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Giovedì, 25 Marzo 2021 21:39

Celebrating At Home - Palm Sunday

The Passion of Jesus according to Mark

First thing in the morning, the chief priests together with the elders and scribes, in short the whole Sanhedrin, had their plan ready. They had Jesus bound and took him away and handed him over to Pilate.

Pilate questioned him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “It is you who say it” he answered. And the chief priests brought many accusations against him.

Pilate questioned him again. “Have you no reply at all? See how many accusations they are bringing against you!” But, to Pilate’s amazement, Jesus made no further reply.

At festival time Pilate used to release a prisoner for them, anyone they asked for. Now a man called Barabbas was then in prison with the rioters who had committed murder during the uprising. When the crowd went up and began to ask Pilate for the customary favour, Pilate answered them: “Do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?” For he realised it was out of jealousy that the chief priests had handed Jesus over.

The chief priests, however, had incited the crowd to demand that he should release Barabbas for them instead. “But in that case, what am I to do with the man you call king of the Jews?” They shouted back, “Crucify him!” “Why? What harm has he done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”

So Pilate, anxious to placate the crowd, released Barabbas for them and, having ordered Jesus to be scourged, handed him over to be crucified.

The soldiers led him away to the inner part of the palace, that is, the Praetorium, and called the whole cohort together. They dressed him in purple, twisted some thorns into a crown and put it on him. And they began saluting him, “Hail, king of the Jews!”

They struck his head with a reed and spat on him; and they went down on their knees to do him homage. And when they had finished making fun of him, they took off the purple and dressed him in his own clothes. They led him out to crucify him. They enlisted a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene, father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming in from the country, to carry his cross. They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha, which means the place of the skull.

They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he refused it. Then they crucified him, and shared out his clothing, casting lots to decide what each should get. It was the third hour when they crucified him. The inscription giving the charge against him read: “The King of the Jews.” And they crucified two robbers with him, one on his right and one on his left.

The passers-by jeered at him; they shook their heads and said, “Aha! So you would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days! Then save yourself: come down from the cross!” The chief priests and the scribes mocked him among themselves in the same way: “He saved others, he cannot save himself. Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, for us to see it and believe.” Even those who were crucified with him taunted him.

When the sixth hour came there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani!” which means “My God, My God, why have you deserted me?” When some of those who stood by heard this, they said “Listen, he is calling on Elijah.” Someone ran and soaked a sponge in vinegar and putting it on a reed, gave it to him to drink, “Wait and see if Elijah will come to take him down.” But Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last.

And the veil of the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The centurion, who was standing in front of him, had seen how he had died, and he said, “In truth this man was a son of God.”

There were some women watching from a distance. Among them were Mary of Magdala, Mary who was the mother of James the younger, and Joset, and Salome. These used to follow him and look after him when he was in Galilee. And there were many other women there who had come up to Jerusalem with him.

It was now evening, and since it was Preparation Day, that is the vigil of the sabbath, there came Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent member of the Council, who himself lived in the hope of seeing the kingdom of God, and he boldly went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

Pilate, astonished that he should have died so soon, summoned the centurion and enquired if he was already dead. Having been assured of this by the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph who brought a shroud, took Jesus down from the cross, wrapped him in the shroud and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn out of the rock. He then rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb. Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of Jesus were watching and took note of where he was laid.

Quiet time for reflection

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Celebrating at Home is a Liturgy of the Word centred around the Gospel reading for each Sunday. It includes a reflection on the Gospel and prayers.

It can be used personally or with your family. Parts for all to pray are given in bold print and all the other parts can be shared among those present.

We hope that Celebrating at Home will be a source of nourishment and strength for all who use it.

In the room you decide to use for this prayer you could have a lighted candle, a crucifix and the Bible. These symbols help keep us mindful of the sacredness of our time of prayer and can help us feel connected with our local worshipping communities.

