SOLEMNITY OF ST. ELIJAH
PROPHET AND FATHER OF CARMEL
...Wherever we direct our mental gaze, there we may be said to stand. That is why Elijah said: "The Lord lives, in whose sight I stand." He did indeed stand before God, for his heart was intent on God. That the Jews gazed at the pillar of cloud and stood at the doors of their tents in adoration, has this meaning: when the human mind perceives these high and heavenly things--albeit in image--the elevation of its thought has already lifted it free from the limits of its bodily habitation; and although it is denied sight of the divine substance, it humbly adores him whose power it can already see by spiritual illumination.
Scripture Reading from Evening Prayer I for this feast:
The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects. Elijah was a man of like nature with ourselves and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought for its fruit.
(James 5:16c-18)
Peace be with you!
Rosemarie, ocds
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