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
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
1st Sunday of Advent 2025
Isaiah 2: 1-5
Romans 13:11-14
Matthew 24:37-44
This is the first Sunday of our New Liturgical Year and it must seem strange that the Gospel Reading is about the end of time. But really isn’t life and time considered a circle; we have come from God who created us and are living out our journey back to God. During Advent we have the opportunity to consider/contemplate the beginning of life and in a particular way the new life which the Son of God brought into the world.
During these 24 days of Advent we have the visual aid of the Advent wreath before us – it is circular, as an expression of the journey of life from God and back to God! It is Green, the colour of new life and it has 4 candles which increase the light for us as we journey towards celebrating when ‘The Son of Man comes’. The Gospel today seems strangely topical – did we not read descriptions like these in our newspapers only recently; floods hurtling down valleys killing hundreds, people disappearing while going about their daily chores, burglars rampaging and looting? These things might fill us with terror or, by now, do we take them as reminders of the unpredictability of life and how necessary it is to be ready for whatever comes.
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