Stories Of The Brown Scapular
By Father Howard Raferty, O. Carm.
Booklet: “GARMENT OF GRACE”
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Mary's Promise to Those Who Wear the Scapular.
Our Lady gave St. Simon a scapular for the Carmelites with the following promise,
saying : Receive, My beloved son, this habit of thy order: this shall be to thee and to all
Carmelites a privilege, that whosoever dies clothed in this shall never suffer eternal
fire .... It shall be a sign of salvation, a protection in danger, and a pledge of peace.
Another important aspect of wearing the Scapular is the Sabbatine Privilege. This
concerns a promise made by Our Lady to Pope John XXII. In a papal letter he issued, he
recounted a vision that he had had. He stated that the Blessed Virgin had said to him in
this vision, concerning those who wear the Brown Scapular: "I, the Mother of Grace,
shall descend on the Saturday after their death and whomsoever I shall find in Purgatory,
Ishall free, so that I may lead them to the holy mountain of life everlasting."
