{"id":27844,"date":"2013-07-16T21:12:52","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T01:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2013\/07\/our-lady-of-mount-carmel-4\/"},"modified":"2013-07-16T21:12:52","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T01:12:52","slug":"our-lady-of-mount-carmel-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2013\/07\/our-lady-of-mount-carmel-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Lady of Mount Carmel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was asking myself why today’s feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a universal feast of the Church. But, why, then, is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary a widespread feast? Because of the popularity of the devotion is a good approximate answer. Go to Mary for help is a certain gesture of dependence.<\/span><\/p>\n


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The feast recalls a 1226 victory over enemies of the Church and the Carmelite friars, and it also recalls the reception of the scapular by Saint Simon Stock on this date in 1251.<\/span><\/p>\n


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By the 14th century the proposed feast received approval of the Roman Pontiffs Honorius III and later by Sixtus V; over the years it has been questioned by ecclesiastical figures and found to be appropriate for the Carmelite order with a proper vigil Mass and a privileged octave.<\/span><\/p>\n


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Our Lady of Mount Carmel’s feast is another feast of the Virgin Mary that focuses our eyes on the Lord. And, we can never have a enough of that.<\/span><\/p>\n


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You may be interested in reading this piece on scapulars<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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