always raises up great saints during times of instability or catastrophe. A fourth Marian vow that was not needed then, could certainly be needed now; not unlike a remedy or cure that was not necessary for an illness that did not yet exist in 1500. This vow could very well be another “key ingredient” that Our Lord requested through Our Lady at Fatima: devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary which could only lead to one thing – the triumph of that Heart. Our intention therefore is not to change the Carmelite spirit in any way or to introduce some extraneous element to that spirit, but rather to enhance it with new grace. Notably, during the time of John and Teresa, Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe was not yet born; he was destined to live during a time when Satan would begin his decisive and final battle with the Virgin. So, what did Kolbe introduce in this vow?

In the traditional Carmelite profession, the object of the vows is the evangelical counsels of obedience, poverty and chastity, but these vows are rendered Marian by the fact that they are offered to God through the Hands of Our Queen. Our intention is to render this Marian dimension all the more explicit by adding sacred obligations beyond those commitments already listed. This Marian Vow on a spiritual level involves a total offering of self to the Blessed Virgin, establishing Her as the Sovereign Queen and Mistress of the heart, body and soul. To give Her the meritorious value of all prayers and works so that She can dispose of them as She wishes. According to Saint Louis De Montfort, this is not even done in religious orders:

THEY DO NOT GIVE HIM BY THESE VOWS THE LIBERTY AND RIGHT TO DISPOSE OF THE VALUE OF THEIR GOOD WORKS. THEY DO NOT DESPOIL THEMSELVES OF WHAT A CHRISTIAN CONSIDERS MOST PRECIOUS AND MOST DEAR – HIS MERITS AND SATISFACTIONS.

Most particularly, the vow includes a specific daily self-offering as victim of holocaust to bring about the triumph of Her Immaculate Heart. This Marian vow is a concrete response to the message of Our Lady of Fatima who asked the shepherd children to offer themselves as victims and who spoke of Her Son’s burning desire that devotion to Her Heart be spread throughout the world. Maximillian Kolbe refers to this vow as “transubstantiation into the Immaculata, a living and breathing Immaculata in the form of a host”. What does he mean by that? Our Lord chose to transform Himself into a small white host for the entire world in every Church Tabernacle. As such, so the Immaculata wants to establish Herself, Her life and Her interior in the utterly simple soul of a Carmelite. Did not Saint Louis de Montfort say Our Lord desires “living copies of Mary”. It is profound to note that while one can be dispensed of the three vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, one cannot be discharged of the Marian Vow. It is permanent, and thus… the most precious?

This vow allows the soul to give Mary ALL without holding anything back, a complete and utter victim who denies Her nothing. We only ever hear of demonic and evil possessions of a soul; picture one being possessed by the Immaculate Conception. Then and only then, will we ever be able to love Christ as He deserves and console that most Sacred Heart, by establishing in our own hearts devotion to Her Immaculate Heart. I am going to take it one step further, if you will: to be little hosts and tabernacles for Our Lady. We will no longer exist, only Mary; just as we see what appears to be only bread, is really the Body of Christ. To see a simple Carmelite, yet who is fully possessed by the Immaculata. Obviously, the triumph of the Immaculate Heart was not reserved for Teresa’s time; thus, this Marian vow has been reserved for:

THE EDUCATION OF THE GREAT SAINTS WHO WILL COME AT THE END OF THE WORLD ARE RESERVED FOR MARY.

~SAINT LOUIS DE MONTFORT~

In studying the lives of the Carmelite saints, one finds that many of them sensed an urgent need to make an ulterior offering above and beyond the commitments assumed with religious profession. St. Teresa Margaret Redi offered herself as a “victim of love” and her life was consumed at the young age of twenty-two. The sixteen Carmelite Martyrs of Compiegne recited a daily oblation as “victims of holocaust”, during the French Revolution’s “Reign of Terror”. After all the Carmelites were beheaded in their Holy Habits of Carmel on the eve of the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, just a few days later, the revolution ended.

