The Rosary, Brown Scapular and The.,Sabbatine Privilege
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children, family and friends? Explain to them FORMULA OF ENROLLMENT AND The Rosary, the SCAPULAR PROMISE and the SABBATINE BLESSING PRIVILEGE. Heed Our Lady's wish:"DRESSTHEM Priest: Show us, 0 Lord, Thy mercy. Brown Scapular and WITH THE GARMENT OF MY SCAPULAR, AND All: And grant us Thy salvation. The.,Sabbatine Privilege LEAD THEM TO MY SON, YOUR LORD JESUS Priest: 0 Lord, hear my prayer. CHRIST!" All: And let my cry come unto Thee. *'• Pope St. Pius X said: "If The Real Fatima Story Priest: The Lord be with you. you want peace in your heart, A Gallup poll disclosed that only one and one All: And with thy spirit. in your home, in your country, half percent of all Catholics in the Untied States Priest: Let us pray: assemble together every night and say the ROSARY". Many really know the Fatima message. Why? Because All: 0 Lord Jesus Christ, Savior of mankind, * by complain that it is a tireless the other 98 1/2 percent of American Catholics are Thy right hand sanctify + these Scapulars (this repetition-that they cannot ignoring - or do not have a chance to learn about Scapular) * which Thy servants will devoutly - God's plan for a just and lasting peace. meditate on the mysteries. wear for the love of Thee* and ofThy Mother; the The time was October 13, 1917. The place was Our Blessed Mother gave Fatima, Portugal. This "miracle of the sun" was Blessed Virgin Mary of Mt. Carmel; * so that, by this advice to St. Dominic: witnessed by more than 70,000 people. An event so her intercession, * they may be protected from the ".This is why, before doing outstanding that it was reported in many secular wickedness of the enemy and persevere in Thy anything else, priests should newspapers of the times - including the influential grace until death; * Who livest and reignest for try to kindle a love of prayer in 0 DIA and 0 SECULO, papers run by atheists and ever and ever. Amen. people's hearts and especially agnostics. The priest now sprinkles the Scapular with a love of my rosary. If only they At that time and in four previous apparitions, Holy Water, after which he places the Scapular on would all start saying it and Our Blessed Mother told three shepherd children each one saying: persevere, God, in His mercy, that wars were a punishment due to sin and that Priest: Receive this blessed Scapular and ask the could hardly refuse to give man must stop offending God "already too much Most Holy Virgin that, by her merits, it may be them His grace. So I want you offended." She predicted that if people did not follow worn with no stain of sin and may protect you from to preach my Rosary!" the "Peace Plan from Heaven" that Russia would all harm and bring you into everlasting life. _ ___ _ St. Louis de Montfort said: rise and spread her errors throughout the world "I beg of you to beware of thinking of the and that "various nations would be annihilated All: Amen. Priest: May Almighty God, Rosary as something of little importance - as ..." She also predicted World War II which would do ignorant people and even several great but in the reign of Pius XI - and it arrived right All: Creator of heaven and earth, bless + you come proud scholars. Far from being insignificant, on schedule. * whom He has been pleased to receive into the the Rosary is a priceless treasure which is The Blessed Mother gave the three children a Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount inspired by God." He also tells us: "For never frightening vision of Hell and told them this was Carmel. * We beg her to crush the head of the will anyone who says his Rosary every day where the souls of poor sinners go and that "many ancient serpent in the hour of your death, * and, become a formal heretic or be led astray by souls go to Hell because there is no one to pray for in the end, to obtain for you a palm and the crown the devil." St. Dominic prayed to Our Lady them ..." of your everlasting inheritance. * Through Christ Were these vision and predictions for real? The that she would force the devils who possessed Our Lord. Amen. a man to reveal the truth about devotion to most recent Pontiffs seem to think so - Pius XII, The priest now sprinkles those enrolled John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict her. The devils were forced by Our Lady to with Holy Water. XVI. What is the Peace Plan from heaven? Stop reveal: "Now that we are forced to speak we offending God with