Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

“for a blameless man hurried to their defence. Wielding the weapons of his sacred office, prayer and expiating incense, he confronted Retribution and put an end to the plague, thus showing that he was your servant.” Wisdom 18:21

Aaron, the Priest of God, stopped the deadly pestilence from wiping out the House of Israel with his ministry of prayer and expiation. In our own times, it is the Blessed Virgin who has played a pivotal role in the cessation of all kinds of plagues and heresies. Several times while the Church has been on the brink of destruction, she has intervened to present messengers of mercy to the world. As our Lady of Mount Carmel, She has raised up a host of saints throughout the centuries who have renewed the Church in some of the most difficult moments of its existence.