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.

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O most beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. O Star of the Sea, help me and show me here thou art my Mother. O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech thee from the bottom of my heart to succor me in this my necessity. There are none that can withstand thy power. O show me herein thou art my Mother. O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. Sweet Mother, I place this cause in thy hands. Amen. THE DAILY PRACTICE 1. Wear the blessed Brown Scapular, having been enrolled once by a priest. 2. Live chastely according to your state in life. 3. Pray daily the prayers assigned at enrollment — commonly the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin, or five decades of the Rosary, or the Church's Liturgy of the Hours, as the priest permits. 4. Renew the intention each morning: "Mary, I wear your habit; clothe me in your virtues."

Carmelite Order devotional manuals; Flos Carmeli (traditional)

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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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