Mount Carmel Monastery Approved! Good News for the Monks and for the Church

Catholic Online ^ | 10/9/10 | Deacon Keith Fournier

[tcg]

Praised be Jesus Christ" said the joyful voice of a monk on the other end of the line. Within minutes I heard another joyful voice, Fr. Daniel Mary of Jesus Crucified, the Prior of this burgeoning monastic community in Wyoming formally called "Carmel of the Immaculate Heart of Mary". I had another absolutely delightful conversation with this wonderful priest and spiritual father. ...

The last time we spoke, Father shared the monk's hopes to build a new monastery to house their growing young community. The artist's rendering of the 144,000 square foot French Gothic style monastery alone can send one to their knees to worship, it is so beautiful. The property will also house one of the enterprises which help the monks to be self sustaining, Mystic Monk Coffee which has grown so rapidly in popularity it has outgrown its current cramped quarters where the monks roast it, grind it and package it.

So, now the good news; on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 1:00 p.m., at an open public hearing before the Park County Board of Commissioners, the monks were given unanimous approval to proceed with the building of Mt. Carmel for America. The commissioners wanted to know whether the land will continue to be used for ranching. The monks were happy to report that it will. They intend to keep the property as a ranch as well as work the land for farming. Father Daniel Mary explained to me that with the growing resurgence of vocations to the lay brotherhood (not all monks are clerics) the Lord had already brought ranchers to the community who would help with 1,000 head of cattle that will graze on Mt. Carmel...

[vladimir998]

You wrote:

“Are you stalking me or are you entertaining yourself with reading your own hateful posts?”

I’m responding to your posts - which in this forum I have every right to do.

“I’m really not impressed with your thug act.”

Thug act? Showing that you don’t know what you’re talking about is not thuggery on anyone’s part. It also doesn’t take much effort.

“I suggest decafe, not the “Mystic” kind.”

I don’t drink coffee. I suggest you read a book on Gnosticism. Oh, wait. You probably don’t read books about topics you post about do you?

Apparently not.

[Campion]

it's a Mystic Church, in other words, GNOSTIC. Based on the name Mount Carmel (in Israel where Jesus lived with those who taught the mysteries) and the mention of mystery in the body of the article, it's far from stealth in this proclamation.

What are you talking about???

Mount Carmel (in Israel where Jesus lived with those who taught the mysteries)

Whose teaching is this?

Mt. Carmel is where Elijah challenged the prophets of Ba'al. I see nothing about Jesus living there with "those who taught the mysteries". (Who would that be?)

Regardless, these are Catholic monks, following in the tradition of the Carmelite order, which is 700 years old and has absolutely nothing to do with Gnosticism. Neither do these monks; they are quite orthodox.