Scripture Matthew 3: 1-12 In due course John the Baptist appeared; he preached in the wilderness of Judaea and this was his message: ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand.’ This was the man the prophet Isaiah spoke of when he said: A voice cries...
https://www.thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org/wp-content/uploads/Meditation-MP3-24-Nov-22.mp3 Meditation for Thursday 24th November 2022 Every now and then I get the urge to reduce complexity by making my day to day life simpler. Sometimes I succeed other times I fail....
Scripture Matthew 24: 37-44 Jesus said to his disciples: ‘As it was in Noah’s day, so will it be when the Son of Man comes. For in those days before the Flood people were eating, drinking, taking wives, taking husbands, right up to the day Noah went into the...
https://www.thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org/wp-content/uploads/Meditation-17-Nov-22-MP3.mp3 Meditation for Thursday 17th November 2022 A favourite writer of mine, the Buddhist teacher Lama Surya Das otherwise known as American poet Jeffrey Miller tells a story in one...
Scripture Luke 23: 35-43 The people stayed there before the cross watching Jesus. As for the leaders, they jeered at him. ‘He saved others,’ they said ‘let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.’ The soldiers mocked him too, and when they...
