PhuturePriest Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 All this time, I have listened and read as women went on and on about how beautiful Mount Carmel is, and how they long to live there in simplicity and poverty. I was always gullible enough to believe it, too. Well, on my way to dance class two weekends ago, I was strolling through Wichita when I saw something rather interesting: Poverty and simplicity indeed. <_<
BarbTherese Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 http://www.360wichita.com/Apartments/MtCarmelVillage.html
maximillion Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 Oh yes, those Carmies are into deprivation........ :hehe2:
vee Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 maybe the swimming pool represents the moat in teresa of avilas interior castle :topsy:
maximillion Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 Me tooo...... Do I have to wear my habit in the pool?
EmilyAnn Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 The pool isn't heated! Only 1-car garages! If that isn't poverty and simplicity then I don't know what is.
PhuturePriest Posted April 18, 2013 Author Posted April 18, 2013 (edited) The pool isn't heated! Only 1-car garages! If that isn't poverty and simplicity then I don't know what is. My apologies. I forgot you wealthy Benedictines with no vow of poverty are used to such things. Edited April 18, 2013 by FuturePriest387
the171 Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 The Carmelites in Covington have a pool because the monastery used to be the home of a wealthy man. hahahah I was soooo confused when I first saw it.
PhuturePriest Posted April 18, 2013 Author Posted April 18, 2013 The Carmelites in Covington have a pool because the monastery used to be the home of a wealthy man. hahahah I was soooo confused when I first saw it. I bet you have to pay them to use it. <_<
Eowyn Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 maybe the swimming pool represents the moat in teresa of avilas interior castle :topsy: That's it exactly. :) :) :)
Strictlyinkblot Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 There is a Baptist church near me called Mount Carmel. I got lost one day and found it.
EmilyAnn Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 My apologies. I forgot you wealthy Benedictines with no vow of poverty are used to such things. As long as all things are held in common and allowed by the Abbot the Rule says its okay. :P
Mr Cameron Posted April 19, 2013 Posted April 19, 2013 I can guarantee you the pool is really just an interactive holy water dispenser thing.
elizabeth09 Posted April 19, 2013 Posted April 19, 2013 What? Pool? I thought that sisters and nuns gave up everything, even pools?
PhuturePriest Posted April 19, 2013 Author Posted April 19, 2013 What? Pool? I thought that sisters and nuns gave up everything, even pools? Apparently, if you don't have a husband and children, you must compensate by swimming. :P
elizabeth09 Posted April 19, 2013 Posted April 19, 2013 ? Compensate for not having a family? This is new to me.
PhuturePriest Posted April 19, 2013 Author Posted April 19, 2013 ? Compensate for not having a family? This is new to me. I was completely joking. The first post isn't a Monastery, it's an apartment complex for people on the richer side of life, but I was joking because it's called Mount Carmel.
BarbTherese Posted April 19, 2013 Posted April 19, 2013 (edited) I suspected as much when I posted the link - we Carmelite-ers are on to you FP387 ! Edited April 19, 2013 by BarbaraTherese
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