TO BE CARMELS
Carmel’s height, that glorious sight
Beacons you and me
To take the flight to the Lord of Light
Bravely on bended knee.
Carmel is more than a mountain
It’s the symbol of human soul –
Sweet source of divine fountain
The secret of our goal
Only those who dare to ascend
Can taste its joyful gospel;
Soft, yet strong, its echoes trend
To shake pride’s towering steeple
Carmel transcends all other peaks
In its beauty and its glory
To the serene, silent soul it speaks
The ode of celestial story
It looks down from eternity
Upon the earth below
From the abode of the Trinity
Whence grace-filled waters flow
Carmel covered with clouds unknown
The encountering sight of the Absolute
Lit by the radiance of the sun
Reveals the mystery of the Truth
Standing between earth and heaven
Carmel unites God and man
Raising spirits as does the leaven
In unbroken, unspoken communion
Carmel, altar of contemplation
Goads on seekers in their search
To be “Carmels” to our nation
To be “Carmels” to God’s holy Church.
By her life, her words and deeds
St. Therese wrote the gospel day by day
People read, near and far
The message of her Little Way.
Her life became a veritable channel
The love of God flowing through it;
She toiled for souls saved by Him
And her Little Way became a hit!
