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
2nd Sunday of Advent 2025
Isaiah 11:1-10,
Romans 15: 4-9,
Matthew 3:1-12
In the Gospel Reading last Sunday, the 1st Sunday of Advent, we heard three times the phrase “when the Son of Man comes”. This is a call to watch out, to listen carefully and it may indeed lead us to be anxious and unsure wondering what will happen when the Son of Man comes. This certainly was the mood that the statement provoked in the people of Jerusalem and all of Judea and the whole Jordan district and drew them out into the wilderness to witness John the Baptist and hear his proclamation.
John the Baptist did not appear in the Temple, nor did he wear the ceremonial robes that might have been expected of one in his position. Perhaps their curiosity drew the people out to wilderness, the desert, and his eccentricity held their interest.
So often in the Gospels Jesus is seen teaching his disciples on a mountain or on high ground which is removed from the hustle and bustle of their everyday lives. John the Baptist preaches in the desert which is stark and empty and very different to what his audience was used to.
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