Their united promise was heard by Jesus and accepted. Such confidence only came from the fruit of their daily offering; a supernatural courage gifted directly from the Divine. Therese also made her “Act of Oblation to Merciful Love” as a “victim of holocaust” in order to open the flood gates of Divine Mercy for sinners. With the help of the saints who came before us, it is a desire to follow in their footsteps and open the flood gates of the mercy that comes from the Heart of Mary, thus establishing the reign of Her Divine Son and Prince, Jesus Christ, in the hearts of all men.

The combined power of prayer, sacrifice and bond of these Carmelite martyrs had the power to soften Christ’s Heart and restore peace. This is the current goal- with the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It is the urgent mission for our times as requested at Fatima and it is a hope that this offering will be accepted by Jesus and Mary; to be blessed with the gift of white martyrdom, and perhaps even red martyrdom. Many Carmels have the preconceived idea that Carmelite spirituality reached its peak of perfection in the early years of the Discalced Reform and that anyone who has an aspiration to do something a little different is somehow insulting Teresa; I assure you, if she were alive today, she would urge her daughters to take the Marian vow.

Let us consider all the Carmelite women’s communities that have formed in recent centuries: the Carmelite Sisters of Charity (Venerable Teresita Quevedo’s community, founded by Saint Joaquina de Vedruna), the Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and the Infirm (founded by Venerable Angeline McCrory) and the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus (founded by Blessed Maria Teresa Tauscher). You will notice that all these foundresses have titles like Saint, Blessed, and Venerable. If they weren’t authentically Carmelite, then would Our Lord have allowed them to receive such honors in the Church? I myself have witnessed a very UNHOLY competition between Discalced Carmels and ANY OTHER Carmel, especially the poor O’Carms, who aspire to do something a little different. This type of attitude displayed by the Discalced is steeped in pride and belongs to the prince of pride. Again, if Teresa were alive today she would shun this superior attitude.

Traditional Latin Mass and the Carmelite Rite of the Divine Office, pre 1955:

I AM WORRIED BY THE BLESSED VIRGIN’S MESSAGES TO LUCY OF FATIMA. THIS PERSISTENCE OF MARY ABOUT THE DANGERS WHICH MENACE THE CHURCH IS A DIVINE WARNING AGAINST THE SUICIDE OF ALTERING THE FAITH, IN HER LITURGY, HER THEOLOGY AND HER SOUL. I HEAR ALL AROUND ME INNOVATORS WHO WISH TO DISMANTLE THE SACRED CHAPEL, DESTROY THE UNIVERSAL FLAME OF THE TRUE FAITH OF THE CHURCH, REJECT HER ORNAMENTS AND MAKE HER FEEL REMORSE FOR HER HISTORICAL PAST.

~POPE PIUS XII~

Liturgy was first on that list. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the very center of a Carmelite nun’s day; it is where she meets her Beloved and receives greater strength. The Mass IS her vocation. It is the place where, beside Our Mother of Sorrows, she learns to carry the cross alongside her wounded Bridegroom. It is also where the Carmelite becomes accustomed to standing next to the Woman Who never abandoned Her Son. Another effect of modernism are the enemies of the Church who want to remove the element of sacrifice; without that key function we reduce something as precious and sacred as the Mass to a mere “meal”.

The Traditional Latin Mass has produced hundreds of saints flowing from its aqueduct of rich graces. My personal favorite saints come to mind: John of the Cross, Isaac Jogues, Therese of the Child Jesus, Teresa of Jesus, Bernadette of Lourdes, Louis de Montfort, Teresa of the Andes, Venerable Teresita Quevedo, Edith Stein, Elizabeth of the Trinity, the Carmelite Martyrs of Guadalajara, the sixteen Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne and Maximilian Kolbe. All the saints mentioned knew only this precious form of the Mass; the present vernacular was not introduced even during Saint Maximilian’s time, let alone the saints preceding him.

