Laetare Sunday 2020 – Carmelite Clothing Day
This is a joyful day and a preparation for the total gift of self that is to come at the religious profession. All has been left behind and that includes any reliance on self because now it is time to rely on God alone. Religious life is the proximate call to holiness and the ceremony of the clothing in the Carmelite habit is meant to impress this on us. The habit, especially the Brown Scapular, is the constant sacramental reminder of the call to contemplative prayer and divine union. As a chosen bride and spouse of Our Lord, the religious is joined to Him on the Cross as a victim for the Church, priests and the salvation of souls. Do not look back but press on to the goal of union with Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior.
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