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Lunedì, 22 Marzo 2021 23:27

Causa Nostrae Laetitiae - Februarius 2021

Initium Novitiatus

01-02-21 Martin Thomas (STSA), Kannur, Kerala, India
01-02-21 John Rajesh (STSA), Kannur, Kerala, India
01-02-21 Philip Nery C. (STSA), Kannur, Kerala, India
01-02-21 Francis Godwin (STSA), Kannur, Kerala, India
01-02-21 Bonifus Binoj (STSA), Kannur, Kerala, India
01-02-21 Fabin Therese (STSA), Kannur, Kerala, India
01-02-21 Ansbert Akhil (STSA), Kannur, Kerala, India
01-02-21 Rocky Manu (STSA), Kannur, Kerala, India
01-02-21 Jonatus Jinu (STSA), Kannur, Kerala, India
01-02-21 Raphael Likhen Nayak (STSA), Kannur, Kerala, India
06-02-21 Anderkleyton dos Santos (Pern) São Cristovão, Brasil
06-02-21 Bruno Augusto Viana (Pern) São Cristovão, Brasil
06-02-21 David dos Santos (Pern) São Cristovão, Brasil
06-02-21 Harrison Antas dos Santos Cordeiro (Pern) São Cristovão, Brasil
06-02-21 Johnny Cley Bezerra Alves de Queiroz (Pern) São Cristovão, Brasil
06-02-21 Márcio Felipe da Silva (Pern) São Cristovão, Brasil
06-02-21 Erick Henrique Alves da Silva (Par) São Cristovão, Brasil
14-02-21 Nuno Nixon (STSA) Kannur, Kerala, India

Professio Temporanea

02-02-21 M. Theresia Peny Wulakada, Batu, Indonesia
02-02-21 M. Martina Sukini Situngkir, Batu, Indonesia

Professio Solemnis

02-02-21 M. Lucy Nthule (MAC), Machakos, Kenia
07-02-21 María Lucía Vargas Martínez (SDO), Santo Domingo, República Dominicana
13-02-21 Douglas Rafael Mendivil Martelo (Ita-Col), Colombia
13-02-21 Lizwaun Martínez Guerra (Ita-Col), Columbia
13-02-21 Juan Garbriel Arrieta Zambrano (Ita-Col), Columbia
13-02-21 Juan Camilo Rada Pardo (Ita-Col), Columbia

Ordinatio Diaconalis

11-02-21 Paul Kaptain Pakao (Phil), New Manila, Quezon City, Pilipinas
11-02-21 Vinson P. Luayon (Phil), New Manila, Quezon City, Pilipinas
11-02-21 Leo A. Nebril (Phil), New Manila, Quezon City, Pilipinas

Ordinatio Sacerdotalis

02-02-21 Aniceto Rodriguez III (Phil), San Francisco, Agusan del Sur, Pilipinas
11-02-21 Michael L. Condes (Phil), New Manila, Quezon City, Pilipinas
11-02-21 Ritche T. Salgado (Phil), New Manila, Quezon City, Pilipinas
11-02-21 Christopher F. Labrador (Phil), New Manila, Quezon City, Pilipinas
14-02-21 Emmanuel Ngona Malobi (Ita-Con), Roma, Italia
22-02-21 Joiezl Fern S. Piñon (Phil), Talamban, Cebu City, Pilipinas

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Venerdì, 19 Marzo 2021 04:03

Celebrating At Home - Fifth Sunday of Lent

A new bond of love and life

The first reading this Sunday tells us that our journey to transfiguration happens from within, by our hearts being changed. The prophet Jeremiah looks forward to a new covenant between God

and his people. This covenant will not be written in stone, but in human hearts. This new covenant cannot be broken since God always forgives and never remembers our sins. It is in our hearts that we learn the truth about the strength of God’s love

for us and recognise ourselves as God’s own people.

There is a lovely phrase in the preface of Eucharistic Prayer for Reconciliation I which captures this sense: You have bound the human family to yourself through Jesus your Son, our Redeemer, with a new bond of love so tight that it can never be undone.

The words of John’s Gospel help answer the question about how this covenant is made. God’s love is revealed in a weak and suffering human being through whom God offers his own life as the pledge of love and forgiveness which seals this new covenant.

When some Greeks come asking to see Jesus he knows his preaching is complete and that ‘the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified’.