The Latin Mass dates back to the time of the Apostles, as history has shown us that Saint Peter helped write the Canon of the Mass. The Divine Office is the “completion” of the Mass; in a very glorious sense, they are inseparable. Together with the Carmelite Rite of the Divine Office used for hundreds of years and spanning back to the time of Our Holy Parents John and Teresa, it was even used by Therese of Lisieux. Like the Seraphim, it is a simple wish to join these celestial beings in intoning the Divine Praises at the very throne of Jesus and Mary: The King and Queen.

Tradition is truth and life-giving. The novus ordo is spiritually gay.

~Father James Mawdsley~

The Muslims told Marcel Lefebvre the Great (he will be called that one day mark my word) that they admired his courage in rejecting Vatican II and the New Mass. Even they recognized in Marcel, true holiness. The Muslims so memorably shunned praying with Pope John Paul II, in 2001, because they too knew that “dialoguing” (an ecumenical word) with different religions was a disgrace (it is!). When the Muslims convert, they will be a mighty force for good. Our Lady of Fatima is a powerful reminder that Fatima was a Portuguese Princess who was Muslim and converted to Catholicism.

My personal experience never ceases to amaze me. These bishops for the most part were fellow students with me in Rome, trained in the same manner. And then, all of the sudden, I found myself alone. But I have invented nothing new; I was simply carrying on.

~Marcel Lefebvre the Great~

THAT is what real holiness and humility looks like. Inventing nothing new, but courageously hanging onto tradition. That is also what humility looks like. Like Joan, he too will be on the right side of history. One only needs to put the Saint Andrew’s Missal beside the 1962’s to see the tragic difference (yes, tragic is the word). Yes, they are on the pricier side, but can we really put a price on the beauties, riches and glories of our faith? In all seriousness, if you shop around, you can find good deals! These Mass Missal changes also tie into the influence of Jews (I am entirely serious). Just like PRE 1962 Missals, the PRE 1962 Breviaries AND rubrics are what the Sister Martyrs will use with the 1938 Carmelite Rite. Even the Roman Rite, pre-55, are typically VERY hard to find and of course expensive because they are so rare, but I hope that when Holy Mother Church is restored with the triumph of Mary’s Heart, all her sacred books will be restored as well. The New Mass and New Office are fake and spiritually gay, as Father Mawdsley said.

We believe, along with Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, that there is only ONE Roman Rite, that the New Mass must be permanently abolished, and Vatican II must be declared a failed Council; a pope can decree this as he has the power to bind and loose. In Archbishop Vigano’s interview with Dr Taylor Marshall, he was asked what the faithful can do when they don’t have the Latin Mass and his answer forever made my Grandparents STOP attending the Novus Ordo. In fact, and this shows the power of Saint Philomena whose Patronage we are under (whose very existence was questioned after Vatican II and Padre Pio had to defend her). My Grandmother was so torn about giving up the New Mass that she prayed to Saint Philomena to make it absolutely clear that she and my Grandfather were no longer to attend it and that night she had a dream where she read, “one cannot serve two masters”. The very next day’s Gospel for Latin Mass was… “one cannot serve two masters.”

She was stunned and knew she received her answer. Trust us on this. Pray to Our Lady and pray to Philomena about the Mass and answers come like lightning. Attending both forms is indeed serving two masters. The New (WORLD) Order serves the man-god and the Old Mass serves the God-Man. We believe priests ordained in the New Mass are valid priests but MUST switch over to celebrating ONLY the Latin Mass of the Apostles without fear and without compromise; I know several priests who have made this switch and it’s admirable; take Archbishop Vigano! Now is no time for weakness and effeminacy in the priesthood, but humility with admitting we have been duped and stop offering sacrifice in a way that displeases God the Father. They must have zeal and trust in God and His Holy Mother to do the right thing always knowing Our Lord will provide and reward those most liberally for choosing truth over compromise.

