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In the 13th century, during the Crusades, St. Simon Stock joined a group of hermits on Mount Carmel during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.  As Simon Stock knelt in prayer on Sunday July 16th, 1251, Our Lady appeared to him, holding the Child Jesus in one arm and the Brown Scapular in the other.  She said: “Hoc erit tibi et cunctis Carmelitis privilegium, in hoc habitu moriens salvabitur” (This shall be the privilege for you and for all the Carmelites, that anyone dying in this habit shall be saved).   

The scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel is also known as the Brown Scapular; it is one of the most well-known and well-received of Roman Catholic devotions. The sacramental used by the laity is a miniature of the actual brown scapular used by the Carmelites, i.e. the brown sleeveless outer garment falling from the shoulders which they wear as a sign of their vocation and devotion.

Our Lady gave St. Simon a scapular for the Carmelites with the following promise, saying, “Receive, My beloved son, this habit of thy order: this shall be to thee and to all Carmelites a privilege, that whosoever dies clothed in this shall never suffer eternal fire…It shall be a sign of salvation, a protection in danger, and a pledge of peace.”

There is also what is known as the Sabbatine Privilege attached to the wearing of the Brown Scapular.  According to Pope John XXII, the Blessed Virgin gave him this message in a vision regarding those who wear the Brown Scapular: “I, the Mother of Grace, shall descend on the Saturday (Sabbath) 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.”

Church tradition has it that there are three conditions which need to be fulfilled to obtain the benefits of this Privilege:

1. Wear the Brown Scapular
2. Observe chastity according to one’s state in life
3. Pray the Rosary

In order to receive the spiritual blessings associated with the Scapular, it is necessary to be formally enrolled in the Brown Scapular by either a priest or a lay person who has been given this faculty.  Once enrolled, no other Scapular need be blessed before wearing.  The blessing and imposition are attached to the wearer for life.

... fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.

~Isaiah 41:10

The principal enemy of our peace is not exterior circumstances or attitudes of others, it’s our lack of faith and trust in God, which makes us lose our certainty that he can draw good out of anything, and that he will never abandon us.

~ Fr. Jacques Philippe 

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Totally yours, 
Immaculate Conception, Mary my Mother, 
Live in me, Act in me, 
Speak in me and through me, 
Think your thoughts in my mind, 
Love through my heart, 
Give me your dispositions and feelings, 
Teach, lead me and guide me to Jesus, 
Correct, enlighten and expand my thoughts and behavior, 
Possess my soul,
Take over my entire personality and life, replace it with Yourself,
Incline me to constant adoration, 
Pray in me and through me, 
Let me live in you and keep me in this union always.
--Prayer of Pope John Paul II