Peter has understood the point of last Sunday’s Gospel (forgiveness and pastoral care), but wants to know the limits – is forgiving someone seven times enough?
Resolving disputes is not about being right and punishing an offender, but about conversion and reconciliation.
São Tiago (St James) Church in Hera, Timor-Leste, was filled to capacity on 2 September for the ordinations of 3 Carmelites.
On Fathers’ Day we remember all our Dads, those living among us and those who are now with God.
Fr Matthew McPhee will celebrate his Golden Jubilee of Ordination and 70 years of Carmelite religious life at a special Mass next Sunday, 10 September.
You can download and save the scripture texts, reflections and prayers for Lectio Divina for each day of this month. Lectio Divina is a traditional way of praying the Scriptures. Visit our Lectio Divina page for more information about how to pray using Lectio Divina. Join our Lectio Online group. We meet every Friday at 10am (Australian Eastern Daylight Time) [You are welcome to join from other time zones, eg. Perth/Singapore/Philippines: 7am; Timor-Leste/Tokyo: 8am; New Zealand: 12pm; Los Angeles: Thursday 4pm; New York/Toronto: Thursday 7pm] to prayerfully reflect on the Gospel of the coming Sunday.
What a contrast there is between last Sunday’s Gospel, when Peter was proclaimed the ‘rock’ on which the church would be built, and this Sunday when Jesus rebukes him for being a different kind of rock - a ‘stumbling block’
Young Carmelite, dying from cancer, writes to Pope Francis.
Jesus and his chosen ones have travelled and lived together for some time. He now invites them to explore what they understand about his identity.
Our Deacons, Brs Narcizio Da Costa Vilanova and Amandio Soares Salsinha, will
