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Mount Carmel is a coastal mountain range in Israel overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Its name is derived from the Hebrew "Karem El" which means 'vineyards of God'. In ancient times it was covered by vineyards and was famous for its fertility.

Biblically, Mt. Carmel is referenced most often as a symbol of beauty and fertility. To be given the "splendor of Carmel" was to be blessed indeed (Isa 35:2). Solomon praised his beloved: "your head crowns you like Mount Carmel" (Song 7:5). But for Carmel to wither was a sign of devastating judgment (Nahum 1:4).

Saints of Carmel

Questions from the Stream

Here are the answers to quiz 11.

Carmel Quiz 11 — Answers
Note: St. Teresa of Avila is the saint who is pictured but who does not correspond to any of the correct answers in the quiz. Did you get it right?

1) Who said: "Cares do not bother the detached person."
St. Augustine
The Little Flower
St. John of the Cross
St. Peter the Rock

2) Who said: "In solitude He guides her, He alone, Who also bears in solitude the wound of love."
Blessed John Soreth
St. John of the Cross
St. Edith Stein
St. Titus Brandsma

3) Which Carmelite Saint is known as a model for Carmelites and the world?
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
St. Teresa of Avila
St. Elijah
St. Edith Stein

4) Who is known as the Father General of our Carmelite Order?
St. Elijah
St. Simon Stock
St. Albert, Patriarch of Jerusalem
St. John of the Cross

5) Which Carmelite said this: "Sanctity does not consist in saying beautiful things, it does not even consist in thinking them, feeling them! It consists in suffering and suffering everything."
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
St. Edith Stein
Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity
St. Teresa of Avila

6) Which Carmelite said: "A Carmelite sanctifies herself in order to make all the Church's members holy... Let's live intimately united with Him, since one who loves tends to be united with the one loved. The fusing of two souls is done through love."
St. Edith Stein
St. Teresa of Jesus of Los Andes
Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity
St. Teresa of Avila

7) Who said: "With zeal I am zealous for the Lord God of Hosts."
Bl. Titus Brandsma
St. Teresa of Avila
St. Elijah
St. John of the Cross

8) Who said this: "O my God, fill my soul with holy joy, courage and strength to serve You."
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
St. Elijah
St. Edith Stein
Blessed John Soreth

BONUS QUESTION: Who said: "Come! Consume in us whatever prevents us from being consumed in you."
St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
St. Angelus
St. Albert of Trapani
St. John of the Cross


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