Unless the grain of wheat dies, it remains all alone. If it dies it yields a ‘rich harvest’. Jesus’ death yields a rich harvest of followers with whom and in whom he is always present. We are not left to make the journey from temptation to transfiguration alone - Jesus is our constant companion. He is the way by which we get from one to the other.

Faith in (seeing) Jesus, draws us out of temptation and into transfiguration – to be the living presence of God in the world, the meeting places between human need and God’s compassion, to be light and life for one another.

If we, too, ‘want to see Jesus’ we must look into our own hearts. It is there that God writes his law of love in the person of his Son. It is there that we discover the presence of One who loves us beyond death and who gently refashions us into the image and likeness of his Son.

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Celebrating at Home is a Liturgy of the Word centred around the Gospel reading for each Sunday. It includes a reflection on the Gospel and prayers.

It can be used personally or with your family. Parts for all to pray are given in bold print and all the other parts can be shared among those present.

We hope that Celebrating at Home will be a source of nourishment and strength for all who use it.

In the room you decide to use for this prayer you could have a lighted candle, a crucifix and the Bible. These symbols help keep us mindful of the sacredness of our time of prayer and can help us feel connected with our local worshipping communities.

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Venerdì, 19 Marzo 2021 03:39

Electoral Chapter: Ostuni, Italy

The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of St. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi in Ostuni, Italy was held on March 10-11, 2021. The following sisters were elected:

Priora | Prioress | Priora:
Suor M. Daniela della SS.ma Trinità, O. Carm.

1ª Consejera | 1st Councilor | 1° consigliera:
Suor Maria di Gesù, O. Carm.

2ª Consejera | 2nd Councilor | 2° Consigliera:
Suor M. Agnese di San Giuseppe, O. Carm.

3ª Consejera | 3rd Councilor | 3° Consigliera:
Suor M. Angela di Sant' Elia, O. Carm.

4ª Consejera | 4th Councilor | 4° Consigliera:
Suor M. Anna della Divina Misericordia, O. Carm.

Maestra de Novicias | Novice Director | Maestra delle novizie:
Suor Maria di Gesù, O. Carm.

Ecónoma | Treasurer | Economa:
Suor M. Agnese di San Giuseppe, O. Carm.

Sacristana | Sacristan | Sacrestana:
Suor M. Angela di Sant' Elia, O. Carm.

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Venerdì, 19 Marzo 2021 03:08

Vitam Coelo Reddiderunt (25/01/21 - 09/03/21)

Sr. Ofelia de María Martínez Torres, (VIL)
25-01-21
Ortus 18-10-45
P. Temp.: 31-07-71
P. Soll.: 31-07-74

P. Eduardo Carmona Sánchez, (Baet)
08-02-21
Ortus 15-03-33
P. Temp.: 17-06-51
P. Soll.: 06-01-55
Ord.: 24-06-57

Hna. María Lourdes Casanova Capdevila, (BAR)
13-02-21
Ortus 04-09-29
P. Temp.: 15-08-75
P. Soll.: 15-08-80

Hna. Ma Josefa Trigo Bisquert, (TAR)
23-02-21
Ortus 19-03-31
P. Temp.: 01-04-56
P. Soll.: 24-09-59

P. Ismael Martínez Carrretero, (Baet)
09-03-21
Ortus 03-02-29
P. Temp.: 24-09-50
P. Soll.: 04-10-53
Ord.: 03-07-55

Rest in Peace

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Venerdì, 12 Marzo 2021 00:49

Celebrating At Home - Fourth Sunday of Lent

Being light in the darkness

This Sunday marks a change in the Lenten focus. We are no longer so absorbed by our own limitations and weaknesses in faith. We are more confident of God’s kindness, forgiveness

and healing without which we would never dare embark on this journey. We look forward to the Easter celebrations with joy and hope.

On our journey from temptation to transfiguration we are becoming, through faith in Christ, the living presence of God in the world, the light in the darkness.

The first reading today speaks about the re-building of the temple in Jerusalem – a reference back to

last Sunday’s Gospel. For the ancient Jews the re- building of their temple was a moment filled with hope and expectation.

Last Sunday Jesus promised the building of a new temple to house the living presence of God and to be the meeting place between God and us.

