The Flowers of Mount Carmel
[Sr. Mary Stephen, OCD, photographer]
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  The almond tree is known on Mount Carmel as the "watchman of spring." Its first buds appear as springtime draws near. |
 "Then Jacob took fresh rods of poplar and almond..." Genesis 30:37 |
 "My beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone." Song of Solomon 2:10-13 |
 "The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land." Song of Solomon 2:12 |
 Trefoils open their golden blossoms to greet the morning sun. |
 "The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love." St. Thérèse of Lisieux |
 Queen Anne herself was never arrayed as beautifully as these flowers that bear her name. |
 Mount Carmel is adorned with many varieties of bougainvillaea, each one more beautiful than the next. |
 "Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil. " Song of Solomon 4:3 |
 "The vine withers, the fig tree languishes. Pomegranate, palm, and apple, all the trees of the field are withered." Joel 1:12 |
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Last Updated September 2000. Copyright 1999, 2000 Deborrah Thurston, ocds
