Third Order of Carmelites - Philippine Province of St. Titus Brandsma

Third Order of Carmelites - Philippine Province of St. Titus Brandsma The Third Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (TOCarm) is the lay branch of the Order of Carmelites of the Ancient Observance.

The official TOC Page of the Delegation of the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and the Middle East. The Third Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel is an association of lay people who, in response to a call from God promise to live the Gospel in the spirit of the Carmelite Order and under its guidance. As well as lay people, diocesan priests, who find in the Carmelite charism help for their spiritual lives and their mission in the Church and the world, may be members of the Carmelite Third Order. http://ocarm.org/en/content/ocarm/third-order

On September 8, 1661, the Ven. Mariangela Virgili, TOCarm was born.**PRAYER FOR THE BEATIFICATION OFVENERABLE MARIANGELA...
08/09/2026

On September 8, 1661, the Ven. Mariangela Virgili, TOCarm was born.

**PRAYER FOR THE BEATIFICATION OF
VENERABLE MARIANGELA VIRGILI**

O God, our loving Father,
You called Your servant **Mariangela Virgili**
to follow Christ in prayer, charity,
penance, and loving service to the poor and afflicted.

Grant that, through her example and intercession,
we may grow in love of You
and faithfully live our Christian vocation.

Through the intercession of
**Venerable Mariangela Virgili**,
we humbly ask You to grant the favor we seek
and, if it be Your holy will,
**grant the beatification of Venerable Mariangela Virgili**,
so that her life may inspire many
to follow Christ and serve Him in love.

Through Christ our Lord.
**Amen.**

**Venerable Mariangela Virgili, pray for us.**

| ๐Œ๐€๐“๐„๐‘ ๐ƒ๐”๐‹๐‚๐ˆ๐’ ๐‚๐€๐‘๐Œ๐„๐‹๐ˆ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐€ |SEPTEMBER 06, 2026We congratulate our brothers and sisters from Blessed Joan of Tolouse T...
07/09/2026

| ๐Œ๐€๐“๐„๐‘ ๐ƒ๐”๐‹๐‚๐ˆ๐’ ๐‚๐€๐‘๐Œ๐„๐‹๐ˆ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐€ |
SEPTEMBER 06, 2026

We congratulate our brothers and sisters from Blessed Joan of Tolouse TOC Community and Blessed Marie of Incarnation TOC Community for their rites of Solemn Profession and Reception to Novitiate.

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the Rite was presided by Rev. Fr. Baltazar P. Ronato, OCarm. at the Holy Family Retreat House, Taytay

May Our Lady of Mount Carmel bless them and all the members of the Venerable Third Order of Carmel. Ave Maria!

๐€๐ฏ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข! ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ.On Sept. 05, the rites of Admission to ...
05/09/2026

๐€๐ฏ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข! ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ.

On Sept. 05, the rites of Admission to Formation and Reception to the Novitiate was held at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Abandoned, Sta. Ana, Manila. This is for the TOC communities of Sta. Ana, Makati, Imus and UST Central Seminary. The rites was officiated by Rev. Fr. Joseph Roque, OCarm.

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ž!The Third Order of Carmelites โ€“ Philippines Province of St. Titus Br...
04/09/2026

๐‡๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐€๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ž!

The Third Order of Carmelites โ€“ Philippines Province of St. Titus Brandsma joyfully extends our heartfelt greetings to our dear Bishop Dave on the blessed anniversary of your episcopal ordination. We thank God for the gift of your vocation and your faithful service to His Church. Your ministry continues to inspire many through your wisdom, humility, and dedication to Godโ€™s people. May the Lord continue to guide you as you faithfully carry out the mission entrusted to you. May your episcopal ministry always be a source of hope, unity, and grace to the Church.

May Our Lady of Mount Carmel continue to accompany and protect you throughout your ministry. May she wrap you in her maternal mantle and lead you ever closer to her Son, Jesus Christ. May the Lord grant you strength, wisdom, and courage as you shepherd His people with love and compassion. May He bless you with abundant grace and renew your heart each day in faithful service. Happy Anniversary Bishop Dave, and May God bless you always!