Our Lenten journey is rebuilding us into the living Body of Christ, into dwelling places for God and meeting places between human beings and God.

This is clearly seen when human needs meet God’s compassion through us. That’s when God’s love and light shine in the darkness of human lives.

Today’s Gospel contains a number of important statements of our faith: God loved the world so much that he sent his Son, not to condemn, but to save; the Son must be lifted up (crucified and resurrected) so that all who believe might have eternal life; those who do the truth come out into the light, so that it may be plainly seen that their good deeds are done in God.

The Gospel reassures us of God’s love and our salvation in Christ, and calls us to be the Light, to do the truth of God’s love by being God’s heart in the world.

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Celebrating at Home is a Liturgy of the Word centred around the Gospel reading for each Sunday. It includes a reflection on the Gospel and prayers.

It can be used personally or with your family. Parts for all to pray are given in bold print and all the other parts can be shared among those present.

We hope that Celebrating at Home will be a source of nourishment and strength for all who use it.

In the room you decide to use for this prayer you could have a lighted candle, a crucifix and the Bible. These symbols help keep us mindful of the sacredness of our time of prayer and can help us feel connected with our local worshipping communities.

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Venerdì, 12 Marzo 2021 00:34

Electoral Chapter: Camana, Perú

Hna. Carmen Teresa, Hna. Ana María, Hna. María Máxima ( Priora), Hna. Gabriela de Jesús, Hna. María Elena

The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Camana, Perú was held on March 7, 2021. The following sisters were elected:

Priora | Prioress | Priora:
Hna. María Máxima Ranilla Huamaní Condo, O. Carm.

1ª Consejera | 1st Councilor | 1° consigliera:
Hna. Ana María Quispe Castro, O. Carm.

2ª Consejera | 2nd Councilor | 2° Consigliera:
Hna. Carmen Teresa de la Cruz Cruces Montoya, O. Carm.

3ª Consejera | 3rd Councilor | 3° Consigliera:
Hna. Gabriela de Jesús Ramos Mamani, O. Carm.

4ª Consejera | 4th Councilor | 4° Consigliera:
Hna. María Elena Alccacondori Turpo, O. Carm.

Ecónoma | Treasurer | Economa:
Hna. María Trinidad Huamaní Condo, O. Carm.

Sacristana | Sacristan | Sacrestana:
Sacristana: Hna. María Elena Alccacondori Turpo O. Carm.

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Venerdì, 05 Marzo 2021 13:31

Celebrating At Home - Third Sunday of Lent

Cleansing Our Hearts

The Gospels of the last two Sundays showed us that the Christian journey is from Temptation to Transfiguration. The Gospels of the next three Sundays of Lent present Jesus as the road (or The Way, as the early Christians referred to him) from temptation to transfiguration.

In the Old Testament scriptures the idea of the people of Israel being ‘the people of God’ is clearly established. By their behaviour they were to be a ‘light to the nations’, and the dwelling-place of God’s presence. Only much later did the idea of God dwelling in a building called a temple develop. Even so, the Jews never lost the sense that they were to be God’s own people.

The reading from Exodus commonly known as the Ten Commandments gives a pattern for God’s people to live in right relationship with God and neighbour; to be the dwelling-place of God’s presence.

In today’s Gospel we find a deeply passionate Jesus causing a near-riot in the outer precincts of the Temple. In John’s Gospel Jesus’ prophetic actions have less to do with ‘cleansing the Temple’ than with saying that the Temple is no longer the way to be in right relationship with God.

According to John, Jesus is the new, living temple of God’s presence and the meeting place between God and his people. Jesus is the way to be in right relationship with God and neighbour.

In our Catholic tradition we often refer to ourselves as ‘temples of the Holy Spirit’. We recognise that we are sacred beings destined for union with God, people in whom the reign of God’s goodness should be clearly seen in word, thought and action.

Lent is a time to decide what our life is about and what is important. Like Jesus in the Temple maybe we need to put an end to ways of thinking and behaving which clutter our lives, obscure God’s presence and fail to bring life to others.

As members of the Body of Christ we, too, are to be the place where God is found on earth.

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Celebrating at Home is a Liturgy of the Word centred around the Gospel reading for each Sunday. It includes a reflection on the Gospel and prayers.

