Celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Saturday, July 17, 2021
5 PM Mass
Sunday, July 18, 2021
8 AM – 10 AM – 12 NOON Masses
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Join us for special Masses in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Special readings will be part of the feast day liturgy. Immediately following the 12 NOON Mass there will be a hospitality in the auditorium!
Tradition holds that the Blessed Mother appeared to Saint Simon Stock on July 16, 1251. Saint Simon Stock strived to lead the newly formed Carmelite Order and Mary offered to him a brown scapular that became part of the Carmelite’s habit. The Blessed Mother promised to Saint Simon Stock that anyone who died wearing the scapular would be saved. Devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel has focused on the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
It should be noted that the first Carmelites were Christians living in hermitages on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land during the 12th and 13th centuries. They built a chapel there and dedicated it to the Blessed Mother.
O most beautiful flower of Mount Carmel,
fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven,
Blessed Mother of the Son of God,
Immaculate Virgin,
assist me in my necessity.
O Star of the Sea,
help me and show me you are my Mother.
O Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Queen of Heaven and earth,
I humbly beseech you
from the bottom of my heart
to succor me in this necessity.
There are none that can withstand your power.
O Mary, conceived without sin,
pray for us who have recourse to thee.
Sweet Mother I place this cause in your hands.
Amen.