sin, pray the Rosary daily, offer must also tell you this: Nobody who perseveres prayers and sacrifices of reparation including the This brochure is available from: 10/07 in saying the Rosary will be damned, because she obtains for her servants the grace of true devotion of the Five First Saturdays, consecrate Our Lady of the Rosary Library contrition for their sins and by means of this ourselves to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and 11721 Hidden Creek Rd. • Prospect, KY 40059 wear the Brown Scapular. We offer a brochure on the 5¢ each plus $3.00 Postage & Handling in U.S. they obtain God's forgiveness and mercy." story of Our Lady of Fatima which can be ordered Visit our website for more information and to St. Teresa of Avila tells us how priceless a from the address listed at the end of this article. review all the items we offer: www.olrl.org treasure it is by showing the value and merits of a single HAIL MARY. Shortly after her whole world. It was Her last loving appeal to souls The devils revealed to Francis of Yepes, the death, she appeared to one of the Sisters of to wear Her Scapular as a sign of Consecration to brother of St. John of the Cross that three things her Community and told her that she was Her Immaculate Heart. especially tormented them. The first is the NAME willing to return to a life of suffering until the St. Claude de la Colombiere, the renowned OF JESUS; the second, the NAME OF MARY; and end of time to merit the degree of glory which Jesuit and spiritual director of St. Margaret third, THE BROWN SCAPULAR OF OUR LADY OF God rewards one devoutly recited Hail Mary. Mary, gives a point which is enlightening. He said: MOUNT CARMEL. "Take off that habit," they cried What a Wonderful Consolation to know "Because all the forms of our love for the Blessed to him, "which snatches too many souls from us. All that we can be assured of Salvation Virgin, all its various modes of expression cannot those clothed in it die piously and escape us." by giving just fifteen minutes a day to be equally pleasing to Her, and therefore do not "The Scapular must be worn on the shoulders Praying the Rosary. assist us in the same degree to Heaven. I say in such a manner that one part hangs in front of Another magnificent assurance of Salvation without a moments hesitation that the BROWN the body and the other in back. Worn in any other is Our Lady's Brown Scapular. One of the great SCAPULAR IS THE MOST FAVORED OF ALL!" way it carries no indulgence or promise." mysteries of our time is that the great majority He also adds: "No devotion has been confirmed The Scapular even extends to Purgatory. On of Catholics either ignore or have forgotten the by more numerous authentic miracles than the March 3, 1322, Our Lady appeared to Pope John Blessed Virgin Mary's promise that "whoever Brown Scapular." XXII and said: ''You will be the next Vicar of Christ, dies clothed in this (Scapular) shall not suffer The two great founders of their own respective and when you become the Pope, it is my wish that eternal fire." She further says: "Wear it devoutly Orders, St. Alphonsus of the Redemptorists and you make the SABBATINE PRIVILEGE known. and perseveringly. It is my garment. To be clothed St. Don Bosco of the Salesians - both had a very Through the SABBATINE PRIVILEGE, we can in it means you are continually thinking of me, and special devotion to Our Lad of Mount Carmel and be released from Purgatory on the first Saturday I in turn, am always thinking of you and helping both wore Her Brown Scapular. When they died, after death. There are three requirements to make you to secure eternal life." Many Catholics may not they were buried in their priestly vestments and oneself eligible for this privilege: 1st, we must wear know that it is the wish of our Holy Father, the Scapulars. Many years later, their graves were the Scapular; 2nd, observe Chastity according to our Pope, that the Scapular Medal should not be worn opened, the bodies and sacred vestments in which state of life and 3rd, recite the Little Office of Our in place of the Cloth Scapular without sufficient they were buried decayed-dust! BUT THE BROWN Blessed Mother (The Rosary can be substituted for reason. Mary cannot be pleased with anyone who SCAPULAR WHICH EACH WAS WEARING the office by obtaining permission from a priest.) substitutes the medal out of vanity or fear to make WAS PERFECTLY INTACT. The Scapular of St. Our Lady revealed to Venerable Dominic of Jesus open profession of religion.