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Lunedì, 23 Aprile 2012 07:50

“Carmel teaches the Church how to pray.”

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Giovedì, 19 Aprile 2012 09:48

Lectio Divina: Matthew 9:14-17

Ordinary Time



1) Opening prayer



Father,

You call Your children

to walk in the light of Christ.

Free us from darkness

and keep us in the radiance of Your truth.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,

who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever. Amen.



2) Gospel Reading - Matthew 9:14-17



The disciples of John approached Jesus and said, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?" Jesus answered them, "Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth, for its fullness pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse. People do not put new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. Rather, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."



3) Reflection



• Matthew 9:14: The question of  John’s disciples concerning the practice of fasting. Fasting is quite an ancient usage, practiced by almost all religions.  Jesus Himself practiced it for forty days (Mt 4:2). But He does not insist that the disciples do the same thing. He leaves them free. Because of this, the disciples of John the Baptist and of the Pharisees, who were obliged to fast, want to know why Jesus does not insist on fasting:“Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not?”



• Matthew 9:15:  Jesus’ answer.  Jesus answers with a comparison in the form of a question: “Surely the bridegroom’s attendants cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is still with them?”  Jesus associates fasting with mourning, and He considers Himself the bridegroom.  When the bridegroom is with His friends, that is, during the wedding feast, they have no need to fast.  When Jesus is with them, with His disciples, it is a feast, the wedding feast. Therefore, they should not fast. But one day the bridegroom will go away.  It will be a day of mourning. Then, if they want, they can fast. Jesus refers to His death. He knows and feels that if He continues on this way of liberation, the authorities will want to kill Him.



• Matthew 9:16-17: New wine in new wineskins! In these two verses, the Gospel of Matthew gives two separate sayings of Jesus on the patch of new cloth on an old cloak and on the new wine in new skins. These words throw light on the discussions and the conflicts of Jesus with religious authority of the time.  A patch of new cloth is not put on an old cloak, because when it is washed, the new piece of cloth shrinks and pulls on the old cloak and tears it and the tear becomes bigger.  Nobody puts new wine in old skins, because when the new wine ferments, it tears the old skins. New wine in new skins! The religion defended by the religious authority was like a piece of old cloth, like an old wineskin. Both the disciples of John and the Pharisees tried to renew the religion.  In reality, they barely put some patches, and because of this, they ran the risk of compromising and harming both the new and the old uses.  The new wine which Jesus brings to us tears the old skins.  It is necessary to know how to separate things. Most probably, Matthew presents these words of Jesus to orientate the communities in the years of the 80’s. There was a group of Jewish Christians who wanted to replace the  newness of Jesus with the Judaism of the time before His coming.   Jesus is not against what is “old.”  He does not want  what is old to be imposed on that which is new.  Similarly, Vatican II cannot be reread with the mentality before the Council, as some try to do today. 



4)  Personal questions



• What are the conflicts around religious practices which make many people suffer today and are a reason for heated discussions and polemics? What is the image of God which is behind all these preconceptions, these norms, and these prohibitions?

• How is this saying of Jesus to be understood: “Nobody puts a piece of new cloth on an old cloak?   What is the message which we can draw from all of this for your community today?



5) Concluding Prayer



I am listening. What is God's message?

Yahweh's message is peace for His people,

for His faithful, if only they renounce their folly. (Ps 85:8)


Lectio Divina:
2020-07-04
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Venerdì, 13 Aprile 2012 20:31

Prayer in an Easter community

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Venerdì, 13 Aprile 2012 20:26

May the Blessings of Easter be with you always!

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Venerdì, 13 Aprile 2012 20:23

An Easter Reflection with Mother M. Angeline Teresa, O.Carm.

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Giovedì, 12 Aprile 2012 20:41

Provincial Chapter of the Maltese Province

No:
38/2012-11-04

During the Provincial Chapter of the Maltese Province held on 9-13 April 2012 were elected:

  • Prior Provincial:  Fr. Michael Farrugia, O.Carm.
  • First Councilor:  Fr. Alexander Vella, O.Carm.
  • Second Councilor:  Fr. Charles Mallia, O.Carm.
  • Third Councilor:  Fr. Maurice Abela, O.Carm.
  • Fourth Councilor:  Fr. Alexander Scerri, O.Carm.
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Provincial Chapter of the Maltese Province

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Sabato, 07 Aprile 2012 14:17

Easter 2012

No:
37/2012-08-04

Christus resurrexit!
Resurrexit vere! AlleluIa!

