Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast Day

A CELEBRATION OF OUR LADY OF

Mount Carmel

Friday, July 19, 2013

PROGRAM BOOKLET

Our Lady of Mount Carmel CARM-EL - “THE GARDEN OF GOD�

Opening Song: Gentle Woman Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blest is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death. Amen.

Gentle woman, quiet light, morning star, so strong and bright; gentle Mother, peaceful dove, teach us wisdom, teach us love.

You were chosen by the Father, you were chosen for the Son. You were chosen from all women, and for women, shining one.

Gentle . . .

Blessed are you among women. Blest in turn, all women too.

Blessed they with peaceful spirits. Blessed they with gentle hearts.

Gentle . . .

Litany of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Lord, have mercy Lord, have mercy Christ, have mercy Christ, have mercy Lord, have mercy Lord, have mercy Father in heaven, our God, have mercy on us!

Son, Word, Savior of the world, our God, have mercy on us!

Holy Spirit, our God have mercy on us!

Blessed Trinity, one God have mercy on us!

Holy Mary, pray for us!

Holy Mother of God

pray for us!

Continue through all the titles of Mary

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

forgive us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

hear us, O Lord.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world,

have mercy on us.

Pray for us, O holy Mother of God,

that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray: Lord God, you willed that the Order of Carmel should be named in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of your Son. Through her prayers as we honor her today bring us to your holy Mountain, Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit for all the eternal ages. Amen.

Salve Regina Salve Regina, mater misericordiae; vita dulcedo, et spes nostra salve.

Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae. At te suspiramus gementes et flentes in hac lacrymarum valle. Eja ergo Advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculus ad nos converte. Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exilium ostende. O clemens; O pia; O dulcis Virgo Maria.

Silence – in silence we pray for the heart of Mary – being sensitive to the presence and voice of God within and around as we walk through life.

O Sanctissima (O Most Holy one) Mary, full of grace, Splendor of our race; holy Virgin Maria!

Pray for us to Christ, your Son, now and when our life is done! Ora, ora pro nobis!

Mother, Virgin pure, Hope and Refuge sure, lead us safely to Jesus!

Spirit filled and lowly, Mirror of the Holy! Ora, ora pro nobis!

Hail Mary

Sing of Mary Sing of Mary, pure and lowly, Virgin Mother undefiled. Sing of God’s own Son most holy, Who bécame her little child. Fairest child of fairest mother, God the Lord who came to earth. Word made flesh our very brother, takes our nature by his birth.

Sing of Jesus, son of Mary, in the home at Nazareth. Toil and labor cannot weary, love enduring unto to death. Constant was the love he gave her, though he went forth from her side, forth to preach and heal and suffer, till on Calvary he died.

Glory be to God the Father; Glory be to God the Son; Glory be to God the Spirit; Glory to the Three in One. From the heart of blessed Mary, from all saints the song ascends, and the Church the strain re-echoes unto earth’s remotest ends.

Hail Mary Immaculate Mary Imaculate Mary, your praises we sing. You reign now in heaven with Jesus our King. Ave, Ave, Ave Maria! Ave, Ave Maria!

In heaven the blessed your glory proclaim; on earth we your children invoke your fair name. Ave.

Consecration to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Celebrating this feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, I renew my baptismal commitment to follow Christ more closely in the way I live my life.

Following the Carmelite spirit, made sacred by the prayerful search and prophetic zeal of Elijah the Prophet, founding spirit, I, (NN, speak your name) consecrate myself totally to God. Following the example of Mary, our Sister in faith and the “Lady of this place”, I seek to live in God’s presence, be sensitive to the movements of God’s Spirit, and to enflesh and discover the living God in the people and experiences of my life.

Living under the brown scapular, the mantel of Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, I promise to be a person of listening prayer, united with God’s family, the human community, and to serve others with Gospel simplicity and self-giving generosity. By the grace of the Holy Spirit, I will strive for perfect charity in the service of God and God’s people.

Final Song: Flos Carmeli

Flos Carmeli, Flower of Carmel

vitis florigera, Vine, blossom laden

Splendor caeli, Splendor of heaven

Virgo puerpera Virgin Mother of God’s Son Singularis Most special one Mater mitis; Gentle Mother

sed viri nescia who knew not man Carmelitis You are

esto propitia Carmel’s special blessing

Stella Maris Star of the sea.

