November  –  Noviembre  –  Novembre 2026ENGLISH | ESPAÑOL | ITALIANODownload English: ocarm.org/en/prayer/lectiodivina Descargar Español: ocarm.org/es/prayer/lectiodivina Scarica Italiano: ocarm.org/it/prayer/lectiodivina ENGLISHLECTIO DIVINA - November 2026[*]Lectio Divina November 2026 [Pdf][*]Lectio Divina November 2026 [ePub][*]Lectio Divina November 2026 [Mobi] If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Carmelite Order, subsc ...Continue Reading

 November  –  Noviembre  –  Novembre 2026ENGLISH | ESPAÑOL | ITALIANODownload English: ocarm.org/en/prayer/lectiodivina Descargar Español: ocarm.org/es/prayer/lectiodivina Scarica Italiano: ocarm.org/it/prayer/lectiodivina ENGLISHLECTIO DIVINA - November 2026[*]Lectio Divina November 2026 [Pdf][*]Lectio Divina November 2026 [ePub][*]Lectio Divina November 2026 [Mobi] If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Carmelite Order, subsc ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: Loving God and Each Other30th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Mt 22: 34-40Another attempt to trap Jesus is contained in the Gospel this Sunday. Opinions and arguments about which was the greatest commandment were common among the Pharisees and questions about it were frequently asked of rabbis.Once again, Jesus does not cleverly sidestep the question; he goes right to the heart of the matter. Love of God and love of neighbour are brought together in one ‘great commandment’.Religious rituals ar ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: The Image of God29th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Mt 22: 15-21What is on display in this story from Matthew’s Gospel is not Jesus’ clever reply, but the image of God he presents.God is not about taking power form us, but about empowering us to live in God’s own image and likeness. Perhaps Jesus’ words that the coin which bears Caesar’s image belongs to Caesar means also that those things which bear the image of God belong to God – including human beings and creation. Maybe that is why Jesus ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Invitations Refused & Accepted28th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Mt 22: 1-14The third of the parables addressed to the chief priests and the elders is our Gospel today. Told in the context of a wedding feast given by a great King, it’s a parable in three parts.All three Gospel parables of the last three Sundays are about conversion. Conversion is not just turning away from sin but a radical reorienting of one’s life (turning) towards God. Repentance is not so much being sorry for past sins as a tota ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: Stewards of God's Gift27th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Mt 21: 33-43In last Sunday’s parable, Jesus addressed the Jerusalem priests and elders with a message that “action speaks louder than words.”This Sunday, Jesus continues his address to them, building upon that message by using another parable.This week’s parable asks us how we have used the gifts that God has entrusted to us. It is essentially a parable about stewardship.Read more ...[*]Celebrating At Home - 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time ...Continue Reading

October  –  Octubre  –  Ottobre 2026ENGLISH | ESPAÑOL | ITALIANODownload English: ocarm.org/en/prayer/lectiodivina Descargar Español: ocarm.org/es/prayer/lectiodivina Scarica Italiano: ocarm.org/it/prayer/lectiodivina ENGLISHLECTIO DIVINA - October 2026[*]Lectio Divina -- October 2026 [Pdf][*]Lectio Divina -- October 2026 [ePub][*]Lectio Divina -- October 2026 [Mobi] If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Carmelite Order, subscribe to C ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Disobedient Obedience26th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Mt 21: 28-32Over the next three Sundays we will listen to three parables where Jesus, having cleansed the temple, addresses the Jerusalem priests and elders. These “parables of judgement” voice God’s judgement against Israel – especially her leaders – for their rejection of Jesus.The message, however, is also for us.In this Sunday’s parable, the message could not be simpler: action speaks louder than words.[*]Celebrati ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: God's Outrageous Generosity25th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Mt 20: 1-16For many, the parable which Jesus tells in the Gospel today seems profoundly unjust. Why should those who have done little work get the same pay as those who worked all day?Maybe the answer lies in the first reading for today: My ways are not your ways; my thoughts not your thoughts. So often in the scriptures, God seems to have a totally different way of approaching things to most of us.God’s outrageous and extravagant graciousnes ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: A Family Formed By Forgiveness - Part 224th Sunday in Ordinary Time | Mt 18: 21-35Today’s Gospel follows directly from last Sunday’s reading about how to deal with differences and disputes.Peter has understood the point of last Sunday’s Gospel (forgiveness and pastoral care), but wants to know the limits – is forgiving someone seven times enough? Jesus’ reply indicates that there should be no limit to the number of times. Then he tells a parable about forgiveness a ...Continue Reading