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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

Trinity Sunday 2025

Trinity

Proverbs 8:22-31

Romans 5:1-5

John 16:12-15

Preaching a homily on the subject of the Blessed Trinity is always a difficult task. In the 15th century the monk, Andrew Rublev, had the same difficulty when trying to teach his fellow monks the doctrine. He wrote his famous icon named ‘The Trinity’ or sometimes ‘Hospitality’.

The icon told the story of the visit to Abraham of three angels. They had come on a journey to the place of the Oaks of Mamre to announce to Abraham and Sarah that they were to have a child. Abraham and Sarah entertained them to a meal and the icon shows the three angels sitting at a table. The table is seen as an altar of sacrifice.

The three angels took on representation of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In typical icon style the colour blue indicates divinity. The principal garment of the angels representing the Father and the Holy Spirit is coloured blue. The Father wears a golden patriarchal cloak while the Holy Spirit has a green shawl indicating growth and new life. The angel standing for The Son wears a garment of red, representative of humanity, with a blue shawl.

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The canonisation of Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified

Those of you who joined us for the Holy Hour on 12th January to pray for peace and security for our brothers and sisters in the Holy Land will be interested to know that on Sunday 17th May “The Little Arab” Blessed Mariam Baouardy was canonized in Rome.

Blessed Mary of Jesus Crucified Baouardy was born Maria Baouardy in Abellin, a village in Upper Galilee, near Nazareth, in 1846 of Arab parents. She was baptized in the Melchite Greek Catholic Church. From early youth she experienced many sufferings together with extraordinary mystic phenomena. In France, she entered the Carmel of Pau. She was sent to India to found new Carmel’s, and then to Bethlehem, where she died in 1878. She was beatified by St John Paul II in 1983.

Links that may be of interest:

A YouTube Video made by the Carmelite Nuns in Bethlehem: http://bit.ly/1PeLxdK
Carmelite Sisters of Ireland: http://bit.ly/1FPkkMK
Carmelites Sisters in the Holy Land: http://bit.ly/1GrQEjA

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