For choosing courage over fear; faith over sinful freemasonic obedience. BE MEN, MEN! In fact, we only use the PRE-1960s Saint Andrew’s Missal. This Missal has taught us more about our faith than we can express. It’s truly like a history book. I am saddened to say that the Missals and liturgical changes that came after 1962 are watered down and lacking in substance, even in the Tridentine Mass. Especially the attack on Easter Vigil and Holy Week! As Father Mawdsley said, we should be striving for so much more than mere validity, and that is certainly one thing we can take away from the sedevacantists is they have not compromised on the pre-1955 rites; Father made an excellent video on that topic. God deserves the best; it is Christ the King we are talking about, here, and He demands we worship Him in the way He pleases. Today’s disastrous Mass changes mirror the sin of the Israelites and it was only at the divine intervention of Moses did God not do away with that “stiff neck” lot. How much more patience will He have with our generation?

Whoever rejects the traditional Mass will be vulnerable to the antichrist lie that Jerusalem is the centre of the world and Solomon’s Temple must be rebuilt. If a soul is not grounded in Catholic Tradition, in that which connects all of time and space with the Crucifixion, then such a person is fatally vulnerable to being deceived by the Antichrist, or else simply submitting out of fear to his tyranny.

~Father James Mawdsley~

Happiness does not make you sing, singing makes you happy.

Singing releases endorphins, which are neurotransmitters associated with pleasure and pain relief. This fits so perfectly with the Canticle of Canticles as the bride sings even her grief and Our Lord encourages her by lovingly singing along. Everything was sung before the fall, and this in a sense ties into the glorious canticles sung in the Old Testament which of course tie into the riches of the Mass and the Divine Office. Singing is also an act of reparation.

What Bible do we use? Latin Vulgate Douay Rheims.

What Latin Mass Missal do we use? ONLY the PRE-1962 Daily Saint Andrew’s Missal.

What Office do we pray? The 1938 four volume set of the Carmelite Rite. Just like PRE 1962 Missals, the PRE 1962 Breviaries and rubrics.

The First Friday Devotion:

Core Requirements:

Attend Holy Mass: Participate in Mass on the first Friday of each month.
Receive Holy Communion: Receive the Eucharist on each of those Fridays. You must be in a state of grace (free from mortal sin).
Make an Act of Reparation: Have the specific intention of offering your communion in honor and reparation for the sins, ingratitude, and outrages committed against the Sacred Heart of Jesus

The Twelve Promises of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Here is a list of the Twelve Promises to those who remain devoted to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, as communicated by Our Lord Jesus Christ to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque during a private revelation in 1675:

I will grant them all the graces necessary for their state of life (single, married, widowed, consecrated religious, diocesan priest, etc.).
I will grant peace in their families.
I will console them in all their troubles.
They shall find in My Heart an assured refuge during life and especially at the hour of their death.
I will pour abundant blessings on all their undertakings.
Sinners shall find in My Heart the source and infinite ocean of mercy.
Tepid souls shall become fervent.
Fervent souls shall speedily rise to great perfection.
I will bless the homes in which an Image of My Sacred Heart shall be exposed and honored.
I will give to priests the power to touch the most hardened hearts.
Those who propagate this devotion shall have their name written in My Heart, never to be erased.
The all-powerful love of My Heart will grant to all those who shall receive Holy Communion on the First Friday of nine consecutive months the grace of final repentance; they shall not die under My displeasure, nor without receiving their Sacraments; My Heart shall be their assured refuge during that last hour (of their life).

The First Saturday Devotion:

I never feel so happy as when a First Saturday arrives!

Sister Lucia of Fatima

Many well-grounded and traditional Discalced Carmels stress that the spirit of Carmel should not be modified in any way with the addition of extra prayers and devotions citing the preservation of spirit of Carmel as sacred. This is one hundred percent our personal goal; the Carmelite way of life is such a gift that we come to Our Lady empty-handed, ready to be filled with the very gifts of Her Heart: Her interior. However, while many Carmels faithfully embrace the First Friday Devotion, the First Saturday is ignored. This devotion has not become a universal practice of the Catholic Church and Sister Lucia related that peace in the world depends on the faithful observance of this particular devotion. Our Lord told Sister Lucia that His Heart was moved to establish a devotion that would remove the five principle thorns that pierce Our Mother’s Broken Heart:

The blasphemies against the Immaculate Conception.
Against Her Perpetual Virginity.
Against Her Divine Maternity, refusing at the same time to accept Her as Mother of all mankind.
Those who try publicly to implant in the children’s hearts, indifference, contempt and even hate against this Immaculate Mother.
Those who insult Her directly in Her sacred images.

