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“May the Mother of God, who today we remember with the title Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel, unsurpassable in receiving the Word of God and putting it into practice (Cf. Luke 8:21), help us to purify our heart and to keep the presence of the Lord.” …
“I would like to greet especially the Carmelite Sisters and Friars on their feast day. I hope that they can continue decidedly on the way of contemplation.”
Flos Carmeli, vitis florigera,
splendor caeli, Virgo puerpera singularis.
Mater mitis, sed viri nescia,
Carmelitis esto propitia,
stella maris.
IN SOLLEMNITATE B.V. MARIAE DE MONTE CARMELO
Fernando Prior Generalis
Domusque Generalis Communitas
16. VII. 2017
In its session of the 5th of June, 2017, the General Council accepted the request of the Prior Provincial of the province of Aragon, Castile and Valencia, to open the cause for beatification and canonisation of Fr. Enrique Maria Esteve, O.Carm.
In the same session, the request from the Prioress of the Monastery of “Our Lady of Maravillas and St. Joseph” in Dumaguete City, Philippines, for the introduction of the cause for beatification and canonisation of Sr. Trinidad del Sagrado Corazon de Jesús Cuesta Valluerca, O.Carm. was accepted.
On the 27th of June, 2017, in the diocese of Jundiaí, in Brazil, the supplementary diocesan inquiry for the Servant of God, Dom Gabriel Bueno Couto, Carmelite bishop, was closed.
The 23rd Assembly of the Carmelite Family in the Iberian Region
Written byThe 23rd assembly of the Carmelite Family in the Iberian Region took place at the Casa Sao Nuno in Fatima from the 30th of June to the 3rd of July. It was organised by the Portuguese Commissariat. Some 160 people took part, including lay people, religious women, nuns, friars and the international novitiate in Salamanca. The theme of the meeting was, "Fatima and Carmel", honouring the celebration of the first centenary of the apparitions (1917-2017). The two Superiors General of the "Orihuela" and "Malaga" Carmelite Sisters, three Priors provincial of the Iberian Region, the Federal Mother of the Nuns of the Betica province and the board of the Karit NGO also attended. Mgr. Luciano Guerra, Rector of the Fatima Basilica, spoke to the assembly about the "Message and Spirituality of Fatima".Fr. Desiderio García, O.Carm., stood in for Fr. Rafael María López Melús, recovering from illness, and shared with the assembly his reflections on "Fatima and Carmel". Fr. Pedro Bravo, O.Carm. brought the meeting to a close with an address on the theme, "Carmel and Fatima, Prophecy of Salvation".
The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Valencia, Spain, was held 29 June 2017. The following were elected:
- Prioress: Sr. M. del Sagrario Lorite Beltrán, O.Carm.
- 1st Councilor: Sr. M. Auxiliadora Muñoz López, O.Carm.
- 2nd Councilor: Sr. M. Mercedes de la Cruz Medina Zárraga, O.Carm.
- 3rd Councilor: Sr María de los Ángeles Megías M., O.Carm.
- 4th Couniclor: Sr. M. Manuela de Jesús Medina T., O.Carm.
- Director of Novices: Sr. M. Norayma Coromoto Morales, O.Carm.
- Treasurer: Sr. M. Auxiliadora Muñoz López, O.Carm.
- Sacristan: Sr. M. Manuela de Jesús Medina Triguero, O.Carm.
Pope's Prayer Intentions for July 2017
Lapsed Christians
That our brothers and sisters who have strayed from the faith, through our prayer and witness to the Gospel, may rediscover the merciful closeness of the Lord and the beauty of the Christian life.
Lectio Divina July- Julio - Luglio 2017
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- Saturday, July 1, 2017
- Sunday, July 2, 2017
- Monday, July 3, 2017
- Tuesday, July 4, 2017
- Wednesday, July 5, 2017
- Thursday, July 6, 2017
- Friday, July 7, 2017
- Saturday, July 8, 2017
- Sunday, July 9, 2017
- Monday, July 10, 2017
- Tuesday, July 11, 2017
- Wednesday, July 12, 2017
- Thursday, July 13, 2017
- Friday, July 14, 2017
- Saturday, July 15, 2017
- Sunday, July 16, 2017
- Sunday, July 16, 2017
- Monday, July 17, 2017
- Tuesday, July 18, 2017
- Wednesday, July 19, 2017
- Thursday, July 20, 2017
- Friday, July 21, 2017
- Saturday, July 22, 2017
- Sunday, July 23, 2017
- Monday, July 24, 2017
- Tuesday, July 25, 2017
- Wednesday, July 26, 2017
- Thursday, July 27, 2017
- Friday, July 28, 2017
- Saturday, July 29, 2017
- Sunday, July 30, 2017
- Monday, July 31, 2017
1) Opening prayer
Lord, God of our fathers,
through Saints Joachim and Anne
You gave us the Mother of Your Incarnate Son.
