Celebrating at Home: Loosening the Ligaments23rd Sunday in Ordinary TimeEven with the benefits of modern technology and social media people can still feel deeply isolated, cut off from those around them. They share something of the experience of the man in this Sunday’s Gospel. He cannot hear and cannot speak properly. Living in the ancient world that must have been a profoundly isolating, frightening and frustrating experience for him. Jesus takes the man aside, away from the crowd, puts his fingers into the man’s ...Continue Reading

  Triennial Chapter of the Carmelite Nuns Held in Burgos, Philippines on August 26, 2024On August 26, 2024, the Carmelite nuns of the monastery of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Tambacan, Burgos, Pangasinan, Philippines held there triennial elective Chapter. The local bishop, Napoleon Sipalay, Jr., OP, the bishop of Alaminos presided. Twelve nuns with both active and passive voice and four nuns with passive voice only participated.The monastery was founded on May 1, 1993 with nuns from the monastery of Guigui ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT 21-08-24 P. Juan Luna Santos (Baet) 02-02-37 27-09-56 29-09-59 06-07-64 27-08-24 Sr. Ma. Rescelia of Jesus García Santos (GUI) 02-05-61 20-07-86 20-07-91 www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org https://twitter.com/ocarm_org ...Continue Reading

 St. Teresa Margaret Redi, virginOptional Memorial - September 1Saint Teresa Margaret Redi was born in Arezzo on September 1, 1747 into the noble family of Redi. In 1764, she entered the monastery of the Discalced Carmelites in Florence, changing her baptismal name of Anna Maria to that of Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She grounded her spiritual and religious life in devotion to the Eucharist and to Our Lady, and in her dedication to the Sacred Heart which she described as a "giving of lov ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: Washing Hearts, Not Hands22nd Sunday in Ordinary TimeThis weekend we resume reading from St Mark’s Gospel. This Sunday’s episode is about ritual purity verses purity of heart. The Pharisees were a group of especially observant Jews. They took ritual observance very seriously. These observant Pharisees and some scribes criticise the disciples for "not following the tradition of the elders" by not washing their hands before eating. This passage is not about good hygiene but about a rit ...Continue Reading

 September – Septiembre – Settembre  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 - September 2024[*]Lectio Divina September, 2024 [Pdf][*]Lectio Divina September, 2024 [ePub][*]Lectio Divina September, 2024 [Mobi]  If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Carmelite Order, subscri ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: Lord, Who Shall We Go To?21st Sunday in Ordinary TimeOver the last four Sundays, St John has taken us on a journey of discovering Jesus as the living Word of God who nourishes and strengthens us on our journey; as the living bread who gives his very self (flesh and blood) for the life of the world; and, today, as the bread of faith. Those who share the bread of faith are those who have chosen to believe in Jesus and follow him.This meditation from John is about how Jesus is still present and a ...Continue Reading

Maumere, Indonesia  CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAEINITIUM NOVITIATUS* 20-07-24  Juan Diego Muñoz Oliden (PCM-Perú) 20-07-24  Ricardo Alejandro Lineros Villarreal (PCM-Perú) 20-07-24  Adonis Enmanuel García Loáisiga (PCM) 20-07-24  Jean Carlos Sandi Solis (PCM) 20-07-24  Reinaldo Mizael Quiróz Molina (PCM) 20-07-24  Edgar Alejandro Amaya López (PCM) 20-07-24  Juan José Martínez Hernández (PCM) 20-07-24  ...Continue Reading

 Bl. Angelus Augustine Mazzinghi, priestOptional Memorial - August 17The exact date of birth of Angelus is not known but was probably around 1386. The necrology of the Carmel in Florence calls him the first son of the nascent "observance of the Selve"-- the Carmelite reform begun in the house of the same name. This later grew into the Mantuan Congregation. Blessed Mazzinghi's name appears in Epilogatio brevis, a collection of names of members of the Order who died with the odor of sanctity assembled ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: Communion with Jesus and One Another 20th Sunday in Ordinary TimeThis first reading provides us with an introduction to listening to the words of the Gospel. Jesus is the living wisdom of God. Like Wisdom in the first reading, Jesus also invites us to feed on him so that we, too, may become wise in the ways of God, perceive God’s saving action in him, become the people of God and have life, not only now, but for ever.In the Gospel, the dialogue between Jesus and the people continues. This time ...Continue Reading