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
Pentecost Sunday 2026
Acts 2:1-11
1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13
John 20:19-23
The liturgical space between the celebration of the Ascension of the Lord and coming of Holy Spirit at Pentecost is a bit like that of Advent! The spiritual exercises of Advent – watching and waiting – are very much the same as we prepare for Pentecost. We are called to be open to the promptings of the Spirit and alert to the signs of the Spirit coming into our lives and the life of the Church community. Our waiting is to be more ‘waiting upon’ than ‘waiting for’. In other words, conscious of the promise of the Lord that the Spirit will come to each of the community, we assist each other to recognise and to activate our particular gifts.
We might consider what it was like for the Disciples in the Upper Room. Were they still wondering ‘what is the Holy Spirit? Will all of us receive the same gifts in equal measure? How will this affect our lives? Will we have to change, will we be changed? They may have prayed like St Augustine, “Lord, make me chaste (let me change my ways, be open to do your will), but not yet” (St Augustine Confessions).
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