Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Today is 16 July. It is the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

On this day, many people remember Mother Mary, how our Lady gave St. Simon Stock the brown scapular and the more prominent Carmelite nuns such as St. Teresa of Avila and St. Therese of Lisieux.

I remember all of that, too, but there is something more I remember. 16 July has a special significance to me and my family. On the 16th of July back in the 1980's, Our Lady gave us the gift of extra years with Mother.