The feast of our lady of Mount Carmel was celebrated with solemnity. Fr.Joe Tauro was the main celebrant, Fr. Clifford preached homily.

Reflections:

1. Pope Benedict XV, addressing seminarians in Rome:
   "Let all of you have a common language and a common armor: The language, the sentences of the Gospel - the common armor, the Brown Scapular of the Virgin of Carmel which you ought to wear and which enjoys the singular privilege and protection after death."

2. "One of the most remarkable effects of sacramentals is the virtue to drive away evil spirits whose mysterious and baleful operations affect sometimes the physical activity of man. To combat this occult power the Church has recourse to exorcism, and sacramentals" (The Catholic Encyclopedia., 1913, VXIII, p. 293).

3. Mary, Mother of God and Our Mother
   "When Mary became the Mother of Jesus, true God and true Man, She also became our Mother. In His great mercy, Jesus wished to call us His brothers and sisters, and by this name He constituted us adopted children of Mary." - St. John Bosco