We are delighted to launch the British Carmelites WhatsApp Channel, a new way to stay connected with the life and mission in the province and beyond . Walk the Carmelite way with inspiration and encouragement from our rich Carmelite tradition, alongside news, events and opportunities to grow in faith. The channel features Walking with Carmel, a daily […]
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Most people hurry past Holy Saturday. It is the quietest day of the Church’s year, and perhaps for that reason the easiest to ignore. But no one escapes the reality it represents. Holy Saturday is the day in between—the space after something precious has died, but before anything new has begun. It is the long
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What exactly is the triumph in today’s gospel? We call it the triumphal entry, yet it hardly resembles the kind of triumph we instinctively imagine. There is no military parade, no display of power or prestige. Jesus simply rides a borrowed colt. His followers are not an army but a small, hopeful, slightly bewildered group of
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The readings for this Sunday draw us into one of Scripture’s most daring claims: God refuses to leave anything dead. Not bones scattered in a desert, not a friend sealed in a tomb, not the parts of our own lives that feel beyond repair. The God who speaks through Ezekiel and acts through Jesus is
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Lent has a way of leading us gently, step by step, into deeper light. Each Sunday’s Gospel seems to take us a little further along a path of seeing—seeing God more clearly, seeing ourselves more honestly, and seeing others with renewed compassion. Two weeks ago, on the mountain of Transfiguration, the disciples were given a
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As we reach the final reflection in our Jubilee Reflection Series, and our Christmas reflection, the British Province of Carmelites would like to offer our heartfelt thanks. Throughout the Jubilee year, we have been blessed by the generosity of those who have contributed these reflections, sharing how Carmelite spirituality shapes and sustains hope in their
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