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, subscribe to CITOC ...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

 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 ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: The Living Bread that Nourishes Life 19th Sunday in Ordinary TimeAt the end of last week’s Gospel, Jesus said: I am the bread of life, those who come to me will never be hungry; those who believe in me will never thirst. In other words, Jesus feeds us with the living bread of God’s word, which is himself. But this word can only be received by those who believe, that is, who are in relationship with Jesus.In a great example of unbelief the Jewish authorities reject Jesus at the beginning o ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: I am the Bread of Life18th Sunday in Ordinary TimeOur journey through Chapter 6 of St John’s Gospel continues. Two weeks ago, Jesus showed himself the true shepherd-king, feeding the inner hunger of the people for the Word of God. Last week, Jesus fed the physical hunger of a great multitude with a simple meal of bread and fish. The people, impressed by what they saw, wanted to make him their warrior-king, one who would lead them in a revolt against the occupying Romans and satisfy their ...Continue Reading

 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 ocarm.org----- ...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 ...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 Jesu ...Continue Reading

 BVM de Monte Carmelo -- BruggeIN 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./ *MÍĊEÁL PRIOR GENERALIS DOMUSQUE GENERALIS COMMUNITAS*16.VII.2024 Video Message of the Prior General  |  Written Message of the Prior General  Mensaje en vídeo del Prior General  |  Mensaje por escrito del Prior General  Video ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Living Sacraments of God's Love15th Sunday in Ordinary TimeThe first reading today tells the story of Amos, an ordinary man who was called by God to be a prophet. Amos, who had been happily looking after his sheep and his sycamore trees when God called him, was sent to preach to people. Like Amos, the disciples in the Gospel are ordinary men. None, not even Jesus himself, is a formally commissioned or ordained rabbi, yet they are called and commissioned to preach and to heal.The Gospel nee ...Continue Reading