Last weekend I was in Roehampton as part of the team on a vocation discernment retreat. During it I shared a few photos on social media, to tell the story of the retreat, as well as ask for prayers. Here now are the four images, with fuller stories...
According to my missal, Mount Carmel was the place where the prophet Elijah proclaimed the faith of Israel in the one God, the meeting place of God and his people. And when I read that I thought yes... Having worked with and got to know several Carmelite nuns over the past few months, and spent time studying their websites and social media, I would say that this is probably how they would regard themselves too - as a meeting place between God and his people.
