Attach Great Importance to your Brown Scapular

The painting of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is by Pietro Novelli and is from the Blue Army Shrine, Washington, New Jersey.

The following is from The World Apostolate of Fatima's Spiritual Guide for the Salvation of Souls and World Peace.

"Whosoever dies clothed in this scapular shall not suffer eternal fire."

- Mary's Promise to St. Simon Stock, July 16, 1251

"Wear it devoutly and perseveringly," Our Lady of Mount Carmel says to each soul, "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."

"It is especially in time of temptation that we need the powerful intercession of God's Mother.  The evil spirit is utterly powerless when a scapular wearer, besides his silent devotion, faces temptation calling upon Mary."

"...The scapular is a sign that its wearer is committed to living the Christian life after the perfect example of the Blessed Virgin Mary." - Father Barry Bossa

Mary's Spiritual Motherhood

"Mary's Motherhood is not limited to Catholics; it is extended to all people.  Many miracles of conversion have been wrought in favor of good non-Catholics who practiced the scapular devotion.

"I wanted to know if Mary really and truly interested herself in me, and in the scapular she has given me the most tangible assurance. I have only to open my eyes. She has attached her protection to this scapular: 'Whosoever dies clothed in this shall not suffer eternal fire.'"  - St. Claude de la Colombiere

Third Apparition of Our Lady July 13, 1917

Picture:  Salvatore Dali's Picture of Hell, Blue Army Shrine, Washington, NJ

The following is from the World Apostolate of Fatima's Spiritual Guide for the Salvation of Souls and World Peace.

"Sacrifice yourselves for sinners, and say many times, especially whenever you make some sacrifice:  O Jesus, it is for love of Thee, for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for the sins committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary."

The following are words by Sr. Lucia.

"As Our Lady spoke these last words, she opened her hands once more, as she had done during the two previous months.  The rays of light seemed to penetrate the earth, and we saw as it were a sea of fire.  Plunged in this fire were demons and souls in hum an form, like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, floating about int he conflagration, now raised into the air by the flames that issued from within themselves together wit great clouds of smoke, now falling back on every side like sparks in huge fires, without weight or equilibrium, amid shrieks and groans of pain and despair, which horrified us and made us tremble with fear.  (It must have been this sight which caused me t cry out, as people say t hey heard me.)

The demons could be distinguished by their terrifying and repellent likeness to frightful and unknown animals, black and transparent like burning coals.  Terrified and as if to plead for succor, we looked up at Our Lady, who said to us, so kindly and so sadly:

"You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save the, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart.  If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace.