Marian Thought for the Day – 16 May “Mary’s Month!” – Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Eastertide and the Memorial of St Simon Stock (1165-1265)
The brown Scapular of the Carmelite Order has gained considerable popularity and use among those devoted to the Blessed Mother. The following prayer, addressed to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, prays for her continued protection and grace for those who wear the scapular:
Prayer to Our Lady of Mount Carmel
O all-blessed, immaculate Virgin, ornament and glory of Mount Carmel, you who looks, with most gracious countenance, on those who have been clothed, with your venerable livery, look kindly also on me and take me under the mantle of your maternal protection. Strengthen my weakness with your might; enlighten the darkness of my heart, with your wisdom; increase in me, the virtues of faith, hope and charity. So adorn my soul with graces and virtue of our God, by your prayers, that it may always be dear to your divine Son and to you. Assist me during life, comfort me in death with your most sweet presence and present me as your child and faithful servant, to the most Holy Trinity, that I may be enabled to praise and extol you in heaven forever. Amen
Read all about the Popes and the Brown Scapular and the Sabbatine Privilege.
Holy Mother of Carmel, Pray for us
St Simon Stock, Pray for us
(via Marian Thought for the Day - 16 May "Mary's Month!" - Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Eastertide and the Memorial of St Simon Stock (1165-1265))