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St. John of the Cross, discussing the kinds of places where God chooses to be "invoked and worshipped", mentions Mount Horeb, "to which he sent our Father Elijah". John goes on to offer spiritual guidance for his readers based on the examples.
The prophet Elijah appears in Scripture as a man of God who lived always in His presence and fought zealously for the worship of the one God. He defended God's law in a solemn contact on Mt. Carmel, and afterwards was given on Mt. Horeb an intimate experience of the living God. The hermits who instituted a form of monastic life in honor of Our Lady on Mt. Carmel in the twelfth century, followed monastic tradition in turning to Elijah as their Father and model.
St. Titus Brandsma advises us that when we face difficulties, "Pray with Mary the Mother of the Lord. Turn your eye to God and ask Him what you should do."
Discalced Carmelite historian Peter-Thomas Rohrbach shows us how our First Reading for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) fits within the Carmelite legend of Elijah and Elisha and the Carmelite tradition, which indicates that we have inherited their double spirit.
In her article for the Augsburg Post in March 1935, St Edith Stein mentioned the origin of the brown scapular of Carmel: "the Blessed Virgin appeared to the general of the Order, Simon Stock, an Englishman, and gave him the scapular." Edith takes this piece of Carmelite tradition and firmly plants it within the Order's Marian spirituality.
Saint Edith Stein writes, "The legend of the Order tells us that the Mother of God would have liked to remain with the hermit brothers on Mount Carmel. We can certainly understand that she felt drawn to the place where she had been venerated through the ages..."
Carmelites [...] feel constrained to undertake this persevering march toward the mountain of God where fire burns but does not consume.
The offense that the misguided people give to the Lord by their manner of worship hurts Elijah so much that he wants to die.
"This prophet whom God commanded to go forth into the desert... is to be the model of all who withdraw into solitude"
Elijah stands before God’s face because all of his love belongs to the Lord. He lives outside all natural human relationships.
ZELO ZELATUS SUM PRO DOMINO DEO EXERCITUUM: I have been most zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts
Ambrosius of St. Arsenius, the first Carmelite to die on Mount Carmel in a letter to his General (1634), he tells how he saw the very first church in the world erected in honour of the Mother of God. Behind the altar was the cave where Elijah hid...
We live in a time of radicalism... let us be radical as well
Scripture presents Elijah as a man of crystalline faith
May I ask you for a memento to our holy Father (St.) Elijah
Elijah, the prophets and conversion of heart: Elijah is the "father" of the prophets
All of the Carmelites proclaim Elijah to be their guide and father
ZELO ZELATUS SUM PRO DOMINO DEO EXERCITUUM: I have been most zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts
Carmel finds in Mary the fullness of the spirit that is its own
He trudged across the country, proclaiming truth to those who needed to hear it
!["I took for my advocate and lord the glorious St. Joseph and earnestly recommended myself to him. [...] I don’t recall up to this day ever having petitioned him for anything that he failed to grant."](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t39.30808-6/336879821_1374507696727108_3000064146961560788_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=GeKBPoaKfMcAX9shUqP&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfDrfWUU45P4ozvDEXryS1x7VAQ2kKpuY7CQu61x-qE-zA&oe=64238CFB)
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