“there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord ...

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.

Other recent discoveries on Mount Carmel, which was the traditional scene of the contest between Elijah and the Prophets of Baal, were ancient relics of Baal worship. Share this: ...