Celebrating at Home: The Great Commandment31st Sunday in Ordinary TimeThe first reading from the Book of Deuteronomy and the Gospel today are linked by the words of the Shema – the creed which observant Jews pray every morning and evening. When a scribe asks Jesus, “Which is the first of all the commandments,” Jesus replies by quoting the Shema and then adds a quotation from the Book of Leviticus (19: 18), “You must love your neighbour as yourself.”According to Jesus, there is no commandment greater than these. It ...Continue Reading

 November – Noviembre – Novembre  2024 ENGLISH | 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 2024[*]Lectio Divina November 2024 [Pdf] (1.79 MB)[*]Lectio Divina November 2024 [ePub] (216 KB)[*]Lectio Divina November 2024 [Mobi] (1.07 MB)  If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Car ...Continue Reading

 November – Noviembre – Novembre  2024 ENGLISH | 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 2024[*]Lectio Divina November 2024 [Pdf] (1.79 MB)[*]Lectio Divina November 2024 [ePub] (216 KB)[*]Lectio Divina November 2024 [Mobi] (1.07 MB)  If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Car ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: What Do You Want Me to Do for You?30th Sunday in Ordinary TimeThere are all kinds of blindness - physical, lack of insight or perception, an unwillingness to see a confronting reality, and so on. For many weeks now we have travelled with Jesus and the disciples as they head towards Jerusalem. Many times, the disciples have seemed almost wilfully blind to understanding the mission of Jesus. Jesus has been instructing the disciples about his mission and their call to be true followers of his. As ...Continue Reading

Participants at Barracks 26, Dachau Concentration CampOctober 6-16, 2024Internation Ongoing Formation Program Celebrates the Life of St. Titus Brandsma, O. Carm.An international ongoing formation course visiting places from the life of Titus Brandsma took place in the Netherlands and Germany from October 6-16, 2024. The conference focused on the life of St. Titus Brandsma as Carmelite, Professor, Journalist, and Martyr: Contemplation, the Dynamic Element that Unifies Them (RIVC, 28). Participants received a variety of p ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Servants, Not Masters29th Sunday in Ordinary TimeOne might be forgiven for wondering at just how slow the disciples are in getting Jesus’ message. For weeks he has been instructing them about the Kingdom of God and the conversion of heart needed to be his followers.This Sunday’s Gospel episode shows that, yet again, they just don’t get it. This time it is James and John, who together with Peter form the ‘inner circle’, the group of disciples closest to Jesus. James and John are asking for the h ...Continue Reading

Carmel of Mary -- Wahpeton, North Dakota (USA) CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAEINITIUM NOVITIATUS* 12-09-24  Mary Domitilla Ndumi of the Cross (MAC) Machakos, KenyaPROFESSIO TEMPORANEA*14-09-24  David Jonathan Rodríguez  (ACV-Ant) Santo Domingo, Rep Dominicana 14-09-24  Johan David Domínguez Guzmán  (ACV-Ant) Santo Domingo, Rep                 Dominicana 14-09-24  Yonny de Jesús Báez Lo ...Continue Reading

Carmel of Mary -- Wahpeton, North Dakota (USA)CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAEINITIUM NOVITIATUS* 12-09-24  Mary Domitilla Ndumi of the Cross (MAC) Machakos, KenyaPROFESSIO TEMPORANEA*14-09-24  David Jonathan Rodríguez  (ACV-Ant) Santo Domingo, Rep Dominicana 14-09-24  Johan David Domínguez Guzmán  (ACV-Ant) Santo Domingo, Rep                 Dominicana 14-09-24  Yonny de Jesús Báez Lora&nb ...Continue Reading

  St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the ChurchOctober 15 | FeastSaint Teresa of Avila is among the most important figures of all time for Catholic spirituality. Her works - especially the four best known (The Life, The Way of Perfection, The Mansions and The Foundations) - together with her more historical works, contain a doctrine which encompasses the whole of the spiritual life, from the first steps right up to intimacy with God at the centre of the Interior Castle. Her Letters show her occupied wit ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Nothing is Impossible for God28th Sunday in Ordinary TimeIn the Jewish tradition, wealth was seen as a blessing from God and the wealthy person as especially favoured by God. Along with the idea of divine blessing and favour came a divine obligation (often ignored) – the care of God’s poor.As the conversation between the rich man and Jesus unfolds, we see that he a good and upright man. The commandments which Jesus spells out are those to do with one’s treatment of others. Read more ...[*]Celeb ...Continue Reading