St. Elijah
Feast Day: July 20
Prophet and Our Father
Carmelite Solemnity
The prophet of God, Elijah, was the first leader of monks, from whom this holy and ancient way of life took its origin. For he, having reached divine contemplation and filled with the desire for higher things, withdrew far from the cities, and laying aside all earthly and worldly things, was the first to begin to devote himself to following the religious and prophetic eremitical life, which, under the inspiration and command of the Holy Spirit, he initiated and formulated. Then God appeared to him and commanded him to flee from normal human habitation and hide himself in the desert away from the crowds, and thereafter live like a monk in the desert according to the way of life made known to him.
Excerpt from The Ten Books on the Way of Life and Great Deeds of the Carmelites, Felip Ribot, O.Carm.
Peace be with you!
Rosemarie, OCDS
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