The Teresian Carmel observing the traditional Rule and 1940 Constitutions of the "Order of the Virgin" (Our Lord to St. Teresa of Jesus), maintaining its traditional Manuals (Ritual and ceremonials, the directory of legal usage of the Rule and Constitutions according to the Pio-Benedictine Code of the Canon Law of the Church, the Propers of the Feasts of the Order in Gregorian Chant, Martyrology p
roper to the Order). and celebrating the Sacred Tridentine Liturgy of the Church - the Roman Breviary and the Missal proper to the Discalced Carmelites according to the decree "Divino afflatu" of Pope St. Therefore, our life is that same ideal of our holy Mother Teresa de Jesus and of our holy Father Juan dela Cruz (St. John of the Cross) as HAS LONG BEEN FORMALLY RECOGNIZED AND AUTHORIZED BY THE CATHOLIC SEE AT THE VATICAN according to the mandate of the Eternal Word "made flesh" (Jn. 1.14) - as is the final prescription of the Rule of Our Lady that all our work ought be accompanied by the Word of God: "See and ask for the old paths which is the good way, and walk ye in it: and you shall find refreshment for your souls" (Jer. 6.16).
