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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

Palm Sunday 2026

Palm Sunday 21

Isaiah 50: 4-7

Philippians 2: 6-11

Matthew 26:14-27, 66

Each year in Holy Week we read two accounts of the Passion of Jesus. These are not different stories but they are accounts of the Passion from two different perspectives – given to us by the Holy Spirit to satisfy, perhaps, different spiritual needs of the same Christian community. The Passion according to John, which is always read on Good Friday, emphasises the Suffering and the Salvific work of Jesus. It prompts us to look at the Cross and consider what Jesus has done.

The Passion read on Palm Sunday is always from one of the Synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark or Luke, and it helps us to identify with the events of Holy Week, identify, as far as we are able, with the person of Jesus.

This liturgical year is the year of Matthew. Matthew in his account of the Passion emphasises the royal dignity with which Jesus suffers. His Death is the sacrifice of the New Covenant and His Blood is poured out in order to ratify this New Covenant.

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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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