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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

2nd Sunday of Lent 2026

Transfiguration

Genesis 12:1-4

2 Timothy 1:8-10

Matthew 17:1-9

It is said that ‘You cannot see the face of God and live’ (Exod 33:20) and that ‘Nobody has ever seen God. Only Jesus, the Son of God has seen God’ (John 1:18). The experience of Peter, James and John was one of ‘seeing’ Jesus transfigured – akin to knowing what God is really like. Our sense of Sight is not mentioned in the Gospels except when Jesus heals those who are blind or when he tells St Thomas “Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe”(John 20:29).

Today’s Gospel focuses our attention on our sense of Hearing. The three disciples are instructed to “listen to Him”, listen to Jesus, the Word of God. Our sense of hearing is especially sanctified during the Baptism Liturgy when the celebrant touches the ears of the newly baptised and prays; “The Lord made the deaf hear and the dumb speak. May He soon touch your ears to receive His Word” (Rite of Baptism).

Listening and Hearing fit very well into our Lenten Spirituality of Fasting, Almsgiving and Prayer. During this Holy Season of Lent we are prompted to ‘listen’ to our own selves, to listen to others around us and to listen to God. Listening to ourselves can be very difficult because of all that is going on around us, because of our responsibilities and duties in life and because of the distractions and compulsions that we allow in our lives.

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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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