The Garden of Carmel Confraternity of our Lady of Mount Carmel Chula Vista, California –April, May & June 2017 Newsletter No.2 Volume 4

J.M.+J.T. Praised be Jesus Christ, who dwells among us, now and forever!

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Have mercy on us Garden of Carmel

As we enter into the month of June we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Body and Blood of Christ and head

into that special feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. How will you devote yourself to the Sacred Heart of

Jesus? What will make it sacred for you and your family? Perhaps you may be inspired to attend the Liturgies in

your parish for first Friday devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus…

Let us all give thanks and praise for Jesus’ gift of Himself-His real presence in the Eucharist-and for what it

means for us: “Amen, amen. I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life… Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my

blood remains in me and I in Him” (John 6:47, 56)

Daily Practice in our Carmelite Spirituality “The call to Carmel is to walk in the footsteps of Jesus with Mary and Elijah and with St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi like her

“may we never tire of calling God with this name “Love”

Reflection: As Carmelites our calling is to live in the love of God. To walk in the love of God. St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi asked her sisters “to love only our Lord Jesus Christ, to place all hope in Him, and be perpetually devoted with desire to suffer for love of Him”. There are three virtues, faith, hope and love and these are the foundation of our spiritual life. But only love endures forever. In heaven there is only one theological virtue and that is love. “Love will endure forever”. God is love. His love is an eternal love; and this love without beginning has prepared graces and blessings for us from all eternity. And so my dear Garden of Carmel let us always love one another because this “love” is so dear to the

St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi pray for Heart of our Savior and therefore our life in Carmel is complete

our Community, Garden of Carmel communion with God from morning to evening. Amen. Estrella

St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi had a great devotion to Our Lady of Mount

Carmel her feast day is May 25, and she was a significant inspiration in the

development of Carmelite Marian devotion to the "Most Pure Virgin", claiming

that the beauty of Mary lay in her purity, which was what had made her one

with the Word in her divine maternity.

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In our Carmelite Way of Life we find joy in our journey with Jesus and Mary, in our May meeting we are so blessed to have Fr. Stephen Watson, O.C.D and Ms. Bernadeane Carr, S.T.L.

Flower offering to our Lady, as we honor Her as Queen of Heaven and Earth. How wonderful it is to be in the family of Carmel. We all believe that Mary led us to Carmel who’s always watching and guiding us. As a community, we learned that

Mary is a shining example to gaze upon Her as She totally embraces the will of God. Let us all ask our Blessed Mother to pray for us.

We begin praying the Liturgy of the Hours

Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

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Very Reverend Stephen Watson, OCD priest and Ms. Bernadeane Carr gave us a beautiful reflection about our

Blessed Virgin Mary’s role in our Catholic faith.

Enjoying our Carmelites babies, Elijah and Sebastian, “with Jesus

our Brother and Mary our Mother”, we are one big happy family, one family are we…

The Garden of Carmel Confraternity of our Lady of Mount Carmel Chula Vista, California –April, May & June 2017 Newsletter No.2 Volume 4

Instruction Class and Interview before reception of scapular, Thank you dear

Council Members for giving your time

to come to our Instruction Class to

give your support as they prepare for

their reception on the Feast of our

Lady of Mount Carmel. God bless you!

Our Candidates: Ana, Cora, Cheryl,

Isabella, Christina and Kelley.

You have our prayers, may God

continue to bless you!

Our Council Members, Viola, Renee, Maria and Mary. God bless!

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Homeless Feeding 17th Street Downtown San Diego

“It is our calling then to help the unfortunate and to love the poor. In doing this you will prove yourself a true child of God. “Your reward is in Erika preparing sack lunches for heaven” The homeless in 16th Street Downtown “We say grace before serving the homeless”

The call to Carmel is as unique as each soul who makes the journey to be with God and our deep desire to serve Him always to marry both contemplation and action in the world.

Carmelites in Action and Contemplation

“Our desire is to rejoice in the Lord always, not in the world” All for God

For information about the Garden of Carmel, please contact us at (619) 656-5423,

email: aespangilinan@gmail.com, our website: gardenofcarmel.wordpress.com

Our Blessed Mother will clothe you soon in her brown habit which symbolizes our unworthiness humility of heart.

The Garden of Carmel Confraternity of our Lady of Mount Carmel Chula Vista, California –April, May & June 2017 Newsletter No.2 Volume 4

As we celebrate this beautiful month of June dedicated to our Lord Jesus Christ

we find these feasts a very special the

coming of the Holy Spirit, The Feast

of the Most Holy Trinity, The Most Holy

Body and Blood of Christ and the Feast

of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, we become united with God and dwell with

Him. Fr. Hardon, the Servant of God

said that “Devotion to the Sacred Heart

and the Eucharist are inseparable” as

Carmelites our only desire is to seek for

Jesus in Holy Communion: Let us be

united, and never more to be separate.

For His great love for us.

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O Most Holy Trinity dwelling in my soul, by thy grace. I adore thee”

Coming Events and Feast Day

June 4, Pentecost Sunday

June 11, Feast of the Most Holy Trinity

June 17, Garden of Carmel meeting

June 18, The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi Sunday)

June 20, Homeless Feeding

June 23, The Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

June 24, The Nativity of St. John the Baptist

June 28, Prolife Ministry Prayer, El Cajon and Chula Vista (every third Wednesday of the month

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Carmelite Thought- “I do not desire to die soon, because in Heaven there is no suffering. I desire to

live a long time because I yearn to suffer much for the love of my Spouse.” St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi

Our Agenda Garden of Carmel meetings at St. Rose of Lima

are held every Third Saturday of the month Our meeting begin with Holy Mass 7:30 am,

followed by Holy Rosary, Easter Season Regina Caeli

8:40am- Liturgy of the Hours, Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

9:00am- Refreshments 9:15 am- Instruction Class, Carmelite Study

10:15 am- Lectio Divina, Sunday Gospel Reading

11:00 am New Business 11:45 am Closing Prayer Consecration to our

Lady of Mount Carmel Closing Song Easter Season Regina Caeli

Our Lord walks with you on your birthday and many friends around you as well...

Praying, Praying, and Praying for your Birthday! May 1: Pat White, May 24: Teresa de Loera May 26: Estrella Pangilinan and Vera Nelson May 28: Sr. Maria Javier, Carmel, D.C.J.