*Celebrating at Home: The Promise Fulfilled**Fourth Sunday of Advent*As always in Advent, what is promised in the first reading is brought to fulfilment in the Gospel reading. We began Advent with the cry, ‘Come, Lord Jesus’. We will end it with the joyful shout, ‘God is with us!’ What Micah looks forward to in words becomes flesh and blood in the person of Jesus. Luke’s touching story of the meeting of the pregnant cousins, Mary and Elizabeth, is full of joy, warmth and love.        ...Continue Reading

  Elective Chapter of the Monastery of Mater Carmeli in Tarlac, PhilippinesOn Dec 14, 2021, the feast of St. John of the Cross, the Most Rev Enrique Macaraeg, DD, presided at the Triennial Elections of Mater Carmeli Monastery. The results of the elective chapter were as follows: Capítulo electivo del monasterio de Santa Catalina en Tarlac, FilipinasEl 14 de diciembre de 2021, fiesta de San Juan de la Cruz, el Mons. Enrique Macaraeg, DD, presidió las Elecciones Trienales del Mo ...Continue Reading

= +     +     ++ Welcome to the latest issue of CITOC News!  We invite you to read the 2 articles below + + Bienvenido al nuevo número de CITOC Noticias.  Le invitamos a leer los artículos de 2 que aparecen a continuación + + Benvenuti al nuovo numero di CITOC Notizie!  Vi invitiamo a leggere gli articoli di 2 qui sotto ++     +     + Fr. Míċeál O'Neill* Elected to USG Committe ...Continue Reading

  *Feast of St. John of the Cross, Carmelite*Saint John says, "In order to arrive at the All which is God, it is necessary that man should give all of himself, not like a slave but inspired by love." Read here "Who is St. John of the Cross for Me?" by Sister Hernalyn U. Rebuton, INSC. Watch here the Interview with Dr. John D. Love, S.T.D., on the relevance of St. John's today..     .      . *Fiesta de San Juan de la Cruz, carmelita*Dice ...Continue Reading

  *Celebrating at Home: What Must We Do?**Third Sunday of Advent*We continue to focus on John the Baptist in the Gospel today. The Gospel opens with the people, the tax collectors and some soldiers, having heard the call to change their lives, all asking John, ‘What must we do?” Notice how practical John’s advice is. And, at the same time, it is a call to live by the values of compassion (to the crowd), justice (to the tax collectors), and the promotion of peace (to the soldiers).      &nbs ...Continue Reading

  VITAM COELO REDDIDERUNT   26-10-21*H. Carmen Inmaculada Avellana Gilabert *(HSM)*Ortus* 14-10-34*P. Temp.* 08-12-59*P. Soll.* 08-12-62*Ord.*  20-11-21P. Cláudio (Jildert) Van Balen (Flum) 26-09-33 22-01-54 23-02-57 19-12-59  www.ocarm.orghttp://www.facebook.com/ocarm.orghttps://twitter.com/ocarm_org    ...Continue Reading

  *Celebrating at Home: Prepare a Way for the Lord**Second Sunday of Advent*The sense of preparing is very strong in our readings this weekend. The Gospel highlights the role of John the Baptist as the one who prepares the way for Jesus. It was John’s ministry of preaching and baptism which laid the foundation for Jesus’ ministry. The idea of repentance has less to do with feeling sorry for individual sins and more to do with turning around and facing in a new direction. John’s call to the people was to turn a ...Continue Reading

  *Blessed Bartolomew Fanti, Carmelite*On December 5th we celebrate the memorial of Blessed Bartolomew Fanti. Such was his own devotion to the Eucharist that it stressed by his biographers along with that of his very loving devotion towards the Virgin Mary. A popular image of Blessed Bartolomew shows him explaining the Eucharist to a group of novices, including Blessed Baptist Spagnoli, seated prominently in the front row. Other biographers stress his extraordinary effective preaching.      &nbs ...Continue Reading

  *December - Deciembre - Dicembre 2021*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 - DECEMBER[*]Lectio Divina EN [PDF] [*]Lectio Divina EN [ePub] [*]Lectio Divina EN [Mobi] .     .     .ESPAÑOLLECTIO DIVINA - Diciembre[*]Lectio Divina ES [PDF] [*]Lectio Divina D ...Continue Reading

  *Celebrating at Home: Stay Awake! Your Liberation is Near**First Sunday of Advent*The great Advent journey begins. The Advent readings are a rich tapestry of images centered on the truth that God has come among us. Today’s Gospel from St Luke warns Christians not to be distracted by the cares and snares of the world, but to be ready to stand confidently before the Son of Man when he comes. Remaining constant in love and attentive to our calling we become the living presence of Jesus until he comes again.&nbs ...Continue Reading