Overview
In this book Patrick McMahon O.Carm. presents a powerful defense of the suitability of Albert's Pattern for Life for all Carmelites-laity and religious alike. In both setting a historical context for the Rule and providing a practical commentary for the laity Father Patrick demonstrates that it is adherence to the Rule that defines a Carmelite and gives each of us our Carmelite identity. Tags: The Monks, The Hermits, The Holy Land, Vocation, Carmelite Rule, Third Order, Crusades, Enthusiasm for the Gospel, The move to Europe, Cardinal Newman, Clericalizatio, poverty, Vatican II and the Laity, The second Vatican Council, Formula Vitae, conversi, Cistercian, Franciscan, St John Paul II Pope, Lay Hermits, Piligrims