Carmelite Conversations
Carmelite Conversations
4.9from 65 ratings
- 282
- Episodes
- 6
- Transcribed
- 65
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2011
- First episode
- 7K
- YouTube views
About Carmelite Conversations
The Carmelite Conversations podcast discusses Carmelite Spirituality and its application to our busy, modern lives. The podcast provides counsel on how to live the Carmelite call to combine contemplative prayer with service to the Church, while at the same time providing guidance on how to make progress in holiness. Carmelite Conversations is of particular interest to Secular Carmelites as it is produced by the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites Community of Our Mother of Good Counsel in Dayton, Ohio.
- Publisher
- Carmelite Conversations
- Category
- religion & spirituality
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 21 Feb 2011
- Latest episode
- 14 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
6 of 282 episodes have a transcript.
14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
If You Wish to Be Perfect, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
8 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Chapter 4: Called to Carmel, Called to Community: Reflections on the Carmelite Rule, Secular Constitutions, and Statutes by Tim Bete, OCDS
2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Chapter 3: Called to Carmel, Called to Community: Reflections on the Carmelite Rule, Secular Constitutions, and Statutes by Tim Bete, OCDS
Inside a recent episode
If You Wish to Be Perfect, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
Published 14 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And Jesus said, keep the commandments. Then, sensing that something was still lacking, the rich young man asked Jesus what else he must do. Jesus looked at him with love and answered, If you wish to be perfect, sell what you have, give it to the poor, then come and follow me. And as I was considering this, It came to me that our vocation to Carmel is not unlike the rich young man in that before we came to Carmel, each one of us sensed something was missing. We must have at some level for here we are. And when we entered that first period of formation, we were essentially asking Jesus, is this what I must do to be perfect? […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Carmelite Conversations
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- Rusty Baldwin
- Vivien Foster
- Tim Bete
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 6,833
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 48 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 17 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100
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- Quality
- 49
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 74
- Engagement
- 90
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