In Pascha Domini
A.D. 2012

Fernando Prior Generalis
Domusque Generalis Communitas

* Image: Krakow, Graduale de Dominicis iuxta ritum missalis Beatissimae Dei Genitricis Semperque Virginis Mariae de Monte Carmelo, 1644

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Mercoledì, 04 Aprile 2012 22:51

Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Erlangen, Germany

No:
36/2012-04-04

 

The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Erlangen, Germany, was held 30 March 2012. The following were elected:

  • Prioress:  Sr. Thoma Müller, O.Carm.
  • 1st Councilor:  Sr. Bernadette Krämer, O.Carm.
  • 2nd Councilor:  Sr. Theresia Kretschmann, O.Carm.
  • Director of Novices:  Sr. Thoma Müller, O.Carm.
  • Treasurer:  Sr. Pia Janko, O.Carm.

 

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Martedì, 03 Aprile 2012 13:43

Handmaids of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Institutio Congregationis: 02-02-1959
Cooptatio Ordini nostro: 16-02-1959

Curia Generalis
H.L.M.C. Generalate
Ruvadiki Convent
P.O. Box 2006, MUTARE
ZIMBABWE
Tel. 020-61203
Fax 020-65157
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Consilium Generale electum mense augusti 2007

  • Antistita Generalis: Soror Evelyn Kadzere
  • Vices Generalis: Soror Irene Dumbura
  • Prima Cons.: Soror Catherine Nyakujipa
  • Secunda Cons.: Soror Ipai Undi
  • Tertia Cons.: Soror Techla Nyamushonyongora

Domus: Inscriptiones

Zimbabuia : +263
1. CHECHECHE
St. Peter’s Mission
P.O. Box 272
CHECHECHE
Tel. 031-7-322

 

2. CHIMANIMANI
St. Charles Lwanga
P.O. Box 104
CHIMANIMANI
Tel. 026-7-2753

 

3. CHIPINGE
Stella Marvis
Stand 628
Box 500
CHIPINGE
Tel. 027-2752

 

4. HARARE
Divine Grace
2 Normandy Road Alexandra Park
HARARE
Tel. 04-745306

 

5. HAUNA
St. Columba’s Mission
P.O. Box 50
HAUNA
Tel. 028-324

 

6. HEADLANDS
St. Michael’s Mission
P.O. Box 119
HEADLANDS
Tel. 029-8-695

 

7. MACHEKE
St. Benedict’s Mission
P.O. Box 50
MACHEKE
Tel. 00621 (Headlands)

8. MUTARE
St. Andrew’s Mission
P. Bag 7035
MUTARE

9. MUTARE
St. Joseph’s Convent
P.O. Box 3050
Paukington, MUTARE
Tel. 020-60188

10. MUTARE
Drumfad
P.O. Box 47
MUTARE
Tel. 020-62347

11. MUTARE
Mt. Carmel Centre
P.O. Box 877
MUTARE
Tel. 020-61863

12. MUTARE
H.L.M.C. Generalate
Ruvadiki Convent
P.O. Box 2006, MUTARE
Tel. 020-61203
Fax 020-65157

13. MUTARE
Mary Carmel
P.O. Box 1903
Paulington, MUTARE
Tel. 020-66879

14. NYANGA
Avila Mission
P. Bag 2009
NYANGA
Tel. 129-8-487

15. NYANGA
Mount Melleray Mission
& Orphanage
P. Bag 2008
NYANGA
Tel. 029-8-21813

16. NYANYADZY
St. Patrick’s Mission
P.O. Box 30
NYANYADZY
Tel. 026-2762

17. RUSAPE
St. Therese’s Convent
P.O. Bag 33
RUSAPE
Tel. 025-2746

18. RUSAPE
Flos Carmeli Convent
Carmelite Sisters’ Noviciate
P.O. Box 540
RUSAPE
Tel. 029-2285

19. RUSAPE
St. Barbara’s Mission
P. Bag 8048
RUSAPE
Tel. 029-223919

20. RUSAPE
Sacred Heart Orphanage
P.O. Box 33
RUSAPE
Tel. 025-2717

21. RUSAPE
Triashill Mission
P. Bag 8012
RUSAPE
Tel. 029-2492

22. RUSAPE
St. Killians Mission
P. Bag 8050
RUSAPE
Tel. 025-83513

23. RUSAPE
St. Elijah
Box 604
RUSAPE
Tel. 025-235

24. RUSAPE
Sr. Therese Mission
P. Bag 8032
RUSAPE
Tel. 025-27203

25. TONGOGARA
Tongogara Refugee Camp
P.O. Box 234
CHIPANGAYI
Tel. 024-485388

26. MUTARE.
Holy Rosary Convent
Diocesan Training Centre
Box 3032
Paulington,
MUTARE
Tel. 020-66627

 




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