| The Scapular Ritual for Priests |
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Back in the year 1251 at a Carmelite Priory in Aylesford, Kent, England, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Simon Stock. She gave him a brown scapular and said, "Receive this habit of your Order; this shall be to you and to all Carmelites a privilege that whosoever dies clothed in this habit shall never suffer eternal fire & it shall be a sign of salvation, a protection in danger and a pledge of peace." When Mary appeared at Fatima, she held a brown scapular in her hand. Sister Lucia (one of the Fatima seers) said that "Our Lady wants all to wear the Scapular as their sign of Consecration to Her Immaculate Heart." To take full advantage of the promises of the brown scapular, you need to be enrolled in the Brown Scapular. Only a priest can validly perform the ritual. The priest himself must be enrolled before he can enroll others. He must also use a scapular that has been blessed by a priest that has been enrolled. The scapular ritual goes as follows: Priest - Show us, O Lord, Your mercy. Respondent - And grant us Your salvation. P - Lord, hear my prayer. R - And let my cry come to You. P - The Lord be with you. R - And with your spirit. P - Lord Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, sanctify by Your power these scapulars, which for love of You and for love of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Your servants will wear devoutly, so that through the intercession of the same Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and protect against the evil spirit, they persevere until death in Your grace. You who lives and reigns world without end. Amen. The Priest does the Aspersion and Invests Person(s) While Saying: Receive this blessed Scapular and ask the Most Holy Virgin that by Her merits, it may be worn with no stain of sin, protect you from all harm and bring you to everlasting life. Amen. After the Investiture the Priest Continues With the Prayers: I, by the power vested in me, admit you to participate in all the spiritual benefits obtained through the mercy of Jesus Christ by the Religious Order of Mount Carmel. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. May God Almighty, the Creator of Heaven and earth, bless you, He who has deigned to join you to the confraternity of the Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel; we beseech Her to crush the head of the ancient serpent so that you may enter into possession of your eternal heritage through Christ our Lord. R - Amen. |
