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
2nd Sunday of Christmas 2026
Ecclesiasticus 24:1-2, 8-12
Ephesians 1:3-6
15-18 John 1:1-18
Each of the evangelists begin their account of the life of Jesus in a different way. Matthew gives us a lengthy genealogy, Mark begins with John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness and Luke goes back further to the birth of John the Baptist.
Each of them concentrated on what was for them the fulfilment of the Prophets and of the expectations of the many generations of the people of Israel. Their interest was in tracing and underlining the reality of Jesus as a human being with flesh and blood, with a family line and with generations of ancestors.
When John came to write his Gospel, he went back further, to the beginning. This was a more difficult task; he would rely on divine inspiration and his spirit-filled imagination. John must have imagined what God would want to do in the beginning that is, to reveal God’s very self to creation! This was to be a matter of communication at the highest and deepest level. Humanity depends on words for communication, words, words and more words. What would we be without words? What would we know without words?
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