May their prayers help us
to attain the salvation
You promised to Your people. Amen.
• Matthew 13,36: The request of the disciples to Jesus: the explanation of the parable of the wheat grain and the darnel. The disciples, in the house, speak and ask for an explanation of the parable of the wheat grain and the darnel. (Mt 13,24-30). It has been said many times that Jesus, in the house, continued to teach his disciples (Mk 7,17; 9,28.33; 10,10). At that time, there was no television and people spent together the long winter evenings to speak about the facts and events of life. On these occasions, Jesus completed the teaching and the formation of his disciples.
• Matthew 13,38-39: The meaning of each one of the elements of the parable. Jesus responds taking again each one of these elements of the parable and giving them significance: the field is the world; the good seed are the members of the Kingdom; the darnel is the members of the adversary (the evil one); the enemy is the devil; the harvest is the end of time, the reapers are the angels. And now reread the parable (Mt 13,24-30) giving to each one of these six elements: field, good seed, darnel, enemy, harvest and reapers, the right significance. In this way the story assumes a completely new sense and it is possible to attain the objective that Jesus had in mind when he told people the parable of the darnel and the good seed. Some think that this parable should be understood as an allegory and not as a parable properly so called.
• Matthew 13,40-43: The application of the parable or of the allegory. With the information given by Jesus, you will understand better its application: Just as the darnel is gathered up and burnt in the fire, so it will be at the end of time. The Son of man will send his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of failing and all who do evil, and throw them into the blazing furnace where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth. Then the upright will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father”.
The destiny of the darnel is the furnace; the destiny of the grain is to shine like the sun in the Kingdom of the Father. Behind these two images there is the experience of the persons. After they have listened to Jesus and have accepted him in their life, everything has changed for them. This means that in Jesus what they expected has taken place: the fulfilment of the promises. Now life is divided into before and after having accepted Jesus in their life. The new life has begun with the splendour of the sun. If they would have continued to live as before, they would be like the darnel in the furnace, life without meaning, which is good for nothing.
• Parable and Allegory. There is the parable. There is the allegory. There is the mixture of both which is the more common form. Generally, everything in the parable is a call. In the Gospel of today, we have the example of an allegory. An allegory is a story which a person tells, but when she is telling it, she does not think about the elements of the story, but about the theme which has to be clarified. In reading an allegory it is not necessary first to look at the story as a whole, because in an allegory the story is not constructed around a central point which later serves as a comparison, but rather each element has its own independent function, starting from the sense which it receives. It is a question of discovering what each element of the two stories tries to tell us about the Kingdom, as the explanation which Jesus gave of the parable: field, good seed, darnel, enemy, harvest, reapers. Generally the parables are also allegories, a mixture of both.
• Have you tried to speak with other persons to discover the sense of some parable?
5) Concluding Prayer
Yahweh, your faithful love is in the heavens,
your constancy reaches to the clouds,
your saving justice is like towering mountains,
your judgements like the mighty deep. (Ps 36,5-6)
The Closing of the 450th Anniversary of the Birth of St. Mary Magdalene de’Pazzi
Written byThe 25th of May, the feast of St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, marked the closure of the 450th anniversary of her birth, a celebration that began on the 2nd of April, 2016 (see CITOC-online 23/2016). The Prior General, Fr. Fernando Millán Romeral, led the celebration of the Eucharist at the Carmelite monastery in Florence where the body of this great Carmelite mystic is venerated.
The final celebration was attended by the nuns and friars who were taking part in the International Course on St. Mary Magdalene de’Pazzi taking place in Sassone (see CITOC-online 35/2017) and who in the afternoon visited the ancient monastery (now the location of the diocesan seminary), the monastery that the saint originally entered. A report of the day’s proceedings along with a selection of photographs may be found on the webpage at our website or on our Facebook page.
During the Provincial Chapter of the Neapolitan Province held on 12-14 June 2017 were elected:
- Prior Provincial: Fr. Enrico Ronzini, O.Carm.
- First Councilor: Fr. Francesco Ciaccia, O.Carm.
- Second Councilor: Fr. Domenico Fiore, O.Carm.
- Third Councilor: Fr. Giovanni Cimmino, O.Carm.
- Fourth Councilor: Br. Antonio Di Sarno, O.Carm.
