A Celtic Journey with St. John of the Cross
We would like to share with you two beautiful musical reflections in honour of Our Lady and St John of the Cross recorded by Kerrie O’Connor and friends in our Chapel. We vacated the Chapel one afternoon while they did all the hard work!! The first one is available on youtube and the second will be available for the feast of St John of the Cross on 14th December. We hope you will enjoy. https://youtu.be/R2YGDeZ0haE
Prayer & Reflection
for Women
From time to time we host days of prayer and reflection for women interested in exploring a vocation to Religious life. For further information please contact us at: carmel@roebuckcarmel.com
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Sunday Reflection
Ascension Day 2026
Acts 1:1-11
Ephesians 1:17-23
Matthew 28:16-20
Forty days in the Bible is seen as a period of fullness. This perfect period of time has elapsed since we celebrated the Resurrection. We need space and time to absorb the meaning of these great mysteries of our Faith and allow them to germinate like seeds in the fertile ground of liturgy. But chronologically, the event of the Ascension presents us with a bit of a puzzle. The three synoptic Gospels emphasise different aspects of the story of the Ascension: Matthew emphasises the promise of Jesus to be with the disciples till the end of time; Mark highlights the Messianic triumph of Jesus returning to the Father while the disciples go about preaching the Good News; Luke describes Jesus being carried up to Heaven, the disciples worshipping Him and the sending down of the Holy Spirit. But Luke gives a different account of the Ascension in his Gospel from that which he gives in the Acts.
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