IN SOLLEMNITATE B.V. MARIAE DE MONTE CARMELO/Flos Carmeli, vitis florigera,//splendor caeli, Virgo puerpera singularis. Mater mitis, sed viri nescia, Carmelitis esto propitia, stella maris./ MÍCEÁL PRIOR GENERALIS DOMUSQUE GENERALIS COMMUNITAS*16.VII.2023 Video Message of the Prior General Message of the Prior GeneralMensaje en vídeo del Prior GeneralMensaje del Prior GeneralVideo messaggio del Priore GeneraleMessaggio del Priore Generale+        +   &nbs ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Becoming Rich Soil15th Sunday in Ordinary Time*The section of St Matthew’s Gospel from which we are now reading concerns the Kingdom of God. Jesus uses this expression frequently in his teaching. The Kingdom is not heaven, it is the life and heart of God. We live in the Kingdom when we live according to the mind and heart of God. The Kingdom, or reign of God, breaks into human reality when human beings live, breathe and act out of the life of God; when the heart of God becomes ours; ...Continue Reading

  +     +     ++ Welcome to the latest issue of CITOC News!  We invite you to read the 4 articles below + + Bienvenido al nuevo número de CITOC Noticias! Le invitamos a leer los 4 artículos que aparecen a continuación + + Benvenuti al nuovo numero di CITOC Notizie!  Vi invitiamo a leggere i 4 articoli qui sotto ++     +     + Celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Mount CarmelA Novena by the Province of Australia ...Continue Reading

 A Message from the Carmelite Prior General on the Feast of Our Lady of Mount CarmelBrothers and sisters in the Carmelite Family,The 16th of July unites people all around the world in celebration and thanksgiving for the gift of our love for Mary, the Mother of God, under the title of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.In our tradition we recognise Mary as both Mother and Sister.  Under both of these titles I would like to reflect with you this year on the world in which we live, that world which God so loves and h ...Continue Reading

St. Teresa of Jesus de los Andes (OCD), virginJuly 13 - Optional Memoral in Latin AmericaJuana Fernandez Solar was born on 13th July 1900 at Santiago in Chile, to Christian middle-class parents. The example and the teaching of her parents were the foundation of her Christian education.On 7th May 1919, to the joy of her parents, she joined the Discalced Carmelite nuns in the city of Los Andes, taking the name of Teresa of Jesus. She died on 12th April 1920 after having spent only 11 months in Carmel, as a postulant and a ...Continue Reading

  Carmelite Nuns in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, Celebrate Elective ChapterThe Carmelite monastery of San José in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, celebrated its triennial elective chapter on June 30, 2023.In 1642, the noble lady, Anna de Lanzós, donated her palace for a monastery in San Juan. King Philip IV issued royal permission in 1646. Efforts to import Carmelite nuns from Seville were blocked because of the dangers of sea travel. So three Dominican nuns came from Queen of Angels monastery in San ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Lifting the Burden; Lightening the Load14th Sunday in Ordinary Time*The Gospel today is a joyful, ecstatic outburst of feeling by Jesus.Matthew’s community must have been deeply troubled by the fact that the ‘learned and clever’ religious leaders of their day did not accept the message of Jesus. Surely they, of all people, should have been able to recognise the truth. But in this passage, Matthew explains that it is not from a position of knowledge or power that one recognises who J ...Continue Reading

VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT 25-05-23 Sr. M Grazia di Maria Santissima Regina Pinna (RAV) 24-01-32 10-12-55 27-12-58 13-06-23 Fr. Thomas B. Butler (PCM) 17-02-26 15-08-44 28-09-47 06-06-50 19-06-23 Fr. Bernard Murphy (Hib) 25-03-44 08-09-68 08-12-72 08-07-73 www.ocarm.org http://www.facebook.com/ocarm.org https://twitter.com/ocarm_org ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: True Discipleship13th Sunday in Ordinary Time*Today’s Gospel is the final in this section of Matthew’s Gospel about the spread of the Kingdom and the role of the disciples.Matthew often uses events as a beginning point for Jesus’ sermons. The section we have been listening to began with the call of Matthew and was followed by the instructions given to the disciples before setting out on mission.Today’s Gospel passage highlights both the cost and rewards of true discip ...Continue Reading

  *June - Julio - Luglio 2023*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 - July 2023[*]Lectio Divina July 2023 [PDF] Download here[*]Lectio Divina July 2023 [ePub] Download here[*]Lectio Divina July 2023 [Mobi] Download here.     .     .ESPAÑOLLECTIO D ...Continue Reading