Prayer to our Lady of Mount Carmel (by M. Susan Lautenbach)

O most radiant blossom in the garden of God, who opened so completely to the seed of Divine love ~ plant yourself now in the reality of my heart.

Turning to you as sister ~ take my hand in yours

and share with me your gift of faith . . .

as we climb the mountain of God, remind me

that the overshadowing presence of the Holy Spirit

will open the vision of my soul to all that I cannot see.

Yearning for you as mother ~ lift me onto your lap

and hold me gently in the arms of hope,

sharing with me the promise of new life

passing from one generation to the next.

Reaching out to you as patroness ~ enfold me in your mantle of care,

permeate my spirit with the grace of love‌

may my yield for you be full

and my service to God complete.

As Our Lady of This Place ~ continue to be my guiding star; ignite in me wisdom ~ that I might follow your lead ‌ conceiving the Word within, and bringing Jesus to birth in yet a new day and time.

Eucharist: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Gathering Song: Gentle Woman Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blest is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of death. Amen.

Gentle woman, quiet light, morning star, so strong and bright; gentle Mother, peaceful dove, teach us wisdom, teach us love.

You were chosen by the Father, you were chosen for the Son. You were chosen from all women, and for women, shining one.

Gentle . . .

Blessed are you among women. Blest in turn, all women too.

Blessed they with peaceful spirits. Blessed they with gentle hearts. Gentle . . .

First Reading: 1 Kings 18: 42b – 45a Responsorial Psalm: Draw us after you, Virgin Mary, We shall follow in your footsteps Second Reading: Galatians 4: 4 – 7 Gospel: John 19: 25 – 27

Prep of Gifts: I Sing A Maid I sing a maid of tender years, to whom an angel came, and knelt, as to a mighty queen, and bowed his wings of flame: a nation’s hope in her reply, this maid of matchless grace; for God’s own Son became her child, and she his resting place.

She watched him grow to manhood’s strength, to meet his destiny, and when the danger of his truth, brought him to Calvary; she stood by him all powerless to ease his dying pain, ‘til in the darkest hour of all, she held her son again.

And if the song had ended then, our eyes would fill with tears, but ah! the song had just begun to echo down the years! Now lift your voices, hearts and souls, to sing with one accord: to honor Mary, Mother of the Christ, the Risen Lord!

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Prayer O most radiant blossom in the garden of God, Who opened so completely to the seed of Divine love ~ Plant yourself now in the reality of my heart.

Turning to you as sister ~ Take my hand in yours and share with me your gift of faith… as we climb the mountain to God, remind me that the overshadowing presence of the Holy Spirit will open the vision of my soul to all that I cannot see.

Yearning for you as mother ~ lift me onto your lap and hold me gently in the arms of hope, sharing with me the promise of new life, passing from one generation to the next.

Reaching out to you as patroness ~ enfold me in your mantle of care; permeate my spirit with the grace of love… may my yield for you be full, and my service to God complete.

As Our Lady of the Place ~ continue to be my guiding star; ignite in me wisdom ~ that I might follow your lead… conceiving the Word within, and bringing Jesus to birth in yet a new day and time.

- M. Susan Lautenbach

Salve Regina Salve Regina, mater misericordiae; vita dulcedo, et spes nostra salve. Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae. At te suspiramus gementes et flentes in hac lacryma-rum valle. Eja ergo Advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculus ad nos converte.

Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exilium ostende. O clemens; O pia; O dulcis Virgo Maria.

Final Song: The Magnificat (to the tune of Amazing Grace) My soul proclaims the Lord my God My spirit sings God’s praise!

He looks on me, He lifts me up and gladness fills my days.

All nations now will share my joy, His gifts God has outpoured; His little ones He has made great, I magnify the Lord.

God’s mercy is for evermore!

His name I praise again, His strong right arm puts down the proud And raises lowly ones.

He fills the hungry with good things, The rich He sends away.

The promise made to Abraham is filled by Him each day.

Magnificat, Magnificat!

Magnificat, bless God! Magnificat, Magnificat, Magnificat, bless God!

Society of the Little Flower 1313 North Frontage Road Darien, IL 60561 800-621-2806 www.littleflower.org facebook.com/SaintThereseofLisieux Thank you for being a part of our Carmelite family and sharing this special celebration with us! We hope you’ll join us for future events here at the Carmelite campus in Darien, including the Feast Day Celebration for St. Therese of Lisieux on October 1, 2013.

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