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
The Communion of Saints 2025
Celebrating All Saints and the Holy Souls
Each year we celebrate these two Feasts separately and rightly so, giving importance to our relationship with God, with our sisters and brothers who have died and those who are already enjoying the eternal presence of God in Heaven. With them we are all members of the Communion of Saints. This Communion of Saints is the Spiritual union of all who have been redeemed by Christ both living and dead. We proclaim our belief in this doctrine each time we recite the Apostles Creed.
Believers share spiritual goods, like Faith and the Sacraments, while the Faithful in heaven and on earth can intercede for each other. Formerly we used divide the ‘Communion of Saints’, or the ‘Church’, into three categories;
- The Church militant (that is all of us, living saints struggling with life):
- The Church Triumphant (the Saints in Heaven):
- The Church suffering (those who have died and not yet reached Heaven).
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