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Congress of Lay Carmelites

The 2007 General Chapter decided that every six years a Congress of Lay Carmelites would be held. The next Congress will be held at Sassone (Rome)  from the 17th to the 21st of September of this year. The theme of the congress will be: "Formation for service to the Kingdom of God and to the World. Lay Carmelites in the Mission of the Church".

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Lectio: Mark 6,30-34

Lectio: 
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Ordinary Time
1) Opening prayer
Lord our God,
help us to love you with all our hearts
and to love all men as you love them.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
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"Lectio Divina", a Latin term, means "divine reading" and describes a way of reading the Scriptures whereby we gradually let go of our own agenda and open ourselves to what God wants to say to us. In the 12th century, a Carthusian monk called Guigo, described the stages which he saw as essential to the practice of Lectio Divina. There are various ways of practicing Lectio Divina either individually or in groups but Guigo's description remains fundamental.

Presentation of Jesus In The Temple

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by Mary Grace Ritchey

"Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the confidence of things not seen," says the author of Hebrews (11:1)  This feast of the Great Encounter is a celebration of centuries of confidence in things not yet realized but promised by God, salvation and complete union with God. 

Bl. Candelaria of St. Joseph (1863-1940)

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Carmelite Sisters

Religious, Foundress of the Venezuelan Carmelite Sisters

Susana Paz Castillo Ramirez was born on 11 August 1863 in Altagracia de Orituco, in the State of Guarico, Venezuela. Her father died when she was 7 years old and the family gradually lost all they had. Her education consisted in rudimentary reading, writing and arithmetic skills.

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Dear friends of Carmel,
Firstly, I want to welcome those of you who are visiting this website of the Carmelite Order. New technologies offer us the possibility to get mountains of information. The website of the Carmelite Order actually wants to do more, it wants to provide you with a space for reflection, a space to be in contact with spirituality, with tradition and with the charism of Carmel, a place of encounter among all the members of the Carmelite Family: friars, nuns, religious sisters, lay people, Carmelite youth, and everyone who, for one reason or another, is interested in the spiritual world of Carmel.

February 2012

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Lectio Divina February 2012

 

General Intention: Access to Water.
That all peoples may have access to water and other resources needed for daily life. 
Missionary Intention: Health Workers. 
That the Lord may sustain the efforts of health workers assisting the sick and elderly in the world's poorest regions. 

General Intention: Access to Water.
That all peoples may have access to water and other resources needed for daily life. 

Missionary Intention: Health Workers. 
That the Lord may sustain the efforts of health workers assisting the sick and elderly in the world's poorest regions. 

 

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LITURGICAL YEAR B - THE GOSPEL OF MARK

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The liturgical year begins with First Sunday of Advent, which starts four Sundays before Christmas (December 25). In this Liturgical year which begins on the 27 of November, 2011, Circle B, the Church meditates on the Gospel of Mark and uses it for most of Sunday readings  (St. Mattthew for Circle A and St. Luke for Circle C). St. John, who appears several times in the Liturgy of the Word of almost all three years, is offered in a special way during the time of the Lord's Passion.

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