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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 14^thDecember. We hope you will enjoy. https://youtu.be/R2YGDeZ0haE

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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

The Presentation of the Lord

Presentation of the Lord Medium

Malachi 3:1-4

Hebrews 2:14-18

Luke 2:22-40

All the events of the Epiphany season come to a climax when it is God the Father who reveals the man Jesus as His beloved Son at the time of the Baptism of Jesus at the River Jordan. Today we celebrate and commemorate the very personal epiphany or revelation to Simeon of the Messiah. Simeon had been waiting for and expecting the coming of ‘Christ of the Lord’. Just as it wasn’t necessary for Jesus to be baptised nor was it necessary that his parents would present him at the Temple to fulfill the law. But again, in order to identify with humanity as one of us the Son of God is seen to comply with the same Law which governs all of us. Perhaps another reason for this event in the life of Jesus is to show us the presentation of Mary and Joseph also because they also present themselves. They display their compliance with the Law and a renewal of their ‘fiat’ – ‘Let it be done according to your Will’

The call to us today is to ‘present’ ourselves in a similar fashion.

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Sr. Breda McInerney (1935-2024)

Sr Brida

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Sr Breda McInerney.

Born on 1st February 1935 at Cooraclare, Co Clare. Breda joined the Nazareth Sisters after her secondary school years and taught in their schools in Australia until she decided to be a Carmelite. In 1985 Sr. Breda came to Ireland and joined Firhouse Carmel. In 2017 she transferred to Roebuck after the sad closure of Firhouse.

Sr Breda was always interested in people and their concerns and was very zealous in her prayer for all. We are confident that she will continue to bring our concerns to the Lord on our behalf and that she will intercede for us all.

Always interested in sport she was an avid follower of the GAA and was keenly interested in rugby.

After suffering for years with heart problems it finally gave up on her and she died peacefully and serenely in the Monastery aided by the wonderful care of our doctors and the hospice nurses.

May she rest in eternal peace.

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