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Thursday, 19 April 2012 09:48

Lectio Divina: Matthew 9:14-17

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Ordinary Time



1) Opening prayer



Father,

You call Your children

to walk in the light of Christ.

Free us from darkness

and keep us in the radiance of Your truth.

We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,

who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever. Amen.



2) Gospel Reading - Matthew 9:14-17



The disciples of John approached Jesus and said, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?" Jesus answered them, "Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth, for its fullness pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse. People do not put new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. Rather, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved."



3) Reflection



• Matthew 9:14: The question of  John’s disciples concerning the practice of fasting. Fasting is quite an ancient usage, practiced by almost all religions.  Jesus Himself practiced it for forty days (Mt 4:2). But He does not insist that the disciples do the same thing. He leaves them free. Because of this, the disciples of John the Baptist and of the Pharisees, who were obliged to fast, want to know why Jesus does not insist on fasting:“Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not?”



• Matthew 9:15:  Jesus’ answer.  Jesus answers with a comparison in the form of a question: “Surely the bridegroom’s attendants cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is still with them?”  Jesus associates fasting with mourning, and He considers Himself the bridegroom.  When the bridegroom is with His friends, that is, during the wedding feast, they have no need to fast.  When Jesus is with them, with His disciples, it is a feast, the wedding feast. Therefore, they should not fast. But one day the bridegroom will go away.  It will be a day of mourning. Then, if they want, they can fast. Jesus refers to His death. He knows and feels that if He continues on this way of liberation, the authorities will want to kill Him.



• Matthew 9:16-17: New wine in new wineskins! In these two verses, the Gospel of Matthew gives two separate sayings of Jesus on the patch of new cloth on an old cloak and on the new wine in new skins. These words throw light on the discussions and the conflicts of Jesus with religious authority of the time.  A patch of new cloth is not put on an old cloak, because when it is washed, the new piece of cloth shrinks and pulls on the old cloak and tears it and the tear becomes bigger.  Nobody puts new wine in old skins, because when the new wine ferments, it tears the old skins. New wine in new skins! The religion defended by the religious authority was like a piece of old cloth, like an old wineskin. Both the disciples of John and the Pharisees tried to renew the religion.  In reality, they barely put some patches, and because of this, they ran the risk of compromising and harming both the new and the old uses.  The new wine which Jesus brings to us tears the old skins.  It is necessary to know how to separate things. Most probably, Matthew presents these words of Jesus to orientate the communities in the years of the 80’s. There was a group of Jewish Christians who wanted to replace the  newness of Jesus with the Judaism of the time before His coming.   Jesus is not against what is “old.”  He does not want  what is old to be imposed on that which is new.  Similarly, Vatican II cannot be reread with the mentality before the Council, as some try to do today. 



4)  Personal questions



• What are the conflicts around religious practices which make many people suffer today and are a reason for heated discussions and polemics? What is the image of God which is behind all these preconceptions, these norms, and these prohibitions?

• How is this saying of Jesus to be understood: “Nobody puts a piece of new cloth on an old cloak?   What is the message which we can draw from all of this for your community today?



5) Concluding Prayer



I am listening. What is God's message?

Yahweh's message is peace for His people,

for His faithful, if only they renounce their folly. (Ps 85:8)


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Provincial Chapter of the Maltese Province

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No:
38/2012-11-04

During the Provincial Chapter of the Maltese Province held on 9-13 April 2012 were elected:

  • Prior Provincial:  Fr. Michael Farrugia, O.Carm.
  • First Councilor:  Fr. Alexander Vella, O.Carm.
  • Second Councilor:  Fr. Charles Mallia, O.Carm.
  • Third Councilor:  Fr. Maurice Abela, O.Carm.
  • Fourth Councilor:  Fr. Alexander Scerri, O.Carm.
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Saturday, 07 April 2012 14:17

Easter 2012

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No:
37/2012-08-04

Christus resurrexit!
Resurrexit vere! AlleluIa!

