The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, celebrated on July 16, was first instituted in the late 14th century in commemoration of the approval of the rule of the Carmelite Order a hundred years earlier.

As if God doesn’t know, God asks Elijah why he has come to Mount Horeb. Elijah, perhaps with a bit of snark, reminds God that he is hiding from a ruthless tyrant who has already harmed so many ...