Celebrating at Home: What Must We Do?3rd Sunday of AdventWe 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?” These three groups would normally be very suspicious of each other.Yet somehow John’s preaching has brought them all together in a community of sorts. Notice how practical John’s advice is. And, at the same time, it is a call to live by ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: Prepare a Way for the Lord!2nd Sunday of AdventThe 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. The first reading from the prophet Baruch is a call to do the same. It talks about taking off the dress of sorrow and distress and putting on the beauty and glory of God. It’s a call for the people to become God’s people. Our Advent readings help us realise God’s profound l ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: Stay Awake! Your Liberation is Near1st Sunday of AdventThe great Advent journey begins! The Advent readings are a rich tapestry of images centered on the truth that God has come among us. We do not pretend that we are waiting for Jesus to be born in a stable. That happened once, a long time ago, and it will not happen again. We remember that birth as we remember our own birthdays. The God who came among us is still among us.Advent’s invitation is to become aware of the all-pervading ...Continue Reading

December – Diciembre – Dicembre  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 - December 2024[*]Lectio Divina December, 2024 [Pdf] (1.61 MB)[*]Lectio Divina December, 2024 [ePub] (196 KB)[*]Lectio Divina December, 2024 [Mobi] (894 KB)  If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Carmelite Order, ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: A Royal ShepherdSolemnity of Christ the KingOn this last Sunday of the Church’s year we always celebrate the Feast of Christ, the Universal King. The first reading from the prophet, Daniel, speaks of the coming of one who will rule in the name of God in an eternal kingdom. The second reading from the Book of the Apocalypse speaks of Christ as the ‘faithful witness’ to God and ‘ruler of the kings of the earth’. Here is a king who loves his people and sheds his own blood to save ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: When the Son of Man Appears33rd Sunday in Ordinary TimeWith the approach next Sunday of the Feast of Christ the King and the end of the Liturgical Year, our readings this Sunday take on an ‘end times’ feel.In the Gospel Mark presents a vision of the full establishment of the Kingdom and the coming of Christ as the final proof of God’s victory. The vision is set against the background of a time of distress. Read more ...[*]Celebrating At Home - 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: The Way of Generous Service32nd Sunday in Ordinary TimeOur readings this weekend should shape our response to those in need. It is two widows who show us the way to live according to the mind and heart of God.The first reading tells of a poor widow’s generosity to Elijah the prophet. The same generosity is shown by the widow (but not by the scribes) in the Gospel. Her dedication and generosity in the midst of her poverty was a real sacrifice.Read more ...=[*]Celebrating At Home -&nb ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: The Way of Generous Service32nd Sunday in Ordinary TimeOur readings this weekend should shape our response to those in need. It is two widows who show us the way to live according to the mind and heart of God.The first reading tells of a poor widow’s generosity to Elijah the prophet. The same generosity is shown by the widow (but not by the scribes) in the Gospel. Her dedication and generosity in the midst of her poverty was a real sacrifice.Read more ...=[*]Celebrating At Home -&nb ...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 Carmelite Or ...Continue Reading