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

Celebrating at Home: Be the Living Gospel 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time* The second part of Jesus’ instruction to the disciples as they set out for their mission is the text of the Gospel today. The opening sentence sets the tone for the disciples’ mission: Do not be afraid - a phrase which is repeated twice more in this Gospel passage. Read more ... Celebrating At Home - 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time [PDF] Celebrating At Home - 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time [ePub]  .     .     . ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: Growing Disciples11th Sunday in Ordinary Time*This week’s Gospel contains the first part of Jesus’ instructions to the disciples as they set out on their mission.Jesus urges the whole group of disciples to pray to ‘the Lord of the harvest’ for more labourers. Then, from the broader group of disciples, Jesus chooses twelve who Matthew names as ‘apostles’ or emissaries. Read more ...Celebrating At Home - 11th Sunday In Ordinary Time [PDF]Celebrating At Home - 11th Sunday In ...Continue Reading

  Celebrating at Home: The Real Presence of Jesus in UsBody and Blood of Christ*We are very used to talking about the Real Presence of Jesus being in the Blessed Sacrament. But the real presence of Christ is also in the community when it gathers in his name to feast on the Word of Scripture, to recall what Jesus said and did at the Last Supper (not only the words over bread and wine, but also the washing of the feet), when it shares the food of the Eucharist together, when it goes out and continues to break an ...Continue Reading