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A Celtic Journey with St. John of the Cross

We would like to share with you two beautiful musical reflections in honour of Our Lady and St John of the Cross recorded by Kerrie O’Connor and friends in our Chapel. We vacated the Chapel one afternoon while they did all the hard work!! The first one is available on youtube and the second will be available for the feast of St John of the Cross on 14^thDecember. We hope you will enjoy. https://youtu.be/R2YGDeZ0haE

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for Women

From time to time we host days of prayer and reflection for women interested in exploring a vocation to Religious life. For further information please contact us at: carmel@roebuckcarmel.com

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Sunday Reflection

3rd Sunday of Easter 2025

Peter do you love me

John 21:1-19

This Gospel story is very much about Peter. The disciples are still reeling and very much confused after all the events of the times. For Peter, his threefold denial of Jesus is still haunting him. He is trying to get back to normality – he goes fishing with his friends. When Jesus appears, Peter doesn’t recognise him. John, the one closest to Jesus points him out “It is the Lord”. There follows, what some call, Peter’s Confession or Reconciliation. His three “Yes, Lord”s are sincere and they do correspond to his three denials of the Lord.

In English language, when Jesus asks “Do you love me” and Peter answers “Yes Lord, I love you” it makes good sense. But in the original of the New Testament what Peter replies does not exactly respond to the question which Jesus asks. In his book “The Four Loves”, C S Lewis describes four words for love in the Greek language;

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Sr. Breda McInerney (1935-2024)

Sr Brida

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Sr Breda McInerney.

Born on 1st February 1935 at Cooraclare, Co Clare. Breda joined the Nazareth Sisters after her secondary school years and taught in their schools in Australia until she decided to be a Carmelite. In 1985 Sr. Breda came to Ireland and joined Firhouse Carmel. In 2017 she transferred to Roebuck after the sad closure of Firhouse.

Sr Breda was always interested in people and their concerns and was very zealous in her prayer for all. We are confident that she will continue to bring our concerns to the Lord on our behalf and that she will intercede for us all.

Always interested in sport she was an avid follower of the GAA and was keenly interested in rugby.

After suffering for years with heart problems it finally gave up on her and she died peacefully and serenely in the Monastery aided by the wonderful care of our doctors and the hospice nurses.

May she rest in eternal peace.

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