THE BROWN SCAPULAR
of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
"Whosoever dies clothed in this
shall never suffer eternal fire."
Mary's promise to Saint Simon Stock
July 16, 1251
"Wear it devoutly and perserveringly," she says to each soul, "it is my garment. To be clothed in it means you are continually thinking of me, and I in turn, am always thinking of you and helping you to secure eternal life."
THE SABBATINE PRIVELEGE
The blessed Virgin of Mt. Carmel has promised to save those who wear the scapular from
the fires of Hell; She will also shorten their stay in Purgatory if they should pass
from this world still owing some temporal debt of punishment.
The Blessed Virgin appeared to him and speaking of those who wear the Brown Scapular said: "I, the Mother of grace, shall descend on the Saturday after their death and whomsoever I shall find in Purgatory, I shall free, so that I may lead them to the holy mountain of life everlasting."
Pope Benedict XV, so anxious and determined to make it very clear to all that the medal was positively never meant to replace the brown cloth Scapular (except in extreme cases) declared on July 8, 1916: "'In order that one may see that it is Our desire that the Brown Scapular be worn we concede to it a grace the Scapular Medal shall not enjoy.' And the pontiff proceeded to grant an indulgence* of 500 days for each time the cloth Scapular is kissed". On July 16th, the Scapular feast, while addressing the seminarians of Rome, Benedict XV said: "Let all of you have a common language and a common armor: the language, the sentences of the Gospel; the common armor, the Scapular of the Virgin of Carmel, which you all ought to wear and which enjoys the singular privilege of protection even after death."
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*INDULGENCE: The remission in whole or in part for the temporal punishment due to sins. (Remission of time spent in Purgatory.)
"One day, through the rosary and the scapular, she will save the world."
St. Dominic
At Fatima, on October 13, 1917, Our Lady performed the great miracle of the sun.
While 70,000 people witnessed this miracle, the three children saw Our Lady with the Rosary;
Our Lord; St. Joseph with Child Jesus; Our Lady in blue; and finally,
Our Lady of Mount Carmel with the Brown Scapular.
The very fact that she was holding the brown scapular tells us that she wants us to take it and use it!
"The Rosary and the Scapular are inseparable!"
Sister Lucia
OUR LADY'S ROSARY MAKERS OF WEST MICHIGAN
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The Blessed Virgin assigned the following three conditions which must be fulfilled:
• WEAR THE BROWN SCAPULAR CONTINUOUSLY
• OBSERVE CHASTITY ACCORDING TO ONE'S STATE IN LIFE. (MARRIED/SINGLE)
• RECITE DAILY THE "LITTLE OFFICE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN."
OR, A) TO OBSERVE THE FASTS OF THE CHURCH TOGETHER WITH ABSTAINING FROM MEAT ON WEDNESDAY'S & SATURDAY'S.
OR, B) WITH PERMISSION OF A PRIEST TO PRAY FIVE DECADES OF OUR LADY'S MOST HOLY ROSARY.
OR, C) WITH THE PERMISSION OF A PRIEST TO SUBSTITUTE SOME OTHER GOOD WORK.