It can be used personally or with your family. Parts for all to pray are given in bold print and all the other parts can be shared among those present.

We hope that Celebrating at Home will be a source of nourishment and strength for all who use it.

In the room you decide to use for this prayer you could have a lighted candle, a crucifix and the Bible. These symbols help keep us mindful of the sacredness of our time of prayer and can help us feel connected with our local worshipping communities.

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Giovedì, 25 Febbraio 2021 23:40

Celebrating At Home - Second Sunday of Lent

From Temptation to Transfiguration

This Sunday’s Gospel of the Transfiguration completes the ‘little parable’ formed by the Gospels of the first two Sundays of Lent.

These Gospels tell us what Lent is about and what Christian life is about: a constant journey from temptation and doubt to transfiguration and faith.

Transfiguration means to be ‘shot-through’ with the presence of God. Being transfigured is about allowing the presence of God to completely transform us. It is a revolution of mind and heart driven by God’s Spirit and enabled by our open heartedness. Our life as Christians is about being transfigured by the Spirit of God so that God is seen in, and experienced through, us. That is what Peter, James and John saw in the transfigured Jesus.

The journey to transfiguration requires faith and perseverance. The story of Abraham in the first reading is a story of great faith and trust. Abraham faced the loss of his dearly loved son, the source of all his hope for the future. He trusted and his son was spared. That was a clear sign to Abraham that God is about bringing life, not death, to his people.

It takes faith and perseverance to dare to allow ourselves to be driven by the passion, hope and vision of God rather than our own desires and wants. Listening to the living word of the ‘Beloved Son’ forms in us the heart of God.

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Celebrating at Home is a Liturgy of the Word centred around the Gospel reading for each Sunday. It includes a reflection on the Gospel and prayers.

It can be used personally or with your family. Parts for all to pray are given in bold print and all the other parts can be shared among those present.

We hope that Celebrating at Home will be a source of nourishment and strength for all who use it.

In the room you decide to use for this prayer you could have a lighted candle, a crucifix and the Bible. These symbols help keep us mindful of the sacredness of our time of prayer and can help us feel connected with our local worshipping communities.

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Venerdì, 19 Febbraio 2021 01:41

Celebrating At Home - First Sunday of Lent

From Temptation to Transfiguration

Our great Lenten journey has begun! It’s a journey which begins in ash and ends in water. Fire is a profound part of our national experience. We know its power to destroy, blacken and reduce to ash.

We know that evil can do the same - destroy our wholeness of spirit, blacken our lives and reduce the beauty of human life to so much dust.

We begin Lent in the ash of acknowledging our own part in harbouring, creating and doing evil - those places in our hearts where the fire of anger, bitterness, selfishness or narrowness of mind and heart has left nothing but cold ash.

The ash is a reminder that our true life is not found in mortal things which eventually turn to dust, but in eternal things. We also know that out of ash new life can bud, grow strong, bloom into fullness - that’s the Easter miracle.

As always, the Gospels of the first two Sundays in Lent provide a road map for our Lenten journey from temptation (this Sunday) to transfiguration (next Sunday).

We allow ourselves to be tempted out of the ash of selfishness and narrowness of heart and into a life of open hearted goodness. We celebrate God’s graciousness to us by sharing what we have with those in need whether it be food, wealth, time, love, friendship or compassion. That’s what it means to ‘repent and believe the Good News’.

In these days when we are so conscious of the impact of human life on God’s creation, perhaps we could think about some permanent fasting from our excessive consumption of power, food and petrol in order to allow our earth to heal, to breathe and to continue to be a source of nourishment and life for the whole human family.

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Celebrating at Home is a Liturgy of the Word centred around the Gospel reading for each Sunday. It includes a reflection on the Gospel and prayers.

It can be used personally or with your family. Parts for all to pray are given in bold print and all the other parts can be shared among those present.

We hope that Celebrating at Home will be a source of nourishment and strength for all who use it.

In the room you decide to use for this prayer you could have a lighted candle, a crucifix and the Bible. These symbols help keep us mindful of the sacredness of our time of prayer and can help us feel connected with our local worshipping communities.

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