In Pascha Domini
A.D. 2012

Fernando Prior Generalis
Domusque Generalis Communitas

* Image: Krakow, Graduale de Dominicis iuxta ritum missalis Beatissimae Dei Genitricis Semperque Virginis Mariae de Monte Carmelo, 1644

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Wednesday, 04 April 2012 22:51

Electoral Chapter of the Monastery of Erlangen, Germany

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No:
36/2012-04-04

 

The Elective Chapter of the Carmelite Monastery of Erlangen, Germany, was held 30 March 2012. The following were elected:

  • Prioress:  Sr. Thoma Müller, O.Carm.
  • 1st Councilor:  Sr. Bernadette Krämer, O.Carm.
  • 2nd Councilor:  Sr. Theresia Kretschmann, O.Carm.
  • Director of Novices:  Sr. Thoma Müller, O.Carm.
  • Treasurer:  Sr. Pia Janko, O.Carm.

 

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Tuesday, 03 April 2012 13:43

Handmaids of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

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Institutio Congregationis: 02-02-1959
Cooptatio Ordini nostro: 16-02-1959

Curia Generalis
H.L.M.C. Generalate
Ruvadiki Convent
P.O. Box 2006, MUTARE
ZIMBABWE
Tel. 020-61203
Fax 020-65157
e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Consilium Generale electum mense augusti 2007

  • Antistita Generalis: Soror Evelyn Kadzere
  • Vices Generalis: Soror Irene Dumbura
  • Prima Cons.: Soror Catherine Nyakujipa
  • Secunda Cons.: Soror Ipai Undi
  • Tertia Cons.: Soror Techla Nyamushonyongora

Domus: Inscriptiones

Zimbabuia : +263
1. CHECHECHE
St. Peter’s Mission
P.O. Box 272
CHECHECHE
Tel. 031-7-322

 

2. CHIMANIMANI
St. Charles Lwanga
P.O. Box 104
CHIMANIMANI
Tel. 026-7-2753

 

3. CHIPINGE
Stella Marvis
Stand 628
Box 500
CHIPINGE
Tel. 027-2752

 

4. HARARE
Divine Grace
2 Normandy Road Alexandra Park
HARARE
Tel. 04-745306

 

5. HAUNA
St. Columba’s Mission
P.O. Box 50
HAUNA
Tel. 028-324

 

6. HEADLANDS
St. Michael’s Mission
P.O. Box 119
HEADLANDS
Tel. 029-8-695

 

