The Congress of Lay Carmelites was held in Rome from September 15-21, 2024 with the theme: Lay Carmelites: Called to Set the World on Fire.

Pope Francis has calls today, 7 October, a day of prayer and fasting for peace.

One of the great themes of Mark’s Gospel is that, in Jesus, all things are being restored to God’s original purpose. That gives us a bit of context for the words of Jesus.

1 October is the feast day of St Thérèse of Lisieux famous for her teaching on the 'the little way of confidence and love' found in her autobiography, The Story of a Soul.

Br Antonio Olavio Exposto, OCarm has been serving in Zumalai parish for the past 22 years.

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. 

The disciples are on a steep learning curve as Jesus instructs them about what true discipleship is all about.

Today’s readings continue last Sunday’s themes of Jesus as the ‘suffering servant’ and the nature of authentic discipleship.

After 6 years of living and studying in Rome, Fr Carltio Da Silva successfully defended his thesis for his doctoral degree on 13 September.

All of us, at least to some extent, shape our identity and measure ourselves in response to the comments and ideas of others.