04/09/2026

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02/09/2026

LIVE: The Wednesday Family Rosary will be prayed from the Saint Anthony of Padua Parish, in Singalong, Malate, Manila. Let us gather as a family and as a community to pray and ask the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

โšœ๏ธ๐•ฎ๐€๐”๐’๐€๐„ ๐•น๐Ž๐’๐“๐‘๐€๐„ ๐•ท๐€๐„๐“๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐€๐„โšœ๏ธIt is with great joy that we announce the Rites of Admission to Formation of our Brothers a...
29/08/2026

โšœ๏ธ๐•ฎ๐€๐”๐’๐€๐„ ๐•น๐Ž๐’๐“๐‘๐€๐„ ๐•ท๐€๐„๐“๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐€๐„โšœ๏ธ

It is with great joy that we announce the Rites of Admission to Formation of our Brothers and Sisters from St. Andrew Corsini TOC Community, Our Lady of the Abandoned TOC Community and St. Teresa Margaret Redi TOC Community.

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the Rites will be presided by Rev. Fr. Joseph Roque, OCarm. on September 05, 2026 at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Abandoned Manila

May God grant them the grace of perseverance in the Carmelite vocation. Ave Maria!



๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ (๐Ž๐ง ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ)This distinction is critical.Self-pity can sometimes disguis...
27/08/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ
(๐Ž๐ง ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ)

This distinction is critical.
Self-pity can sometimes disguise itself as humility.

A person may repeatedly say:
โ€œI am nothing. I am useless. Nobody cares about me. I can do nothing right.โ€

This may sound humble, but it can actually be another form of self-occupation.
Why?

Because the person is still thinking primarily about self.
True humility does not constantly stare at its own misery.
True humility looks toward God.

St. Teresa explicitly warns that distorted self-knowledge can lead to cowardice and discouragement. She insists that the soul should fix its eyes on Christ and the saints so that self-knowledge does not make it "base and cowardly."

This is a profound Carmelite insight.
False humility says:
โ€œI am worthless.โ€
True humility says:
โ€œWhatever good is in me comes from God, and whatever is lacking in me I entrust to His mercy.โ€

The first can produce despair.
The second produces freedom.

๐’๐ญ. ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐š ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐š: ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐†๐จ๐ (๐Ž๐ง ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ)This is one of the most important principles in Carme...
26/08/2026

๐’๐ญ. ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐š ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐š: ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐†๐จ๐ (๐Ž๐ง ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ)

This is one of the most important principles in Carmelite spirituality.
St. Teresa repeatedly teaches that self-knowledge is indispensable. But she also warns that excessive concentration upon oneself can become spiritually unhealthy.

In the Interior Castle, Teresa teaches that the soul must know itself, but it should not remain permanently occupied with itself. She compares humility to the bee that gathers honey, while reminding the soul to leave the hive and contemplate God's greatness.
This provides an excellent spiritual diagnosis of self-pity.

Self-knowledge says:
โ€œI recognize my weakness.โ€
Self-pity says:
โ€œMy weakness is all I can see.โ€
Self-knowledge says:
โ€œI have been wounded.โ€
Self-pity says:
โ€œMy wound defines me.โ€
Self-knowledge says:
โ€œI have sinned.โ€
Self-pity says:
โ€œI am hopeless.โ€
Self-knowledge says:
โ€œI need God's mercy.โ€
Self-pity says:
โ€œGod should have treated me differently.โ€

Teresa's remedy is to look toward God.
When we contemplate God's greatness, goodness, truth, and mercy, we begin to see ourselves correctly. Teresa's understanding of humility is fundamentally connected with truth: the soul stops exaggerating both its virtues and its misery.
This is why genuine Carmelite humility is not humiliation.
It is truth before God.

| ๐Œ๐€๐“๐„๐‘ ๐ƒ๐”๐‹๐‚๐ˆ๐’ ๐‚๐€๐‘๐Œ๐„๐‹๐ˆ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐€ |AUGUST 21, 2026 | MEMORIAL OF POPE PIUS XWe congratulate our brothers and sisters from Ou...
24/08/2026

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We congratulate our brothers and sisters from Our Lady of Miraculous Medal TOC Community and Christ the King TOC Community for their rites of Admission to Formation, Reception to Noviatiate and Temporary Profession.

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the Rite was presided by Rev. Fr. Joseph Roque, OCarm. at St. Titus Brandsma Center, Cubao.

May Our Lady of Mount Carmel bless them and all the members of the Venerable Third Order of Carmel. Ave Maria!

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