FAITH SHARING COMPETITION – Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Community – OCDS, Margao : Sunday 11th Aug 2024
August is a jubilant month as many of our members celebrate their birthdays during this time. On Sunday, August 11th, 2024, We, the members of the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Community, OCDS, Margao, gathered to partake in the Faith Sharing competition.
We also took this opportunity to celebrate the birthday of our Spiritual Assistant, Rev. Fr. Lancy Mendonca, along with the birthdays of those born in the month of August.
The meeting began with evening prayer, followed by meditation for around 20 minutes.
We then had a spiritual talk by our Superior Rev. Fr. Marlon focused on a concise summary of St. Teresa’s of Avila’s Interior Castle where he explained St. Teresa's journey toward achieving union with God through the seven mansions. He further went on to explain entering the door of first mansion is only through Prayer where the soul needs to spend time in the rooms of “self-knowledge” and humility.
Rev. Fr. Marlon guided us to follow the below steps to
• Live in allegiance to Jesus Christ.
• Be diligent in meditating on the law of the Lord.
• Dedicate time to spiritual reading, particularly the works of the Saints and those of our Order.
• Participate in the Church’s Liturgy, including both the Eucharist and the Liturgy of the Hours.
• Be attentive to the needs and well-being of others.
• Equip ourselves with the practice of the humility virtue as we pursue a vibrant life of faith, hope, and charity.
• Seek interior silence and solitude in our prayer life.
• Strive to deepen our prayer life, leading to service in God’s Kingdom on Earth.
The evening continued with the cutting of the cake for Fr. Lancy Mendonca and all those celebrating their birthdays in August.
The highlight of the evening was a faith-sharing competition among the members, where participants composed a song about the life of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, followed by the distribution of prizes.
Our participants created lyrical songs, and some even performed duets. It was lovely to hear about St. Therese of the Child Jesus through these songs. This
