August  –  Agosto – Agosto 2025 ENGLISH | ESPAÑOL | ITALIANODownload English: ocarm.org/en/prayer/lectiodivina Descargar Español: ocarm.org/es/prayer/lectiodivina Scarica Italiano: ocarm.org/it/prayer/lectiodivinaENGLISHLECTIO DIVINA - August 2025[*]Lectio Divina August 2025 [Pdf] (1021 KB)[*]Lectio Divina August 2025 [ePub] (491 KB)[*]Lectio Divina August 2025 [Mobi] (322 KB)  If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Carmelite Order, subs ...Continue Reading

 The Monastery of the Holy Family in Guiguinto, Philippines  Celebrates Elective ChapterOn Friday, June 9, 2025, the Carmelite community of the monastery of the HOly Family in Guiguinto (Philippines) held their elective chapter under the presidency of the Bishop of Malolos, Dennis C. Villarojo.During the Chapter, the nuns confirmed that their activites are ordained in and subordinate to contemplation. The decision was made to form a community centered in the presence of Christ among us and whose relationships ...Continue Reading

  St. Titus Brandsma, priest and martyrJuly 27 | Memorial Before a Picture of Jesus in My Cell                            St. Titus Brandsma, O. Carm.                                Scheveningen Prison  |  February 1942A new awareness of Thy love Encompasses my heart: Sweet Jesus, I in Thee and Thou In me shall never part.No grief sh ...Continue Reading

  St. Joachim and St. Anne, Protectos of the OrdersJuly 26 | MemorialThe Story of Anne and Joachim in Apocryphal SourcesAccording to some of the apocryphal traditions, Joachim was a very wealthy and generous man. However, he and his wife, Anne, were childless until they were advanced in years. One day, before Anne conceived Mary, Joachim arrived at the Temple to make an offering. It was rejected by a man named Rubim, most likely a Levitical priest, because Joachim was childless. Rubim rebuked Joachim for bring ...Continue Reading

Prior General's Schedule for August 2025Fr. Míċeál O'Neill, the prior general, has the following schedule planned for the month of August 2025:August 1–4:  Brazil, Aparecida, Lay Carmelite CongressAugust 7-21:  Holidays in Ireland August 21-25: RomeAugust 25-28: Hong KongAugust 29-31: Maumere, Indonesia: Inauguration of the new province of East Indonesia.+           +           +&nbs ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: The Hospitality of God17th Sunday in Ordinary TimeMany people struggle with a name for God. For some, ‘Father’ is fine. For others, the image of God as Father evokes traumatic memories of their childhood experience of pain, suffering, neglect and even abuse.Alternatively, some prefer terms like, ‘Creator,’ ‘Redeemer,’ and ‘Sanctifier.’ But these terms describe functions, not persons, and they seem to lack the warmth and intimacy that we intuitively feel marks our relationship with God.In today ...Continue Reading

  Blessed John Soreth, priestJuly 24 | MemorialJohn Soreth and the Carmelite NunsImportant to the life of the Carmelite Order was the foundation of female monasteries by Blessed John Soreth. As soon as he was elected prior general on November 1, 1451, Soreth himself affiliated the beguinage of Ten Elsen near Geldern in 1452, confirming it the following year by appealing to the papal bull Cum nulla (October 7, 1452), with which Pope Nicholas V recognized the Carmelites' right to have female ...Continue Reading

  Solemnity of Elijah, ProphetJuly 20Throughout St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, there are the statues of 34 founders of orders and congregations. On the side of the pier of St. Helena, housing the relic of the True Cross, stands the statue of Elijah the Prophet. The artist Agostino Cornacchini has Elijah pointing to the light entering the aspe. This was the third statue placed in St. Peter’s and was to honor the Order of Carmelites.The inscription at the bottom of the statue reads: Cartouche - UNIVERSUS ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: True Hospitality16th Sunday in Ordinary TimePreparing food for a special occasion or a valued guest can be a daunting task.In the story which Luke tells in this Gospel, it is obvious that Martha has gone to a great deal of trouble to welcome and provide for Jesus, the guest. Pre-occupied with the serving and annoyed with Mary passively sitting at Jesus’ feet, Martha’s anxiety gets the better of her and she asks Jesus to intervene.Read more ...  [*]Celebrating At Home - 16th Sund ...Continue Reading

 CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAEPROFESSIO TEMPORANEA*28-06-25 Fredrick Ouko Owino (Kenya)  Kristi Mambo, Zimbabwe 28-06-25 Moses Mukhwana Wekesa (Kenya)  Kristi Mambo, Zimbabwe 28-06-25 Matthew Mweu Wambua (Kenya)  Kristi Mambo, Zimbabwe 28-06-25 John Kheri Madava (Bruna-Tanz)  Kristi Mambo, Zimbabwe 28-06-25 Faustine Innocent Nh'umbili (Bruna-Tanz)  Kristi Mambo, Zimbabwe 28-06-25 Ansbert Protace Mulaly (Bruna-Tanz)  Kristi Mambo, Zimbabwe 28-06-25 Zeferino Massango (Pern-Moz)  Kristi Ma ...Continue Reading