Flos Carmeli Flos Carmeli Flower of Carmel Flos Carmeli was used by the Carmelites as the sequence for the Feast of St Simon Stock, and, since 1663, for the Feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel. It also appears in an ancient metrical office of Carmel as an antiphon and responsory. Childbearing yet maiden.
None equals thee.
Mater mitis sed viri nescia Carmelitis esto propitia stella maris. Who no man didst know, On Carmel's children Thy favors bestow. Star of the Sea. Radix Jesse germinans flosculum Nos ad esse tecum in saeculum patiaris. Strong stem of Jesse, Who bore one bright flower, Be ever near us And guard us each hour, who serve thee here.