February – Febrero – Febbraio  2024 ENGLISH | ESPAÑOL | ITALIANO Download English: ocarm.org/en/prayer/lectiodivina Descargar Español: ocarm.org/es/prayer/lectiodivina Scarica Italiano: ocarm.org/it/prayer/lectiodivina ENGLISH LECTIO DIVINA - February 2024 [*]Lectio Divina February 2024 [Pdf] [*]Lectio Divina February 2024 [ePub] [*]Lectio Divina February 2024 [Mobi] If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Carmelite Order, subscribe to CITOC News at ocarm.or ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Beginning the Journey4th Sunday of Ordinary TimeThe Gospel today begins with the foundational cry of Jesus’ ministry: The Kingdom of God has drawn near; repent and believe the Good News. The call of the disciples follows immediately. The fact that Jesus called (and still calls) disciples is not about creating a flock of ‘blind followers’ but a people who live and work in active partnership with Christ to establish the Kingdom and preach the Good News. Becoming ‘fisher ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Partners with Christ3rd Sunday of Ordinary TimeThe Gospel today begins with the foundational cry of Jesus’ ministry: The Kingdom of God has drawn near; repent and believe the Good News. The call of the disciples follows immediately. The fact that Jesus called (and still calls) disciples is not about creating a flock of ‘blind followers’ but a people who live and work in active partnership with Christ to establish the Kingdom and preach the Good News. Becoming ‘fishers ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Called to be a Living Gospel 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time This Sunday could very well be called ‘Vocation Sunday’. Both the first reading and the Gospel are stories of call and response. The episode we read in the first reading is well described as ‘Samuel’s Call.’ Taken together with the Gospel, it’s hard to escape the thought that this Sunday is Vocation Sunday for all disciples.  Just as God calls Samuel and Eli points the way, Jesus calls Andrew and the other disciple and John the Baptis ...Continue Reading

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

Filippo Lippi, O. Carm., The Adoration in the Forest (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin) Filippo Lippi, O. Carm., La adoración en el bosque (Gemäldegalerie, Berlín) Filippo Lippi, O. Carm., L'adorazione nel bosco (Gemäldegalerie, Berlino) +          +           + Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: God is With Us! Nativity of the Lord We began Advent with the cry, ‘Come, Lord Jesus’. Now we end it with the joyful shout, ‘God is with us!’ Reflecting on the historical birth of Jesus, the Church proclaims the truth that God is, and has always been, with his people. And if God is with us, then God is for us. God is on our side. Read more ... [*]Celebrating At Home - Christmas - Nativity of the Lord [PDF] [*]Celebrating At Home - Christmas - Nativity of the Lord [ePub] N.B. P ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Receive Your God!4th Sunday of AdventThe great Christmas feast is almost here. 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!’God is about building a people among whom and in whom he can live. Through us, Jesus is made present in every moment of history so that through us Christ is able to continue to touch, to hold and to he ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Rejoice! The Lord is Near! 3rd Sunday of Advent Today is Gaudete Sunday. The name comes from the first word of the Entrance Antiphon in Latin, which means, ‘Rejoice’. The full text of the antiphon is: Rejoice in the Lord always, again I say, rejoice! Indeed, the Lord is near. That is what we are rejoicing in: God’s nearness to us. Read more ... [*]Celebrating At Home - 3rd Sunday of Advent [PDF] [*]Celebrating At Home - 3rd Sunday of Advent [ePub]  .     .   ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Prepare a Way!2nd Sunday of AdventRepentance and forgiveness console God’s people and prepare the way for the Lord to enter our hearts.The magnificent first reading from the prophet Isaiah today looks forward to the appearance of God.Great preparations take place for his arrival - hills are lowered, valleys filled in, a straight highway is made in the desert. The joyful message of God’s approach is proclaimed from the mountain tops and shouted in the streets.How will this God show himsel ...Continue Reading