Celebrating at Home: A Kingdom for All 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time* Today’s Gospel marks a turning point in the ministry of Jesus. He sees himself as sent ‘only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel’. That is, to those who were deemed sinners because they could not keep the Law of Moses, and were considered beyond the care and concern of God by religious authorities. The story centres around a confrontation between Jesus and a pagan (Canaanite) woman. Read more ... [*]Celebrating At Home - 20th Sunda ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Living the Kingdom 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time* This section of St Matthew’s Gospel is about the Kingdom of God being seen in the Church when human needs are responded to with the life of God. St Matthew uses the story of Jesus approaching the disciples across the water to illustrate the confidence and trust the disciple needs to have in Christ. The story also shows how fear can erode faith and shake confidence. Read more ... [*]Celebrating At Home - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Tim ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Transfigured in ChristTransfiguration of the Lord*The transfigured Jesus is shown to the disciples together with Moses and Elijah who, in Jewish tradition, represent the Law and the Prophets. In Jesus, these two great traditions reach their proper fulfilment.Being transfigured is a revolution of mind and heart driven by God’s Spirit and enabled by our open heartedness to God’s Word. When we are ‘shot through’ with the presence of God, God can be seen in, and experienc ...Continue Reading

 August – Agosto – Agosto  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 - August 2023[*]Lectio Divina August 2023 [PDF] Download here[*]Lectio Divina August 2023 [ePub] Download here[*]Lectio Divina August 2023 [Mobi] Download here  If you wish to receive updates on current news from the ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Close Encounters with the Kingdom of God17th Sunday in Ordinary Time*In the Gospel, Jesus compares the Kingdom to treasure hidden in a field, to a merchant on the lookout for fine pearls and to a fisherman’s dragnet which brings in a very mixed catch.The point of the parables is the behavior of the people in them.  Read more ...  [*]Celebrating At Home - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time [PDF][*]Celebrating At Home - 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time [ePub] .     ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: The Patient Gardener16th 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; whe ...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

Celebrating at Home: Lifting the Burden; Lightening the Load 14th 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 ...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

  July – Julio – Luglio  2023ENGLISH | 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  If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Carmelite Order ...Continue Reading