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At its extremity, near the sea, Mount Carmel looks like a bold promontory which all but runs into the waves of the Mediterranean. [1]
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish is a diverse Catholic community of faith in East Lakeview. [2]
God’s vineyard) is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the Mediterranean Sea towards the southeast. [3]
In later Hebrew it is known simply as Karmel, and in modern Arabic as Kurmul, or more commonly as Jebel Mar Elias (Mountain of St. Elias). [...] As Nabuchodonosor towered proudly above the kings of the earth, so Carmel was prominent above the sea (Jeremiah 46:18). [1]
In union with the local and universal Church, we seek to glorify God by responding to the Gospel and promoting the human person through the celebration of the Eucharist, religious education and formation, and service programs. [2]
On the northeast, igneous rocks break out from a basalt formation which runs through the plain of Esdrelon and extends to the Sea of Galilee. [...] It was that of a public contest between Elias, the great champion of Yahweh worship, and the prophets of Baal, the Phoenician deity whose cult had lately been fully organized by the wicked Achab in the new capital of the Northern Kingdom. [1]
Between 1930 to 1932, Dorothy Garrod excavated four caves, and a number of rock shelters, in the Carmel mountain range at el-Wad, el-Tabun, and Es Skhul. [...] A Carmelite monastery was founded at the site shortly after the order itself was created, and was dedicated to Mary, in her aspect of Star of the Sea (stella maris in Latin) - a common medieval presentation of Mary; although Louis IX (of France) is commonly referred to as the founder, he was not, and had merely visited it in 1252. [3]
From this point, the ridge gradually retires from the coast and stretches southeast, ascending for about ten miles to its highest point and then sinking for nearly three miles more. [1]
We care for and empower people to grow as individuals and as a community in the life and love of Jesus Christ. [2]
According to the Books of Kings, there was an altar to Yahweh on the mountain, which had fallen into ruin by the time of Ahab, but was rebuilt by Elijah. [3]
Having repaired an ancient altar of Yahweh by means of twelve stones, the prophet disposed the wood, laid a bullock upon it, and got filled with water the trench which he had dug around the whole. [...] In ancient times the sacredness of Carmel seems to have been known to other nations besides Israel. [1]
Sources:
[1] CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mount Carmel
[2] Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
[3] Mount Carmel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia