A reading from the Holy gospel according to 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 spoke of...
https://www.thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org/wp-content/uploads/27th-Nov-Med-AUDIO.mp3 Meditation for Thursday 27 November 2025 Many of us who have been recidivist meditators know that meditation is astonishingly simple and astonishingly difficult. Most of us at some...
A reading from the Holy gospel according to 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...
https://www.thecarmelitecentremelbourne.org/wp-content/uploads/21-Nov-Meditation-AUDIO.mp3 Meditation for Thursday 20 November 2025 This meditation is based on a video reflection from Joe Primo, CEO of ‘Grateful Living.” As we settle down to meditate let us take a...
The Carmelite tradition teaches that when we live in “contemplative” silence, we encounter our deepest self, which makes the heart grow. It is this waiting on God – Vacate Deo – in silence that we come to a deeper interior peace that enables us to be in greater...