7. MACHEKE
St. Benedict’s Mission
P.O. Box 50
MACHEKE
Tel. 00621 (Headlands)

8. MUTARE
St. Andrew’s Mission
P. Bag 7035
MUTARE

9. MUTARE
St. Joseph’s Convent
P.O. Box 3050
Paukington, MUTARE
Tel. 020-60188

10. MUTARE
Drumfad
P.O. Box 47
MUTARE
Tel. 020-62347

11. MUTARE
Mt. Carmel Centre
P.O. Box 877
MUTARE
Tel. 020-61863

12. MUTARE
H.L.M.C. Generalate
Ruvadiki Convent
P.O. Box 2006, MUTARE
Tel. 020-61203
Fax 020-65157

13. MUTARE
Mary Carmel
P.O. Box 1903
Paulington, MUTARE
Tel. 020-66879

14. NYANGA
Avila Mission
P. Bag 2009
NYANGA
Tel. 129-8-487

15. NYANGA
Mount Melleray Mission
& Orphanage
P. Bag 2008
NYANGA
Tel. 029-8-21813

16. NYANYADZY
St. Patrick’s Mission
P.O. Box 30
NYANYADZY
Tel. 026-2762

17. RUSAPE
St. Therese’s Convent
P.O. Bag 33
RUSAPE
Tel. 025-2746

18. RUSAPE
Flos Carmeli Convent
Carmelite Sisters’ Noviciate
P.O. Box 540
RUSAPE
Tel. 029-2285

19. RUSAPE
St. Barbara’s Mission
P. Bag 8048
RUSAPE
Tel. 029-223919

20. RUSAPE
Sacred Heart Orphanage
P.O. Box 33
RUSAPE
Tel. 025-2717

21. RUSAPE
Triashill Mission
P. Bag 8012
RUSAPE
Tel. 029-2492

22. RUSAPE
St. Killians Mission
P. Bag 8050
RUSAPE
Tel. 025-83513

23. RUSAPE
St. Elijah
Box 604
RUSAPE
Tel. 025-235

24. RUSAPE
Sr. Therese Mission
P. Bag 8032
RUSAPE
Tel. 025-27203

25. TONGOGARA
Tongogara Refugee Camp
P.O. Box 234
CHIPANGAYI
Tel. 024-485388

26. MUTARE.
Holy Rosary Convent
Diocesan Training Centre
Box 3032
Paulington,
MUTARE
Tel. 020-66627

 




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Tuesday, 03 April 2012 13:18

Famille Missionnaire Donum Dei

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The Missionary Family Donum Dei was founded by a French priest, Fr. Marcel Roussel-Galle, who was born in 1910 in a little village in the Franche-Comté region and who died in Rome on 22 February 1984.

What was their vocation ? Like Thérèse, their vocation consisted in offering to Jesus their virginity, their entire love and to offer themselves to his Merciful Love.

What was their mission ? To help others to rediscover Christ as he showed himself to the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s Well, and to reveal to the whole of humanity Jesus as God’s gift.

 

 

Institutio: 11-02-1950
Cooptatio Ordini nostro: 22-02-1987

Curia Generalis
Conseil de Direction International
Famille Missionnaire Donum Dei
Via dell’Esquilino, 38
00185 ROMA
ITALIA
Tel. 06-4825447
Fax 06-485513
Pagina prima www.fmdonumdei.org
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  • Consilium Generale electum mense novenbris 2009
  • Antistita Generalis: Agnès Brethome
  • Vices Generalis:                 Marie Michèle Manukula
  • Prima Cons.: Albertine Ouedraogo
  • Secunda Cons.: Magali Gaussen
  • Tertia Cons.: Anna Hong
  • Quarta Cons: Angélina Zongo
  • Quinta Cons: Thérèse Marie Nguyen Chiet

Domus: Inscriptiones

EUROPA
Gallia – +33
1.ARS SUR FORMANS
La Providence Centre Spirituel
Rue des Ecoles
01480 ARS SUR FORMANS
Tel. 4-74007165
Fax 4-74081079

2. BAYARD
Travailleuses Missionnaires
9 Avenue des Généraux Pierre
et Jean Marchand
52170 BAYARD-SUR-MARNE
Tel. 03-25555381
Fax 03-25558672

 

3. BESANÇON
Travailleuses Missionnaires
Foyer Saint François Xavier
12 rue du Lycée
25000 BESANCON
Tel. 03-81811011

 

4. DOMREMY LA PUCELLE
Accueil du Pèlerin
88630 DOMREMY LA PUCELLE
Tel. 03-29941438
Fax 03-2994025

 

5. DOMREMY LA PUCELLE
Travailleuses Missionnaires
Carmel du Bois Chenu
88630 DOMREMY LA PUCELLE
Tel. 03-29069356
Fax 03-29068449

 

6. LES FINS
Travailleuses Missionnaires
“Les Suchaux”
12, Rue des Fontaines
25500 LES FINS
Tel. 03-381670178

7. LIESSE NOTRE DAME
Travailleuses Missionnaires
Centre Spirituel N. D. de Liesse
5, rue de la plume au vent
02350 LIESSE NOTRE DAME

8. LISIEUX
Ermitage Ste. Thérèse
23 Rue du Carmel
14100 LISIEUX
Tel. 02-31485510
Fax 02-31628865

9. LISIEUX
Travailleuses Missionnaires
Foyer Louis et Zélie Martin
15 Avenue Sainte Thérèse
14100 LISIEUX
Tel. 02-31620933
Fax 02-31628865

10. LOURDES
Travailleuses Missionnaires
Maison saint Pierre et saint Paul
5 route de la forêt
65100 LOURDES
Tel. 0562-428158