This is heaven’s peace plan as Pope Benedict XVI said so memorably in 2013; Fatima is not concluded – it is for OUR times. It is a desire to have a life smothered in Mary’s Fatima message, as the triumph of the Immaculate Heart depends upon it, as well as the salvation of souls! The First Saturday Devotion will be treated with the upmost love and care, offering every small sacrifice possible to makes “amends” for these five wounds made against Mary’s Sorrowful Heart. The First Saturday of the month and daily life will center on consoling the Most Holy Virgin, Whom Sister Lucia claimed to have never smiled once during the apparitions. The Sister Martyrs’s goal is to reach a point where every day is treated like a First Friday and First Saturday for the sake of Jesus and Mary.

Strictly Contemplative:

The world in which we live shuns the contemplative souls and says: what a waste. The popular question: “what do you do all day?” is especially asked of hermits. Even faithful Catholics mutter, “well, I could never live such a life and so, you can’t either, then!” All is a grace and if Our Lord is calling a soul to the desert, He does not qualify the person, He qualifies the call, and the grace is sufficient. The thirty years of private life led by Our Lord is a mystery, to say the least. Yet Our Lord told Saint Faustina,

I KEEP THE WORLD IN EXISTENCE ONLY BECAUSE OF YOU. YOU BIND MY HANDS WITH YOUR LOVE!

That statement is shrouded in unfathomable mystery and romance. Such CAN be the power of a faithful bride of Christ, and such is the power of anchorites, cloistered monks and nuns; they are the beating heart of the Catholic Church. Anybody can have a heart, but does it beat? One may ask, wouldn’t you rather serve the poor, the sick, clothe the naked or preach? A confident lover of the Crucified can boldly answer: and who is there to serve Christ directly, at His feet with the Magdalen? The contemplative is free to love Our Lord without limits, to leave all for the sole purpose of loving Him. “To be alone with the Alone” as Carmelite and saint, Elizabeth of the Trinity so famously says.

It is not a question of loud or quiet personality to “persevere” in a life of solitude, it is only a matter of the heart; He looks only at the heart and how much it is willing to love and suffer with Him. The nun with a sense of humor is the one more likely to face the trials courageously in the war against self. Humor is a thing rooted in the Divine and since the greatest war is against powers and principalities (especially as a contemplative), we can’t take ourselves seriously if we want to judge ourselves in the proper “divine” light; we need only take God seriously.

Teresa was so “done” with the world that when she was starting new Discalced foundations, she kept her eyes cast down so as to stay exclusively recollected with her Lord. Yet, what did this accomplish? The souls who saw her on the street converted on the spot simply from seeing her. She did not preach; she didn’t need to. These “on the spot” conversions were the fruit of her precious Carmelite “desert” vocation. The world says, “what a waste!”, but Our Lord says “My beloved!”

The Law and Silence:

BUT WHEN THOU SHALT PRAY, ENTER INTO THY CHAMBER, AND HAVING SHUT THE DOOR, PRAY TO THY FATHER IN SECRET: AND THY FATHER WHO SEETH IN SECRET WILL REWARD THEE.

~MATTHEW 6:6~

The rule of Saint Albert of Jerusalem will be strictly observed, edited to be lived outside of life in common, as an anchoress. A Carmelite Hermit’s entire day is shrouded in prayer and the studying of the Laws of Holy Mother Church. Charity is the fulfillment of the Law and with that, apart from the two hours of mental prayer in the morning and the evening, Divine Office and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, it is the duty of a bride of Christ to constantly be thinking of Our Lady and Christ Crucified in all she does.

Those Two must become her identity, her reason for rising in the morning and the reason for laying down her head at the day’s end. Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection said he would not so much as pick up a piece of straw on the ground if it were not done for pure love of God. The life of a Carmelite Hermitess must be filled with some kind of work; never being idle, but ever letting her soul rest in Jesus and Mary while she works. Devotions such as Ignatian Meditation and Lectio Divina are considered too “complex” for a Carmelite; it is really much simpler.

