Detail: St. Nuno Álvares and Carmelites welcoming King John to the monastery in Lisbon (1425) Detalle: San Nuno Álvares y carmelitas recibiendo al rey Juan en el monasterio de Lisboa (1425) Dettaglio: San Nuno Álvares e i carmelitani accolgono il re Giovanni nel monastero di Lisbona (1425) - Caetano Moreira da Costa Lima (1835-1898).  St. Nuno Álvares Pereira, ReligiousNovember 6 | MemorialSt. Nuno Álvares maintained an almost childlike in his devotion to God and his strict ...Continue Reading

  Bl. Frances d'Amboise, ReligiousNovember 5 | Optional Memorial*/Temptation Stimulates/** /Virtue/*From the /Exhortations of Blessed Frances of Amboise to the Nuns/Whatever sorrow or discomfort you have in your hearts, bear it as patiently as you can, and think of it as your cross. Help our Lord and bear it with him, willingly, good-humoredly, for you must always bear the cross, and if you reject one, you may find another heavier one. With faith and hope in God's help, temptation is overcome. We mus ...Continue Reading

  (Photos courtesy of General Councilor for Africa Conrad Mutizamhepo, O. Carm.)October 6-16, 2024Visitation of Carmelite Family in Tanzania and KenyaThe Prior General, Míceál O’Neill, and the General Councilor for Africa, Conrad Mutizamhepo held the formal visitation of the Carmelites in Tanzania and Kenya. Tanzania is a foundation of the General Commissariat of La Bruna in Naples. Kenya is a General Delegation started by the Upper German Province (now the German Province) with brothers from its ...Continue Reading

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