A Pattern for Life: The Rule of Saint Albert and the Carmelite Laity

Patrick Thomas McMahon

ISBN: 978-971-9642-06-0
Book Paper; Softbound
282 pages; 5×8 in
c2015

There has recently been much discussion, indeed the argument, regarding the suitability of the Rule of St. Albert for the Carmelite Laity. In this book Patrick McMahon, O.Carm., praises of the Institutum Carmelitanun in Rome and lecturer in Carmelite history and spirituality, presents a powerful defense of the suitability of Albert’s Pattern for Life for all Carmelite – laity and religious alike. In both setting a historical context for the Rule and providing a practical commentary for the laity, Father Patrick demonstrates that it is adherence to the Rule that defines a Carmelite and gives each of us our Carmelite identity.