Our Lady of Mount Carmel
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Scapular Prayer
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O most Beautiful Flower of Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of
the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in this my time of need. O star of the Sea, help
me, and show me that you are my Mother.
O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my
heart to assist me in this my hour of urgent need. Show me that you are my Mother. God,
our Father, never leaves unaided those for whom you pray
O Mary conceived without sin, pray for
us who have recourse to you.
Amen!
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Our Lady of Mount
Carmel as seen during
6th apparition in
Fatima on
October 13, 1917
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Saint Simon Stock
May 16:
Saint Simon Stock, Feast Day
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Brief History of the Scapular:
Saint Simon Stock was a Carmelite Priest.
Facing many internal and external problems for the
Carmelites approval among Churchmen in England.
Saint Simon Stock prayed to our Lady for help.
On July 16, 1251, at Aylesford in Kent, England, The Blessed Virgin
Mother appeared to Saint Simon Stock and made the scapular the sign of her protection.
After the Apparition at Aylesford in Kent.
The Blessed Mother was called Our Lady of Aylesford.
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Notes:
- The picture on top
is the Madonna, the Blessed Mother holding the infant Jesus in one arm and extending her apron. The
brown apron, the scapular is to be worn over the shoulders to cover
the front and back.
- Fatima has adopted the brown
scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel as a sign of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
During the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima on October 13, 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mother appeared as Our Lady of
Mount Carmel.
- On August 15, 1950 Sister Lucia
confirms scapular is one of the conditions of the Fatima Message. Sister Lucia once said that:
"The Rosary and the Brown Scapular are
inseparable."
- Mount Carmel is in the biblical
land. Mount Carmel is near the Wasi-es Siah, the traditional site of Elijah's spring. The
scapular has a rich Biblical symbolism. The prophet Elijah of Mount Carmel handed down his clock to his
successor Elisha.
- The Carmelite Order founded in
the 13th Century was named after the Mount Carmel.
The place of its first monastery.
The scapular is Mary's special garments -
a sign and her guarantee of her motherly,
her maternal love and protection.July
16th: Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Feast Day |
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