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    “Take this Scapular, it shall be a sign of salvation, a protection in danger and a pledge of
    peace. Whosoever dies wearing this Scapular shall not suffer eternal fire.”  This is Mary’s
    Promise made July 16, 1251 to Saint Simon Stock.

    One of the great mysteries of our time is that the majority of Catholics either ignores, or has
    entirely forgotten this Heavenly promise of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our Lady further says:
    “Wear the Scapular devoutly and perseveringly. 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.”

    Old Testament History
    Devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel (the Madonna of the Scapular) goes back far before the
    time of St. Simon Stock — even before the time of Our Blessed Lord; it goes back all the way to
    8th century BC. It was then that the great prophet Elias ascended the holy mountain of Carmel
    in Palestine, and began there a long tradition of contemplative life and prayer. It is amazing to
    realize that centuries before Christ was born, Holy Elias and his followers had mystically
    dedicated themselves to God’s Mother-to-come, Mary, Queen of Mt. Carmel. Nearly three
    thousand years later, that tradition of prayer, contemplation, and devotion to Mary continues to
    live and prevail in the Catholic Church.

    In the fullness of time, God became the God-Man, Jesus. We know of Our Lords life, death,
    resurrection and ascension from the four Gospels of the New Testament, and we know that
    Jesus bequeathed to the world the Holy Catholic Church to teach, to govern, and to sanctify in
    His Name.

    On the Feast of Pentecost, the birthday of the Church, the spiritual descendants of Elias and
    his followers came down from Mount Carmel. Fittingly, they were the first to accept the
    message of Christianity and to be baptized by the Apostles. When, at last, they were presented
    to Our Lady, and heard the sweetest words from Her lips, they were overcome with a sense of
    majesty and sanctity, which they never forgot. Returning to their holy mountain, they erected the
    first chapel ever built in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. From that time the hermits on Mount
    Carmel as a treasured spiritual legacy handed down devotion to God’s Mother.

    Our Lady appears to St Simon Stock
    In the year 1241, the Baron de Grey of England was returning from the Crusades in Palestine:
    he brought back with him a group of religious from the holy mountain of Carmel. Upon arrival,
    the baron generously presented the monks with a manor house in the town of Aylesford. Ten
    years later, in the very place, there occurred the now famous apparition of Our Lady to St.
    Simon Stock. As the Holy Virgin handed St. Simon the Brown Woolen Scapular she spoke
    these words: “This shall be the privilege for you and all Carmelites, that anyone dying in this
    habit shall not suffer eternal fire.” In time, the Church extended this magnificent privilege to all
    the laity who are willing to be invested in the Brown Scapular of the Carmelites, and who
    perpetually wear it.

    The Sabbatine Privilege
    The Blessed Virgin of Mount 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 debt of punishment.

    This promise is found in a Bull of Pope John XXII. 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.”

    The Blessed Virgin assigned certain 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 Observe the fasts of the Church
    together with abstaining from meat on Wednesdays and Saturdays OR With
    permission of a priest, say five decades of Our Lady’s Most Holy Rosary OR With
    permission of a priest, substitute some other good work.

    Pope Benedict XV, the celebrated World War I Pontiff, granted 500 days indulgence for devoutly
    kissing your scapular.
"Whosoever dies wearing
this scapular shall not suffer
eternal fire."
- Promise of Our Lady made July
16, 1251 to St. Simon Stock
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