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 14th December. We hope you will enjoy. https://youtu.be/R2YGDeZ0haE

 

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 Prayer & Reflection
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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  

 

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2025

 

72 Disciples of Jesus 

 

Isaiah 66:10-14

Galatians 6: 14-18

Luke 10: 1-12, 17-20

 

Our liturgies for the past six Sundays have been celebrations of the great events of the early Church along with the celebration of what the Lord has left us a memorial of Himself and then we honoured the two great pillars of the Church, Peter the Rock on which the Church was founded and Paul who brought the Good News of the Kingdom to all of us.

It is now time to for us to consider how all of this touches our lives as we try to live out our calling as disciples. Disciples are those who are called, who hear and who follow. Disciples are faithful to their Master and Teacher and Disciples are sent!

In the Gospel passage immediately preceding today’s Gospel Reading Jesus tells his disciples: ‘The Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head’ (Luke 9:58).  Disciples following such a leader would not be encouraged or feel any security!  Such is the fate of disciples. Those who follow Jesus are to be people on the move, who think differently, who don’t rely on worldly goods or securities and who don’t expect earthly rewards.

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APOSTOLIC LETTER

PATRIS CORDE

OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS

 

 A working father 

An aspect of Saint Joseph that has been emphasized from the time of the first social Encyclical, Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum, is his relation to work. Saint Joseph was a carpenter who earned an honest living to provide for his family. From him, Jesus learned the value, the dignity and the joy of what it means to eat bread that is the fruit of one’s own labour. 

In our own day, when employment has once more become a burning social issue, and unemployment at times reaches record levels even in nations that for decades have enjoyed a certain degree of prosperity, there is a renewed need to appreciate the importance of dignified work, of which Saint Joseph is an exemplary patron. 

Work is a means of participating in the work of salvation, an opportunity to hasten the coming of the Kingdom, to develop our talents and abilities, and to put them at the service of society and fraternal communion. It becomes an opportunity for the fulfilment not only of oneself, but also of that primary cell of society which is the family. A family without work is particularly vulnerable to difficulties, tensions, estrangement and even break-up. How can we speak of human dignity without working to ensure that everyone is able to earn a decent living? 

Working persons, whatever their job may be, are cooperating with God himself, and in some way become creators of the world around us. The crisis of our time, which is economic, social, cultural and spiritual, can serve as a summons for all of us to rediscover the value, the importance and necessity of work for bringing about a new “normal” from which no one is excluded. Saint Joseph’s work reminds us that God himself, in becoming man, did not disdain work. The loss of employment that affects so many of our brothers and sisters, and has increased as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, should serve as a summons to review our priorities. Let us implore Saint Joseph the Worker to help us find ways to express our firm conviction that no young person, no person at all, no family should be without work!  (Apostolic Letter Patris Corde Pope Francis)

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