tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2169603194808629712024-02-18T17:42:11.694-08:00CARMEL: the Order of the VirginUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216960319480862971.post-40857996852979314192010-07-15T20:19:00.000-07:002012-01-21T08:13:10.836-08:00La Bruna: The Virgin of Tenderness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPIVmwqGC7Xr1RzkE4z28508mUb-2TtrfrmfxItlCp93trB0Wp5ZoK7CTwZI5CCH4QvgMdaJOZTmWfxDh2hmHhzzFepEz6MWyLHC0Jwt_hkemxoQy5caS7jTI2cPCBzM-EgqY3sY2mh0/s1600-h/Virgin+of+Carmel+icon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPIVmwqGC7Xr1RzkE4z28508mUb-2TtrfrmfxItlCp93trB0Wp5ZoK7CTwZI5CCH4QvgMdaJOZTmWfxDh2hmHhzzFepEz6MWyLHC0Jwt_hkemxoQy5caS7jTI2cPCBzM-EgqY3sY2mh0/s640/Virgin+of+Carmel+icon.jpg" width="394" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <b> </b></span></span><br />
<div style="color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first Image of the Virgin venerated by the Carmelite Order. The Virgin of Tenderness, or </span><span style="font-size: large; font-style: italic;">Eleousa</span> in Greek, is the prototype said to have come from the hand of the Evangelist, St. Luke, who, according to tradition, was also an iconographer. Forced by the Islamic invasion of the Holy Land in the 13th century to leave their beautiful homeland, the Carmelites traveled for safety from Mt. Carmel to Europe, carrying with them the precious icon.</div><div style="color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: large;">I</span><span style="font-size: large;">t was enshrined above the high altar of their church in Naples, and there, because of the dark skin tone of the Mother and Child, it came to be known as </span><span style="font-size: large; font-style: italic;">La Bruna. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> It remained in this place of honor for over 100 years, and many miracles took place until </span><span style="font-size: large;">the icon was removed to a side altar by a royal decree. In the jubilee year of 1500, </span><span style="font-size: large;">pious citizens of Naples</span><span style="font-size: large;"> carried the icon in procession to Rome. During the pilgrimage, people were again miraculously cured. Skeptical of these miracles,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">“King Frederic II of Naples conceived a plan to test the power of the Heavenly Mother. He ordered that all the sick and infirm [of the city] assemble before the image with written documentation of their maladies. High Mass was celebrated and special hymns were sung, and when the miraculous picture was unveiled, a ray of light fell upon the face of the Madonna, reflecting its brilliance on the assembled sick. The instantaneous healing of each person was authenticated”</span> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Summary and quotation from ~Joan Carroll Cruz <i>Miraculous Images of Our Lady</i>. Rockford: TAN, 1993. </span></div><div style="color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even though it was not until the 19th century that <b>La Bruna</b> was </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_84139199"><i>Crowned</i> by the decree of the Vatican Council, <b>11 July 1875</b></a></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/questions/yq2/yq307.html">,</a> these joyful 17th and 18th century engravings depict the return of the icon to its place of honor in the Church:</span> </div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: large;"> and a priest clothed in the Carmelite habit. </span><span style="color: #fce5cd; font-size: large;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Small original hand colored engraving. France 1700's. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiysWuqQhYYdNWRWs-kYyvNFc7TcQZ6oB72KaGG6D6WpDssXGBYYIVcsKUj0_zgsW7U_5dOgzdC-6O_u7oli0cYiz6gAJlB-1V6FYAMcM-rBJKT2f-ZgwjPTuuc2TqMuCfk45LkI5_hU_k/s1600-h/Our+Lady+of+Mount+Carmel+-+Brugge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiysWuqQhYYdNWRWs-kYyvNFc7TcQZ6oB72KaGG6D6WpDssXGBYYIVcsKUj0_zgsW7U_5dOgzdC-6O_u7oli0cYiz6gAJlB-1V6FYAMcM-rBJKT2f-ZgwjPTuuc2TqMuCfk45LkI5_hU_k/s640/Our+Lady+of+Mount+Carmel+-+Brugge.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Pray for Us</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">K. van de Vyvere - Petyr Brugge</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">CARMELITE WEDNESDAYS:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A few Carmelites still observe a special day of devotion to "<b>La Bruna</b>" on Wednesday of each week with a liturgy, devotions, and the commitment to show Christian love towards those who are in need.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Illustrated here is a 20th. century Italian holy card with westernized depiction of the ancient icon; note added details of the the Scapular as revealed to St. Simon Stock in the 12th cent. and the 19th century crowning of the icon. How easily the past is rewritten and its true beauty all but forgotten.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216960319480862971.post-60327064541737135392010-07-15T00:28:00.002-07:002014-07-26T15:19:21.919-07:00Feast of O.L.of Mount Carmel: July 16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Novena Prayer</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">O, FLOWER OF CARMEL,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">BLOSSOMING VINE,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">SPLENDOR OF HEAVEN,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">MOST FRUITFUL VIRGIN </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">AND GENTLE MOTHER, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">HELP YOUR CHILDLREN, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">O STAR OF THE SEA.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">ROOT OF JESSE, </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">FROM WHICH </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">THE FLOWER SPRANG, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">KEEP US YOUR SERVANTS </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">WITH YOU FOREVER.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">LILY AMONG THORNS, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">TEACH PURITY TO OUR SOULS.</span><br />
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The Feast of O.L. of Carmel on July 16 celebrates the revelation of the Brown Scapular to St. Simon Stock.</div>
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<a href="http://helpfellowship.org/OCDS%20Lessons/Lesson%2013.htm"><span style="font-size: large;">With Mary the Mother of Jesus</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Scapular Message of Joseph </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Chalmers O.Carm, Prior General Camilo Maccise OCD, Superior General</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGoOna9VNjE&NR=1">O. L. of Mt. Carmel</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGoOna9VNjE&NR=1"> Video</a></b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216960319480862971.post-76380502190473284082010-07-15T00:10:00.000-07:002014-01-23T17:47:11.179-08:00Mother of Divine Grace (Mater Gratiae) Feast Day: July 23<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.stl-ocds.org/blog/?p=167">Mother of Divine Grace</a> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Vienna, Austria The beautiful image</span><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-size: large;">that is venerated on this day has an <a href="http://www.sspx.ca/EucharisticCrusade/2003_May/Mary_Sweet_Mother.htm">interesting story</a> and carries a wonderful promise. The oil painting known as </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mater Gratiae </b></span><span style="font-size: large;">and also as </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Our Lady of the Bowed Head </b></span><span style="font-size: large;">was rescued from a pile of abandoned ruins</span><span style="font-size: large;"> and lovingly restored in 1610 by <a href="http://torchbearersforthequeen.blogspot.com/2008/06/venerable-dominics-miraculous-image-of.html">Ven. Dominic of Jesus and Mary</a>, of the Order of Discalced Carmelites.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> According to his testimony, our Lady spoke to him and promised, </span><span style="color: #000066; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">"<span style="color: #76a5af;">'All those who implore my protection, devoutly honoring this picture, will obtain their petitions, and will receive many graces. Moreover, I shall hearken in a special manner to the prayers that shall be addressed to me for the relief of the souls in purgatory'"</span></span><span style="color: #f6b26b;"> </span></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">~Joan Carroll Cruz <i>Miraculous Images of Our Lady</i>. Rockford: TAN, 1993. </span><br />
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<i>His own son, your mother I will be. </i><br />
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<a href="http://www.stl-ocds.org/blog/?p=167">Our Lady, Mother of Divine Grace OCD Memorial </a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com