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July 10, 2022

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10 July 2022

Ordinary Form
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Deuteronomy 30,10-14
Psalm 69,14.17.30-31.33-34.36.37
Colossians 1,15-20
Luke 10,25-37

Extraordinary Form
5th Sunday post Pentecost

1Peter 3,8-15
Psalm 86,10.9
Psalm 20,1
Matthew 5,20-24

July 16
Our Lady of Mount Carmel

When on the holy day of Pentecost the Apostles, through heavenly inspiration, spoke divers tongues and worked many miracles by the invocation of the most holy name of Jesus, it is said that many men who were walking in the footsteps of the holy prophets Elijah and Elisha, and had been prepared for the coming of Christ by the preaching of John the Baptist, saw and acknowledged the truth, and at once embraced the faith of the Gospel.

These new Christians were so happy as to be able to enjoy familiar intercourse with the Blessed Virgin, and venerated her with so special an affection, that they, before all others, built a chapel to the purest of Virgins on that very spot of Mount Carmel where Elijah of old had seen the cloud, a remarkable type of the Virgin, ascending. Many times each day they came together to the new oratory, and with pious ceremonies, prayers, and praises honored the most Blessed Virgin as the special protectress of their Order.

For this reason, people from all parts began to call them the Brethren of the Blessed Mary of Mount Carmel; and the Sovereign Pontiffs not only confirmed this title, but also granted special indulgences to whoever called either the whole Order or individual Brothers by that name. But the most noble Virgin not only gave them her name and protection, she also bestowed upon Saint Simon Stock (c.1165- 1265), the Englishman, the holy scapular as a token, wishing the holy Order to be distinguished by that heavenly garment and to be protected by it from the evils that were assailing it. Moreover, as formerly the Order was unknown in Europe, and on that account many were importuning Pope Honorius III for its abolition, the loving Virgin Mary appeared by night to Honorius and clearly bade him receive both the Order and its members with kindness. The Blessed Virgin has enriched the Order so dear to her with many privileges, not only in this world, but also in the next (for everywhere she is most powerful and merciful).

From the Divine Office (Extraordinary Form) for July 16 the Commemoration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel