The Brown Scapular and the Sabbatine Privilege

The Brown Scapular and the Sabbatine Privilege

On July 16, 1251, Our Lady gave the Brown Scapular to Saint Simon Stock.

On July 16, 1858, on the 18th and last apparition of Our Lady at Lourdes, She appeared to Bernadette, dressed as Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

Our Lady held out the Scapular to us at Fatima, wanting us all to wear it and to offer it to others

“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.”   ~ Our Lady to Saint Simon Stock

"Wear it devoutly and perservingly, 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."   - Our Lady to St. Simon Stock

The Garment of Grace

“The Most Holy Mary is pleased when Her servants wear Her Scapular as a mark

that they have dedicated themselves to Her service, and are members of the Family of the Mother of God.” ~ Saint Alphonsus de Liguori

“That one ever hold in great esteem the practices and exercises of the devotion to the most Blessed Virgin Mary which have been recommended for centuries by the Magisterium of the Church. And among them we judge well to recall specially the Marian Rosary and the religious use of the Scapular of Mount Carmel.” - Pope Paul VI

When Pope John Paul II was shot and operated on in 1981, he told doctors not to remove the Brown Scapular he was wearing. We should do the same if we are injured or become ill. We must advise health care workers not to remove the Brown Scapular for any reason.

 (The Brown Scapular is) One of the two “most recommended” devotions of the Church ... (Inside the Vatican, July 10, 2001). 

“... The Scapular of the Blessed Virgin Mary ... enjoys THE SINGULAR PRIVILEGE of protection even after death.” - Pope Benedict XV

(500 days indulgence each time it is kissed)

Note: Only the first Scapular used for enrollment must be blessed by the priest doing the enrollment. Once enrolled, replacement Scapulars do not need to be blessed because the blessing as well as the enrollment are attached to the enrollee for life. 

The Sabbatine Priviledge: 

"I shall descend on the Saturday after their death and whomsoever I shall find in Purgatory, I shall set free." -  the Blessed Virgin Mary in an apparition to Pope John XXII

The privilege is frequently understood to mean that those who wear the Scapular and fulfill two other conditions

In one of Her apparitions, the Blessed Virgin Mary sadly complained, “Few people are gaining the privilege I offer, because they fail to fulfill the conditions.” 

(1) Wear the Brown Scapular. (does not need to be blessed after one has been enrolled). 

(2) Observe chastity according to one's state in life. 

(3) Say the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary daily. 

Note: The Rosary may be substituted for the Little Office when granted permission by a priest with the faculties to do so.

"Wear it devoutly and perservingly, 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."   - Our Lady to St. Simon Stock

"One day through the Rosary and Scapular I will save the World." - Our Lady to St. Dominic

"Whosoever dies wearing this scapular shall not suffer eternal fire." - Our Lady to St. Simon Stock (July 16, 1251)

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"The Rosary and the Scapular are inseparable" - Our Lady to the three shepherd children at Fatima, Portugal. (1916) 

The devils revealed to Francis of Yepes, the brother of St. John of the Cross, that three things especially tormented them.. The first is the Name of Jesus; the second, The name of Mary, and the third, The Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.  "Take off that habit," they cried to him, "which snatches so many souls for us!  All those clothed in it die piously and escape us."

“Let it (the Brown Scapular) be your sign of consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, which We are particularly urging in these perilous times.”   - Pope Pius XII

for more information visit the Fatima Center  

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