What does Carmelite spirituality have to teach us about living at peace in the frenetic world of ours today? Everything. Guiding the reader through a mystical maze of themes, Shoeless: Carmelite Spirituality in a Disquieted World displays the heart of the Carmelite charism and apostolate as set forth by the religious reform of Saint Teresa of Avila in the latter half of the sixteenth century. The reader will be introduced to the history of the Carmelite Order and its unique features, including its eremitic and monastic roots, attentiveness to the human soul, the virtue of humility, the spousal meaning of the body, the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the art of silent contemplative prayer. In addition, Shoeless features the testimonies of its authors and their mutual vocation to the sacrament of marriage and the Carmelite way of life. Readers will become acquainted intimately with the meaning of Mount Carmel and the peculiarity of its zealous form of missionary contemplation. A preview is given of the spiritual itinerary toward the summit of this secret height that includes reference to the interior castle and the dark night of the soul.

Donald Wallenfang, OCDS, Emmanuel Mary of the Cross, is Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. He is the author and editor of several books, includingiGod: A Hidden and Fragmentary Autobiography(Cascade, 2021),Emmanuel: Levinas and Variations on God with Us(Cascade, 2021), andHuman and Divine Being: A Study on the Theological Anthropology of Edith Stein (Cascade, 2017). Megan Wallenfang, OCDS, Veronica of Christ the Bridegroom, is Directress of Saint John the Evangelist Center for Learning in Detroit, a pianist, and a Montessorian Catechetical Leader with children and adults in the atrium environments of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.