Calced and Discalced

One of the tasks I have as a formator in Carmel is to explain to newcomers the division between the Calced and the Discalced.  On the face of it this division feels somewhat uncomfortable today, but I like to point out to them that many religious orders have undergone such divisions in the course of their history – the Franciscans being a good example.  In this connection, today is the feast day of a Capuchin friar, St Lawrence of Brindisi (1559-1610), and I found this on the Catholic Culture website about him: ‘St. Lawrence of Brindisi (1559-1619) was one of the early Capuchins, the first Capuchin to be named a Doctor of the Church, and the third Franciscan so named, after St. Anthony of Padua, and St. Bonaventure. Just as the Discalced Carmelites were reformers within the Carmelite order, the Capuchins were reformers within the Franciscan order. '

Intercessions

RIP Jacqui, Sister Maisie

Cancer: Brian Davis, Bernard (and wife Angela caring for him), Fr Jon Bielowski (Plymouth Diocese), Catherine, Alex (43 with five children), Theresa K, Elena

Sophie – newborn having heart surgery; Sianna, young child in the post-operative phase; James, recovering from heart surgery

Ivy – sick child

Brian (recovering from Pneumonia)

Kevin (heart attack)

William Gove (in recovery)

Illness:  Katy Keeling

Siena, Elara – sick children

David OCDS – housebound

Grace – troubling ailments, job difficulties, family (deceased mother and health of father)

Mark – brain infection

Michael, Kira – vulnerable youngsters

Defence of the unborn and the elderly

We are asked to pray for the Diocese of Chiang Mai and Northern Thailand, as the Northern Mission celebrates its centenary. The process of selecting a new bishop continues.