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
5th Sunday of Easter 2026
Acts 6:1-7
1 Peter 2:4-9
John14:1-12
Our Gospel reading this Sunday continues with a similar theme to last Sunday; Jesus identifying Himself in such a way that the disciples can understand Him. In last Sunday’s Gospel Jesus said that he is the “Gate of the Sheepfold”, that is, He is the Way into the sheepfold or into the Kingdom of God. Today we read: “Yes, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life.”
This Gospel reading is often used at funeral liturgies of Christians. Followers of Jesus Christ believe that in Jesus they find the manner of living that pleases God, they know that He is the one to teach us the Truth about God and the World and about the glorified Life He has shared with all who listen to him and are faithful to His word.
When St Thomas and St Philip question Jesus and ask him for clarification as to what all this means and to tell them about God, the Father, Jesus could not be more clear – “To have seen me and to know me is to see the Father and know God”. These words of consolation and encouragement are set in the context of the farewell conversation at the Last Supper. And surely they must have been encouraging for the apostles. ‘I have spoken on behalf of the Father, I have done my work on behalf of the Father – you have seen and heard. Believe!’ But then, the startling and empowering declaration of Jesus must have stunned the Apostles: “I tell you most solemnly, whoever believes in me will perform the same works as I do myself, they will perform even greater works, because I am going to the Father”. In former times it was only Moses who was holy enough to approach Mount Sinai to offer sacrifice.
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