Saint Thérèse placed prayer as the foundation of the lives of her daughters. It is the constitutive and stable element of our communities. In the morning and evening, after the invocation to the Holy Spirit, we all gathered in the choir, for an hour, in silent prayer.

“Prayer is nothing other, in my opinion, than an exchange of friendship where we talk often and intimately with Him whom we know loves us” (Book of Life 8 , 5)

Eminently personal, prayer is nourished by meditation on the Word of God, by contemplation of Christ: “I only ask you to look at Him” (Way of Perfection 26,3). The liturgy enriches personal prayer, which in turn promotes plenary, contemplative participation in the liturgy, particularly in the celebration of the Eucharist.

Prayer is therefore a path, never fully covered: through prayer, all our life is penetrated by prayer, everyday gestures become prayer. It becomes an experience of the presence of God which permeates all of existence. Union of love. Certainly, love is the vocation of every Christian: the specificity of Carmel is to lead to it through prayer.

“We can represent ourselves before Christ, practice keenly falling in love with his sacred Humanity… complain to him about our sorrows, we rejoice with him in our joys…