Seasons of the Heart: The Spiritual Dynamic of the Carmelite Life

The Carmelite tradition could be understood as an 800 year commentary on the Song of Songs. Thinking they were seeking an elusive God, they returned from their search with the conviction that God had been pursuing them all along in love. These five "seasons of the heart" and Carmel's expression of them, are reviewed in an attempt to identify the spiritual dynamic of the Carmelite life.