It is a seeing, a being in constant conversation with the Beloved. It is setting aside the imagination, stilling the faculties and remembering the presence of that King and Queen resting in the very center of our souls, as if in a tabernacle. Brother Lawrence was so adamant on this “practice of the presence of God” that he said he no longer believed in God; he SAW God.

IN SILENCE AND IN HOPE SHALL YOUR STRENGTH BE.

~CARMELITE RULE~

Silence is something the world will never understand, but as Our Holy Father John of the Cross writes, it is God’s first language. Our Lord’s voice is a soft whisper which can only be heard in the silence of our hearts. Exterior silence is the perfect atmosphere for this interior practice. This is a life of no longer “conversing with men, but with angels” (Our Lord to Our Holy Mother Teresa). Trials and sorrow are saved to share with Our Lord and Lady alone. Apart from a learned confessor, sorrow is seen as an opportunity to go first and foremost to the Beloved, to share those trials with Him. Only in this, does one truly learn the power of silence. Before Mental Prayer, Our Holy Mother gave her daughters twenty minutes to prepare for the hour of prayer, with the reading of scripture. Even though our day is based on sacred scripture: the chanting of the psalms, the lessons and gospel at daily Mass, we come to know our Bridegroom by reading His Law and living it to its’ full splendor and capacity. Conversing with Our Lord and reading His word must be in-sync and in full harmony.

WHEN THERE WAS TUMULT IN THE CHURCH AFTER THE GREAT PERSECUTIONS AROUND THE YEAR 300, [CAUSING] THE FIRST WAVE [OF EREMITICAL VOCATIONS], AND AGAIN AROUND THE YEAR 1000, [CAUSING] THE SECOND WAVE, LAY PEOPLE AND MONKS GUIDED BY THE HOLY GHOST LEFT THEIR HOMES AND MONASTERIES TO SEEK OUT SOLITARY PLACES IN THE DESERT TO PRAY AND REGAIN THEIR SOLEMNITY AND FERVOR. AND SO, EREMITICAL LIFE WAS BORN.

WE CANNOT FOR A MOMENT DOUBT THE POWER OF PRAYER. THINK OF EXODUS, WHEN MOSES STAYED TO PRAY WHILE JOSHUA WAS SENT TO BATTLE. MOSES NOTICED THAT WHEN HIS HANDS WERE LIFTED IN PRAYER, THEY WERE WINNING THE BATTLE, AND WHEN HIS HANDS WERE LOWERED, BEGAN TO SUFFER DEFEAT. JOSHUA UNDERSTOOD THIS POWER OF PRAYER, AS HE SENT SOME OF HIS MEN UP TO HOLD UP THE ARMS OF MOSES. SUCH WAS THE POWER OF ONE MAN IN THE SITE OF GOD THE FATHER.

Edited Rule of Saint Albert of Jerusalem adopted for the Sister Martrys:

That Our Lady of Mount Carmel be Prioress, and to Her, under Four Vows: Poverty, Chastity, Obedience and the Marian Vow for the Triumph of Mary’s Immaculate Heart and the defeat of anti-christ under Her triumph. And as Prior, Christ the King through the priest, your Holy Fathers Saint Elijah, Henoch Maximilian Kolbe.

To receive Places or Houses.

You will be able to have a single hermitage with several cells for the sister martrys, a monastery or separate hermitage or other places where they will be given to you convenient and laid out for the observation of your Religion according to which it will be of easy and accessible to a Traditional Latin Mass, with a priest who celebrates using the pre-1955 Rites.

Religious Cell

Besides that, at the place that you have chosen or stated to reside, you will have a cell preferable inside the hermitage that is separate from the rest of the residence.

That you have a small Refectory where the sister martyrs will gather.

What has been given to you in alms, you will eat in the refectory, and however some book of the Holy Scriptures will be read where it can be conveniently done, other holy works, in silence and on special feast days Gregorian Chant, Sacred Polyphony or classical music.

