TOMORROW IS JULY 16: FEAST OF OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL. THE DEVOTION TO HER SCAPULAR AND PROMISES.
WHAT DID OUR LADY TELL ST. SIMON STOCK IN HER APPARITION?
THE PROMISES OF OUR LADY.
The feast we celebrate commemorates the apparition of the Blessed Virgin on July 16, 1251 to St. Simon Stock, the first General of the Carmelite Order. Mary promised special blessings and indulgences throughout the centuries for all those who wear her scapular. This devotion began in England and has received the solemn approval of the Church and the constant blessings of the Popes.
1. WHAT DID OUR LADY TELL ST. SIMON STOCK IN HER APPARITION?
“RECEIVE, MY BELOVED SON, THIS SCAPULAR OF THY ORDER; IT IS THE SPECIAL SIGN OF MY FAVOR, WHICH I HAVE OBTAINED FOR THEE AND FOR THY CHILDREN OF MOUNT CARMEL. HE WHO DIES CLOTHED WITH THIS HABIT SHALL BE PRESERVED FROM…