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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 Reflections

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

Isaiah 50:5-9

James 2:14-18

Mark 8:27-35

Saint Mark’s Gospel can be divided into two halves. Today we read the conclusion of the first half. Following his Baptism by Saint John the Baptist, Jesus began his public ministry; calling disciples, driving out evil spirits, healing the sick, performing miracles, confronting the Scribes and Pharisees, telling parables and teaching.

All the time the disciples are following him and learning from him. There is method and wisdom in all that Jesus does. He doesn’t burden his followers with problems or questions but leads them in the way that they would act and minster to people when had left them.

The healing of the man who was deaf and dumb gave Jesus the opportunity to instruct his followers on how they should be open to hearing God’s word and then, in turn, proclaiming it to others. Jesus realised that not everyone would immediately understand what Faith is, so, He used the curing of a blind man at Bethsaida to illustrate the gradual road to believing in Him. At first the cured blind man can only see dimly: to him ‘people looked like trees walking’. Then Jesus touched him again and he ‘saw everything clearly’. Our Faith works a bit like that – we need to ask the Lord constantly to renew and strengthen it!

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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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