A concise history and explanation of the Promise and vows in the Secular Order of the Discalced Carmelites. The meaning of the Promise and vows. And the commitment to live them in the everyday world.
Table of Contents
1. From the vows to the promise
1.1. The Manual of 1921
1.2. The Rule of life (1979)
1.3. The Constitutions (2003)
2. The promise and the vows: living the spirit of the evangelical counsels in lay life
2.1. A general outline of the promises
2.2. The meaning of the promise in the Secular Order
2.3. The vows
3. Living the spirit of the evangelical counsels and the Beatitudes
3.1. The spirit of the counsel of chastity
3.2. The commitment of the promise to live out the spirit of the evangelical counsel of poverty
3.3. The commitment of the promise to live out the spirit of the evangelical counsel of obedience
3.4. The commitment in the promise of living out the spirit of the Beatitudes
ÒLet us go forward together, LordÉÓ