Let each one remain in her cell, or near it, meditating day and night in the law of God, and watching in prayer, unless he is occupied in other just occupations.

Canonical Hours

Those who know how to say the Canonical Hours with the Priests must say them according to the Rules and Statutes of the Holy Fathers and the approved custom of the Church. And those who do not know them will say instead of Matins twenty-five times the Father noster, except Sundays and solemn feasts, on which days we command that they say for Matins twice the said number of twenty-five Father noster; for Lauds seven times; and for all other Hours, each seven times, except at Vespers where. they will say fifteen. Divine Office will be recited in common.

That you don’t have to have anything clean

Let no Religious say that he has anything of his own; but it is necessary that all things be common to them and that what they will need be distributed to each of them by means of the Priest or the Religious who will be for this by him deputy, taking into account the age and the needs of a each.

What they may have in common

You may have donkeys or mules, as your necessity requires, and some cattle or fowl for your food.

From the Oratory and Divine Service

That we make an Oratory in the hermitage as best and most conveniently as possible, where you will assemble every day to recite the Divine Office, where it can be done conveniently.

From the Fasting of the sister martyrs

From the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross until Easter Day, you shall fast every day except Sundays, unless sickness or weakness of the body or other just cause gives cause for leaving the fast, because necessity has no law.

Abstinence from flesh

You shall not eat flesh [meat] except to cure some disease or weakness. And especially since you will have to beg a lot of times on the roads, you will be able to go out of your houses to be in charge of your hosts, eat soup and vegetables or other things cooked with flesh, and on the sea you can eat flesh.

Exhortations

And especially since the life of man on earth is only temptation and those who wish to live religiously in Jesus Christ have to suffer persecution and the devil your adversary whirls like a roaring lion, seeking whom to devour, try with all your care to clothe yourself with the weapons of good, that you may resist the ambushes of the enemy. You will gird your loins with a chastity belt. Fortify your interior with good thoughts, because it is written: Holy thought will keep you. Put on the breastplate of righteousness, that with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might you may love God your Lord and your neighbor as yourselves. Arm yourselves everywhere with the shield of faith, with which you can deaden all the arrows of fire that the enemy shoots at you: for without faith it is impossible to please God. Bear in mind the helmet of salvation and grace, so that you expect your salvation only from Jesus your Saviour, who saves his people from their sins. May the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, always remain and persevere abundantly in your mouth and in your hearts, so that everything you do may be in his name.

Hand work

You will do some work or work with your hands, so that the devil finds you always occupied and that he has no entry into your souls, using your idleness as a door. You have for this a good example and teaching of doctrine in the apostle Saint Paul, through whose mouth our Lord Jesus Christ spoke and, having been established to preach and teach the Gentiles in faith and truth, you cannot fail by following it. So he says thus: We have been among you in labors and weariness, working day and night not to bore you, not that we have the power and permission to ask, but to give you form and example, so that you imitate us; for being among you others, we announced to you and preached every day that he who would not work should not eat. We have learned that there are some among you who are worried and doing nothing: we admonish and pray in Our Lord Jesus Christ to these people that they eat their bread working in silence. – This path is good and holy, go through it.

Silence

The Apostle recommends silence to us, when he recommends that we work in it, and as the Prophet says, the adornment and finery of justice is silence. And in another place: Your strength will be in silence and in hope. For this we decree and order that we keep silence as soon as Compline is said until after Prime of the following day and the rest of the time, how much we do not keep silence with such great rigor, we must very diligently avoid talking too much; for as it is written, and we also learn it well by experience, sin is not lacking in much talk; and in another place: He who speaks without consideration will receive many evils; and in another: He who uses many words damages his soul. And in the Gospel Our Lord says: Men will give an account on the day of judgment for every idle word they have spoken. Let everyone therefore make for himself weights and scales for his words, and a bridle for his mouth, lest his tongue cause him to stagger and fall, and his fall not be incurable to death; and take heed, with the Prophet, to the path which you take, lest you sin with your tongue: and keep silence with great care and diligence, in which consists the observance of justice.

