August – Agosto – Agosto  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 - August 2024[*]Lectio Divina August, 2024 [Pdf][*]Lectio Divina August, 2024 [ePub][*]Lectio Divina August, 2024 [Mobi]  If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Carmelite Order, subscribe to CITOC News at oc ...Continue Reading

  Celebration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Around the WorldJuly is a busy month for the Carmelite Order with celebrations of many of its saints and blesseds. The month also includes celebrations of both Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the Prophet Elijah. Each has a particular resonance with members of the Order and are celebrated in a variety of ways around the world. Here are a few of the celebrations we learned about over the past several days. We appreciate members sending a short summary as well as pictures of ...Continue Reading

  St. Titus Brandsma, priest and martyrJuly 27 | Obligatory Memorial (Feast: Ger, Phil, Del Colombia)A noted writer and journalist, in 1935, St. Titus was appointed adviser to the Dutch bishops for Catholic journalists. In the period leading up to and during the Nazi occupation in the Netherlands, he argued passionately against the National Socialist ideology, basing his stand on the Gospels. He continually defended the right to freedom in education and for a free the Catholic Press. As a result, he was impris ...Continue Reading

  July 26 | MemorialSt. Joachim and St. Anne, protectors of the OrderThe names of the parents of Mary are known from the apocryphal “Proto-Gospel of James” (II century). The cult to Saint Anne is documented in the East in the VI century, in the West in the X century; that of Saint Joachim in the XIV century.The Carmelite Order celebrates, with special devotion its Saints, gathering in them the most living and genuine expression of the Charism and the spirituality of the Order throughout the centuries. Read mor ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: We Are Fed That We Might Feed17th Sunday in Ordinary TimeUnusually, our reading of St Mark’s Gospel will be interrupted for the next five weeks during which we will read the ‘Bread of Life’ passages from Chapter 6 of St John’s Gospel. These passages form a kind of meditation about who Jesus is and what is happening when we gather for Eucharist - we are being nourished by Jesus in Word and Sacrament, and we are being sent to feed and nourish one another.When God answers needs and provides for p ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: We Are Fed That We Might Feed17th Sunday in Ordinary TimeUnusually, our reading of St Mark’s Gospel will be interrupted for the next five weeks during which we will read the ‘Bread of Life’ passages from Chapter 6 of St John’s Gospel. These passages form a kind of meditation about who Jesus is and what is happening when we gather for Eucharist - we are being nourished by Jesus in Word and Sacrament, and we are being sent to feed and nourish one another.When God answers needs and provides for p ...Continue Reading

  July 24 | MemorialBl. John Soreth, priestJohn Soreth was unflagging in his efforts at renewal, during what was an especially critical period for both the Church and the Order. He dedicated himself entirely to the reform of the Order, travelling across Europe, making canonical visitations and promoting a more faithful observance of religious life both in the older Provinces and convents and in the Mantuan Reformed Congregation. He was instrumental in the development of the Lay Carmelite Third Order.Read ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Shepherding Each Other With God's Love16th Sunday in Ordinary TimeIn the first reading the prophet Jeremiah laments the poor leadership given by those to whom the flock of God has been entrusted. He tells of the days to come when God will raise up true shepherds look after the flock and pasture (feed) them.In the Gospel Mark shows Jesus to be a true shepherd whose heart is moved by the needs of both the people and his own disciples. The disciples have returned from their preaching and tell Jesus eve ...Continue Reading

  July20 | SolemnitySt. Elijah, prophetElijah made himself available for God's work and was sent into various situations to proclaim God's word. From Elijah, Carmelites learn to listen for the voice of God in the unexpected and in silence. We seek to allow the Word of God to shape our minds and our hearts so that the way we live and the things we do may be propheticRead more ... +           +           +&nb ...Continue Reading

 CAUSA NOSTRAE LAETITIAEINITIUM NOVITIATUS*05-07-24  Frederick Ovko Owino (Kenya) Nyazura, Zimbabwe05-07-24  Moses Mukwanha Wekesa (Kenya) Nyazura, Zimbabwe05-07-24  Matthew Mweu Wambwa (Kenya) Nyazura, Zimbabwe05-07-24  John Kheri Madava (Bruna-Tanzania) Nyazura, Zimbabwe05-07-24  Faustine Innocent Nh'Umbili (Bruna-Tanzania) Nyazura, Zimbabwe 05-07-24  Ansbert Protace Mulaly (Bruna-Tanzania) Nyazura, Zimbabwe 05-07-24  Felicino Abgalao Massango (Pern-Moz) Nyazura, Zimbabwe 0 ...Continue Reading