A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 7:31 – 37 Returning from the district of Tyre, Jesus went by the way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, right through the Decapolis region. And they brought him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech;...
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, and they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with unclean hands, that is, without washing them....
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 6:60-69 After hearing his doctrine many of the followers of Jesus said, “This is intolerable language. How could anyone accept it?’ Jesus was aware that his followers were complaining about it and said,...
In August, Matthew Tonini OCarm, addressed the topic of Discernment on the Carmelite Way. The final admonition of the Carmelite Rule might be translated: “use discernment, however, the guide of the virtues.” The writer of the Rule, Albert of Jerusalem, recognises that...
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 6:51-58 Jesus said to the crowd: ‘I am the living bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever ; and the bread that I shall give is my flesh, for the life of the...
