St. Albert of Trapani, priestAugust 7 | Feast Born in Trapani (Scilia) in the 13th century. He distinguished himself for his dediction to mendicant preaching and the notoriety of his miracles.Read more  From The Fiery Arrow of Nicholas of France, prior generalThe Wonderful Variety of Religious Families.There are three general practices to which our profession obliges us: obedience, chastity, and the renunciation of ownership. These are common to the profession of all Orders. As far as ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: False Security18th Sunday in Ordinary TimeWe look for ways to protect ourselves and what we own against life’s adverse events. It is not only a problem for wealthy people like the rich man in the Gospel today. It can be a problem for all of us. We seem to have an instinctive need to build a sense of security by amassing goods and wealth.A strong focus in the Luke’s Gospel is that nothing is more destructive of life and humanity than the need to acquire, hold on to and increase wealth. The prob ...Continue Reading

 The Monastery of Our Lady of Maravillas in Madrid, Spain Celebrated Its Elective Chapter July 24-25On July 24-25, 2025, the Carmelite nuns of the monastery of Nuestra Senora de las Maravillas in Madrid, Spain, held their elective chapter.The monastery was founded by Joanna de Baraona in 1612 as a place for pious women to gather in order to practice Christian perfection. With the help of Antonio Pérez, prior provincial of the Castille Province, the beateria became an official Carmelite monastery with its rec ...Continue Reading

 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