Monday, 15 July 2013

THE SPLENDOUR OF CARMEL

PRAYER MOMENT

Tuesday 16 July 2013

THE SPLENDOUR OF CARMEL

Pause. Be still and enter your inner self..

Reading. “Let the desert and the dry lands be glad. … the splendour of Carmel is bestowed on it.” (Isaiah 35:1-2. Zech. 2:14-17)

Reflection. We take a break from the daily readings today to celebrate Our Lady of Mount Carmel, an unusual amalgam of associations. Carmel was the mountain in Galilee where Elijah battled with the prophets of Baal. And it was the mountain where a group gathered in the thirteenth century – they later became known as Carmelites - for a new battle devoting their lives to contemplation under the patronage of Mary who lived nearby in Nazareth. The mood is one of joy and promise – “let the dry lands be glad” – because God is active in our world revealing the beauty and splendour of people, even though it may be hidden from those same people’s eyes. 


Prayer. Lord, teach us to see the beauty in people, especially in the poor and those on the margins of our society. You know them and each one is important to you but I know that I often pass by and ignore them. Give me eyes that see and ears that hear.  Amen.

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