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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

A Celtic journey

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

Baptism of the Lord 2026

Baptism of Jesus

Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7

Acts 10:34-38

Matthew 3:13-17

Today the special time of Epiphany ends. This time in the Church’s year includes celebrating the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. This revelation of Jesus was made to the shepherds by the angels. On the feast of the Epiphany Jesus is revealed to the Gentiles as God and King.

During this special time in the Church we are drawn to give special glory and praise to the one who has come as our Messiah. We commemorate the first weeks of the Life of Jesus. And then there is nothing about him until he is twelve years old. When he is twelve years old his parents bring him up to Jerusalem where he gets lost! After finding him in the temple teaching the people, his parents take him back to Nazareth and we hear nothing about him for the next 18 years.

What happened during those 18 years? What did the shepherds and the wise men remember? Did those who heard him in the temple remember him or wonder what ever became of him? Simeon, Anna, Elizabeth and Zachariah had died.

What led John the Baptist out into the desert or to the river Jordan? How aware was John of who Jesus really was?

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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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