11. MENTON
Travailleuses Missionnaires
Le Home
6, rue du Louvre
06500 MENTON
Tel. 04-9335751
Fax 04-92103834

12. MARSEILLE
L’Eau Vive
de Notre-Dame de la Garde
rue Fort du Sanctuaire
13006 MARSEILLE
Tel. 04-91378662
Fax 04-91372897

13. PARIS
Travailleuses Missionnaires
33 Boulevard Magenta
75010 PARIS
Tel. 01-42066498
Fax 01-42060688

14. TOULON
L’Eau Vive de Toulon
131 Rue de la République
83000 TOULON
Tel. 04-94928071
Fax 04-94899073

Italia – +39
15. ROMA
Conseil de Direction Internat.
Famille Missionnaire Donum Dei
Via dell’Esquilino, 38
00185 ROMA
Tel. 06-4825447
Fax 06-485513

16. ROMA
Restaurant des T.M.
Via Monterone, 85
00186 ROMA
Tel. 06-68802101/06-68801095
Fax 06-68802571

Res Publica Ceca – +420
17. BRNO
Misionařky prace
P. Marie Neposkvrněné
Restaurant L’Eau Vive
Petrov 3
602 00 BRNO
Tel. 543-235-135
Tel./Fax 543-235-164

AMERICA
Argentina – +54
18. LUJAN
Eau Vive de Argentina
2112 Constitución
6700 LUJAN (Bs. As.)
Tel. 2323-421774
Fax 2323-432 010

Brasilia – +55
19. RIO DE JANEIRO
Trabalhadoras Missionarias
Caixa Postal 5001 Posto VI
22072-970 RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ
Tel./Fax 0221-267-0148

Mexicum – +52
20. TEPATITLAN
Trabajadoras Misioneras
Guadalupe - Victoria n/451 A
47600 TEPATITLAN, Jalisco
Tel./Fax 37823971

Peruvia – +51
21. LIMA
L’Eau Vive del Perú
Apartado 3188
370 Jirón Ucayali
LIMA I
Tel. 1-4275612
Fax 1-4271669

AFRICA
Burcina Faso – +226
22. BOBO DIOULASSO
L’Eau-Vive de Bobo
01 B.P. 650
BOBO DIOULASSO 01
Tel. 20972087
Fax 20971968

23. OUAGADOUGOU
L’Eau Vive Burkinabé
01 B.P. 117 - Place du Marche
OUAGADOUGOU 01
Tel. 50310650
Fax 50315023

Kenia – +254
24. NAIROBI
Travailleuses Missionnaires
Maison Roussel
P.O. Box 200
Karen
00502 NAIROBI
Tel. 288-3867

ASIA
India – +91
25. PONDICHERRY
Jeanne Victorien
Travailleuses Missionaires
21 rue Laporte
605 001 PONDICHERRY
Tel. 4-132224532

Philippinae – +63
26. MANILA
Missionary Family “Donum Dei”
1499 Paz Mendoza Guazon Avenue
Otis Paco
2801 MANILA
Tel. 2-5638558
Fax 2-5638559

OCEANIA
Insulae Uveanus et Futunensis –
+681
27. ILES WALLIS
Travailleuses Missionnaires
B.P. 88 Hahake – Finetomai
98600 ILES WALLIS
Tel./Fax 722754

Novae Caledoniae – +687
28. NOUMEA
L’Eau Vive du Pacifique
112 Route du Port Despointes
NOUMEA
Tel. 286123
Fax 283920

Vietnamia - +84
29. Hồ CHÍ MINH
L'Eau Vive du Sacré Coeur
(Nước Hằng Sống)
110A Bành Văn Trân
P. 7 - Q. Tân Bình 
Tp Hồ CHI MINH
Tel. 8-8641079

30. Hồ CHÍ MINH
La crèche de Sài Gòn 
195/46D Trần Văn Đang
P.11 - Quận 3 
Tp Hồ CHÍ MINH
Tel. 8-8845202

31. VUNG TAU
La crèche de Vườn Điều
(Trường Mầm Non Dân Lập Vườn Điều)
209 Hoàng Hoa Thám
P Tháng Tám
Tp VUNG TAU
Tel. 64 85 42 20


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