Traditional Prayers
The Brown Scapular Devotion (Our Lady of Mount Carmel) — Daily Practice
The Brown Scapular is the habit of the Carmelite Order given in miniature to the laity.
Carmelite Order devotional manuals; Flos Carmeli (traditional)
About the prayer
Carmelite tradition holds that on 16 July 1251 the Blessed Virgin appeared to St. Simon Stock at Aylesford in England, holding out the scapular with the promise that whoever dies wearing it faithfully will not suffer eternal fire. The Church has never treated this as a charm: the scapular is a sign of consecration to Mary, and its promise presumes a life lived in her Son's grace. To wear it rightly a person is enrolled once by a priest, wears the blessed cloth scapular (or the approved scapular medal), lives chastely according to their state in life, and prays the daily prayer assigned at enrollment. The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is kept on 16 July. Popes from Benedict XV to John Paul II — who wore the scapular from boyhood — have commended the devotion as a school of Marian discipleship rather than a guarantee of safety.
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