Celebrating at Home: The Gentleness of the Lamb2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time*Ordinary Time in the church’s year begins with the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord which celebrates his identity as the ‘beloved Son’. On this second Sunday in Ordinary Time we move from the baptism to the mission of the one baptised. As the first reading this Sunday says, this servant has a universal mission to gather and restore God’s people, to be the ‘light of the nations’ and to proclaim God’s salvation ‘to the ends of the earth’ ...Continue Reading

January – Enero – Gennaio 2023 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 - January 2023 [*]Lectio Divina January 2023 [PDF] Download here [*]Lectio Divina January 2023 [ePub] Download here [*]Lectio Divina January 2023 [Mobi] Download here If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Carm ...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 - Nativity of the Lord [PDF] [*]Celebrating At Home - Nativity of the Lord [ePub]  .     .   &n ...Continue Reading

 Celebrating at Home: The Promise Fulfilled4th Sunday of Advent* The 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!’Our Advent journey has called us to:stay awake to the coming of God,prepare ourselves to receive the Lord,rejoice that he is not afraid to make his home with us, and toreceive  ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Are You the One? 3rd Sunday of Advent* This Sunday marks the turning point in the Advent Season. Traditionally called Gaudete Sunday it is a day of rejoicing that the Saviour is near. The focus shifts from the final coming of Christ at the end of time to the first coming of Christ at Bethlehem. The note of joy is symbolised by the inclusion of the colour rose among the purple of the Season. The joyful first reading from the prophet Isaiah proclaims that God is on his way to save his people. Thi ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Prepare a Way for the Lord! 2nd Sunday of Advent* The magnificent first reading from the prophet Isaiah this weekend looks forward to the appearance of one ‘on whom the spirit of the Lord rests – a spirit of wisdom and insight, counsel and power and knowledge of the fear of the Lord’.  He gives judgement in favour of the poor. His judgement is not influenced by appearances or hearsay. He judges with integrity. His word strikes the ruthless and his sentences bring death to wickedness. In his ...Continue Reading

December – Diciembre – Dicembre 2022 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 2022[*]Lectio Divina December 2022 [PDF] Download here[*]Lectio Divina December 2022 [ePub] Download here[*]Lectio Divina December 2022 [Mobi] Download here If you wish to receive updates on current news from t ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Stay Awake! 1st Sunday of Advent* The 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 presence of the risen ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: The Royal Shepherd Solemnity of Christ, King of the Universe* On this last Sunday of the Church’s year we celebrate the Feast of Christ, the King. Today is a day to give thanks to God for all the blessings received during the past year. Most of all, we thank God for the great gift of his son. We celebrate Christ as King of the Universe and look forward to the coming of his kingdom in all its fullness at the end of time. Read more ... [*]Celebrating At Home - Feast of Christ, King of the Un ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Not So Soon *33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time* Passages of Scripture, like today’s Gospel, can leave us feeling disturbed. Talk of destruction, wars, revolutions, persecution and betrayal by close family members can be quite unsettling. We have to read the Gospel as Luke’s community would have received it, knowing that the Temple and Jerusalem had already been destroyed (ca 70AD) at the end of the Jewish-Roman war, some 10-20 years before Luke’s Gospel was written. In the light of that destruction, a ...Continue Reading