Kilmallock Church

Mount Carmel is about 20 miles from Nazareth and overlooks the Mediterranean Sea. It was considered a symbol of blessing and beauty for its rich vegetation and a place of sacred memory to remember the second covenant between God and Israel.

The prophet Elijah prayed at Mount Carmel for rain, which was announced by a little cloud rising from the sea and the little cloud was subsequently identified as a symbol for Mary and eventually developed into the title Star of the Sea.

Today is the liturgical feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, first celebrated in England in the later part of the 14th century, in commemoration of the approval of the rule of the Carmelite Order a 100 years earlier. According to legend, a religious community was established even before the time of Christ on Mount Carmel.

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