Celebrating at Home: True Hospitality *16th Sunday of Ordinary Time* Preparing food for a special occasion or a valued guest can be a daunting task. These days, it can also be filled with all sorts of traps as food preferences continue to change and various allergies appear. In the story which Luke tells in this Gospel, it is obvious that Martha has gone to a great deal of trouble to welcome and provide for Jesus, the guest. Pre-occupied with the serving and annoyed with Mary passively sitting at Jesus’ feet, Martha ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Towards a Love Beyond Labels *15th Sunday of Ordinary Time* Pope Francis says society creates “an adjective culture” that prefers to immediately label people as good or bad. Jesus, he says, breaks the mentality that separates, excludes, isolates and belittles the person. A good example of what the pope says is found in the parable in today’s Gospel. The very fact that we know the story as, ‘The Good Samaritan’ seems to imply that he is the exception, that most Samari ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Missionaries of the Kingdom *14th Sunday of Ordinary Time* On the road to Jerusalem, Jesus teaches the disciples the meaning of ‘following’ him. Part of that following is the proclamation of the Kingdom - drawing attention to the reign of God in the world and in its peoples. There is a sense of simplicity and urgency as Jesus commissions the seventy-two to spread the Good News of God’s involvement in human life. The Gospel, of course, is about the mission of every disciple of Jesus.  & ...Continue Reading

July – Julio – Luglio  2022 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 - July 2022 [*]Lectio Divina July 2022 [PDF] Download  here [*]Lectio Divina July 2022 [ePub] Download here [*]Lectio Divina July 2022 [Mobi] Download here If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Carmelite Order, s ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: The Journey Begins *13th Sunday of Ordinary Time* Very often in life we know what the right thing to do is, yet we can find it very difficult to do. There is a sense of that in the Gospel reading for today. The very first lines of today’s Gospel set the tone of what we will read over the next eleven Sundays about the qualities needed by and the costs involved for those who want to follow Jesus. As the Gospel opens, we are told that Jesus ‘resolutely took the road for Jerusalem’. This long journe ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: The Real Presence of Jesus in Us *The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Sunday* Today’s feast celebrates the enduring sign of Christ’s presence with us in the Bread and Wine of the Eucharist. It also celebrates Christ’s presence with us in the community of the Church. The Eucharist is our sacrament of communion, not only with Christ and God, but also with all those called into the Christian community. We are called to become the Eucharist that feeds those around us with the nourishment of breadt ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: God Enfleshed in Us *Trinity Sunday* The Feast of the Trinity is a day for reflecting on who God is, not for trying to figure out how there can be three persons in one God. The Church’s focus today is on experience, not theology. That is what spirituality and mysticism are about - exploring our experience of God.           Read More [*]Celebrating At Home -  Trinity Sunday [PDF] [*]Celebrating At Home -  Trinity Sunday [ePub]&nbs ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Let God's Love Be Seen *Pentecost Sunday* At Pentecost we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit to the first group of Christian believers - the disciples.  This gift of the Holy Spirit is the culmination of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. It would be wrong to think that this gift happened only once, in one moment of history. In fact, the gifting of the Holy Spirit is a continuing event in the life of every believing person and, therefore, in every age of human history.    ...Continue Reading

June – Junio – Giugno  2022 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 - June 2022 [*]Lectio Divina June 2022 [PDF] Download here [*]Lectio Divina June 2022 [ePub] Download here [*]Lectio Divina June 2022 [Mobi] Download here If you wish to receive updates on current news from the Carmelite Order, subscri ...Continue Reading

Celebrating at Home: Called to be the Living Presence of God *Ascension Sunday* The feast of the Ascension commemorates the return of Jesus to the Father. Jesus leaves in body but remains with us through the gift of the Spirit. We will celebrate the gift and presence of the Holy Spirit in next Sunday’s feast of Pentecost. The true meaning of our feast today is not found in Jesus’ leaving, but in the way he calls his disciples back together, to re-form them as a new community entrusted with the spread of the Gospel. &n ...Continue Reading