Exhortation to Religious to bring honor to Our Lady of Mount Carmel

You Religious too, honor your Mary with complete humility, recognizing Her for Jesus Christ, since it is Jesus Christ who established Her over you and told the prelates of the Church : Whoever hears you, he hears me: and he who despises you despises me; so that by this means God will not judge you by this contempt, but that by the obedience that you will render, you deserve the reward of Beatitude. We have written these things briefly, ordering the form and rule of your way of life: and if any man do more, God will reward him when he comes to the judgment of the world. Use discretion, however, which is the rule of virtues.

Done in the city of Leon, in the year of the Lord one thousand two hundred and forty-eight, the fifth year of the Pontificate of Innocent IV, the first of September. Let no one in the world be permitted to infringe these letters confirmed by us, nor to oppose them with senseless boldness. Anyone who dares to do so knows that he incurs ipso facto the curse of Almighty God and of the blessed Apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Given in the city of Leon, the first of September, the fifth year of our Pontificate

*Important to note that the traditional definition of fasting was always, “without water”. Holy Mother Church only requires two days of the year, especially following the old 1917 code of Canon Law to go without food, and ONLY water, on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Easter Vigil, before the Liturgical “suicide” (Pope Pius XII’s word, not ours), had twelve prophecies and now there is a measly maximum of nine, but with a minimum of three (three??). You still want to sit there and say Our Lord’s sacrifice isn’t being attacked? Did you also know that when Pope Pius XII was ill, he was taken advantage of and the Eucharistic fast was changed to three hours (now a pathetic one hour).

Again, do not sit there and deny this is not an outright attack on the Eucharist. The traditional Eucharistic fast, which was in place before the changes initiated by Pope Pius XII, involved a complete abstinence from all food and drink, including water, from midnight until the reception of Holy Communion. This practice was a long-standing tradition in the Church, with roots tracing back to the 4th century. The 1917 Code of Canon Law mandated a Eucharistic fast from midnight until the reception of Holy Communion( the Carmelite Sister Martyrs will observe this), requiring abstention from both food and liquids, inclusive of water. Everything has become lax, and that’s a fact.

Breakfast will NEVER be consumed before Mass, and if Mass is ever celebrated in the evening (the reason why evening Masses were unheard of before Vatican II and the Novus Ordo), the Sisters will either fast that day, or simply not receive the Host. The saints often refrained from Holy Communion, because it is actually a holy thing to do, so we never get too comfortable with the glorious Sacred Species we are PRIVILEGED to consume. Dr. Taylor Marshall gives an excellent explanation about why this is practiced.

The only aspect of Teresa’s Discalced Constitutions will we follow is her Holy Habit Pattern outside of wearing the Seven Sorrows Rosary in place of the Holy Rosary.

Tunic (2)

“That habit should be made out of serge, heavy woolen fabric of a smoky [brown] color, no dye used, called Spanish “Xerga” or “Sayal”. The habit should be as spare as possible. The sleeves should be straight and of equal length. The habit should not have pleats [a double or multiple fold in a garment or other item made of cloth, held by stitching the top or side], be of equal length all around, and should reach down to the feet.”

Scapular (2)

“The Scapular should be made of the same material, four fingers shorter than the Habit.” ~Carmelite Constitutions~

Mantle (1)

“The Choir Mantle is also to made of serge, but white [off white cream color], and equal to the Scapular in length. For this Mantle as little cloth as possible should be used in order to avoid superfluity.”

Coifs (4)

The coif does not look exactly like the ones below, but only to show that it is the under garment headwear where the veils are attached.

“The coif should be made of hemp, or rough linen, without pleats. The Scapular is to be worn over the coif.”

First Veils (4)

Are Tucked into the Scapular and are sewn on to the coif. First Veils are a great deal shorter than the second veils and are tucked into the Scapular. They are made exactly the same way as the second veils, only shorter, and not sewn on to the coif.

Second Veils (4)

The second veils are simply thrown over the first veils, as shown in the photos and have a crease down the top of the head.