The Brown Scapular Explained by a Discalced Carmelite Priest

[@utube3746]

My daughter broke her ankle the day before we got enrolled in brown scapular. She was in severe pain and was admitted to hospital. I was desperate when I knew she needed surgery immediately. I had been waiting for months to get enrolled. I cried and knelt while praying rosary and asking our Lady to help. My daughter's pain stopped right after I finished praying. She was discharged from hospital the next day. So all of us were able to attend the mass on the feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel. We were enrolled on the day🎉

[@Gondalica]

Amazing ❤❤❤

[@Daniel-ks5vq]

I wear mine everyday. I was wearing my scapular when I was miraculously saved from death not just once but two times from a heroin overdose. I am sober today and living a much better life.

[@DenisOhAichir]

I gave a green scapular to a woman I know on heroin she's gone to confession and is starting to attend Mass, pray that she gets clean and dedicates her life to God. Well done all glory to God.

[@calicatholic630]

God is good! 😊

[@theresalittle2342]

What a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing.

[@cristinanieto683]

Beautiful explanation! I’m a proud Carmelite that loves and wears the brown Scapular. That our Lady of Mount Carmel bless you.

[@ICSPublications]

God bless you!

[@ruizdelgadodemolina7996]

Nice Explanation Father I wore the Scapular since I was 13 and now I am 15 and in my entire life I never felt this Happy and Confident before wearing the Scapular.I am a Gen Z for my opinion It is not true that Gen Zs are losing Faith cause I am a Gen Z I am born in 2006 and I Pray the most to be reunited with God in Heaven Someday When I grow old and Die.

[@ICSPublications]

Great to hear that, Watson! You are a great witness to others your age. Know of our prayers for you!

[@ruizdelgadodemolina7996]

Father May I ask out of Reference purposes What are the requirements for a person to become enrolled to the Brown Scapular?

[@bornbranded29]

@@ruizdelgadodemolina7996 I thought anyone can wear it. They sell it at shops with a San Benito medal

[@marcosgonzalez4525]

Our Lady has been with me all my life. She is my strength and my refuge.

[@YahuahsRefiner]

The holieness is radiating through your face, in your anointed voice, mind and hearr. ALLELUIA

[@juliagooliagiulia723]

Thank you and God Bless the Carmelites.. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel-Pray for us. 🙏

[@carmelherbert1622]

Love the Brown scapular, so many miracles through wearing it.

[@pamelaconnolly4467]

Great explanation. I am in formation to be a secular Carmelite and have never been happier.

[@goodmanvolley]

WOW! I couldn't help thinking what an angel and may God keep you humble and pure of heart!

[@aussiemark01]

I just ordered my scapular, and also for my parents, as I was trying to order a branch came crashing onto my balcony which temporarily distracted me because I needed to investigate. Then as I continued a bird crashed into my window which also caused delay and distraction. The devil tried to stop me from ordering them, but it didn't prevail, and there is nothing that will prevent me from receiving them. Thank you Blessed Mary my Mother ❤️✝️

[@joan9569]

I, definitely believe that.😊

[@joeo7693]

Spiritual warfare is real.

[@jeffersonrundell7540]

@@joeo7693, and so is deception.

[@Mariaschild]

Okai. It's like in horror movies. 😮

[@michaelstorto8658]

....A Mother clothing her little child....how beautifully said. I wear the brown scapular 18 months now, it has changed my life drastically, it is comforting to know the immense love of Mary, and the great grace, in which Our Divine Mother has brought me so close to her so Jesus, such a deep warm feeling .is not the word, ...a "knowledge" ..to love Mary and Jesus and to know both give in return so much love..❤. I pray that many will also know this incredible love...beyond the graces which accompany wearing the scapular ...Salve Regina, Mater Misericordiae ....it is this word saying it all.....

[@loist9022]

Fr Michael-Joseph has a pleasant and cheerful way of explaining things. Thank you, Fr.

[@christineotis3285]

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Pray for us to be worthy of the promises of Christ. l too am so grateful to be a Catholic and a secular Discalced Carmelites in Sydney.Amen

[@mbcljw]

And I'm glad you are too, Christine. Abundant blessings!

[@annied9864]

I was enrolled today in the most beautiful mass. 💛🙏🏻

[@Gondalica]

I love you Yeshua and your beautiful mother.

[@AI-hx3fx]

Thank you for this, Your Reverence. So blessed to have one always, and a ceremonial one for Mass so I recall what it is all about.

[@jacobnduya798]

Thank you so much for this Amazing testimony, i never know what happened about brown scapular

[@hosatk]

Outstanding & beautiful.

[@carmendevine7244]

This is a beautiful summary, thank you Fr. I love to make scapulars, I am doing so right now as I watch!

[@Gondalica]

Thank you for making them. It encourages me to enroll because I want to be apart of it!

[@HatshepsutEconomics]

This is beautiful. I love this. I just bought my first one. I would like to get it blessed. Thank you 🙏

[@littleflower518]

Beautiful! Thank you, Father Michael Joseph!🌹

[@Gondalica]

I cant wait to enroll!

[@michaelpcooksey5096]

Thank you for this video and explanation ... As a +50 year convert from quasi protestantism ... the church at times still seems very strange ... the beliefs and practices overwhelming ... and clear instruction very hard to get. One can study of course ... but where to take the questions? Parish priests are super busy ... on line experts become well known and then they are hard to reach as well. One can get into a study group ... CAREFULLY ... but their opinions may not be valid or distorted for emotional reasons. .... etc. I love the Surrender Novena Prayers ... Jesus I trust in You, take care of everything. That I learn what You want me to learn ... and not worry about anything else.

[@SearchingTheArchives]

Please continue your wonderful ministry. It’s so amazing to hear your spiritual insights and tender love of our Lord and our Lady! Our Lady of Mount Carmel pray for us!

[@ramd66]

Thank you dear Carmelites for sharing with us the scapular. My son died wearing the scapular and as a mother, I didn't feel very sad knowing someday in God's grace, we will see each other again.

[@TheFrankFriar]

Most excellent. Ty

[@chirpwi]

Thank you. God bless the Carmelites.

[@AdamLime-b7d]

I have been wearing mine for 6 years. protection of my soul

[@Miss_TiredAnimationFan]

Thank you so much for explaining all this.

[@DarkAngel-cj6sx]

I ordered a brown scapula because I saw an exorcist saying it is good to wear it because I didn't know exactly what it means. I am glad it was from Our Lady because I am inviting her to be my mother since I never had one and I am getting to know her❤❤❤

[@daniellobooba4460]

Thank you Mary for being our mother and always accompanying us with your brown scapular. very proud to wear it...

[@ICSPublications]

God bless you!

[@user-yl9ws2kh8x]

Amen

[@billross4040]

This is one of the most beautiful videos ever.

[@robynaiello6669]

I always wanted to be a Carmelite Sister!

[@miriamredolfi8852]

Saint Simon Stock pray for us!

[@rosariodejesusramosrosario9347]

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[@radupietro8760]

Hail Mary Most Pure conceived without original sin, Refuge of Holy Love, cover us with your mantle of protection and and enfold us in your Immaculate ❤️ that none may touch us.. Amen🙏🙏🙏

[@cherylb10]

Thank you. My daughter found one and she gave it to me. I never take it off except to bath.

[@patodwyer721]

Most Holy Mother Mary, Mystical Rose, Intercede and Pray for us sinners Amen 💕

[@stephenpaulwilson]

Love ❤️ from Liverpool England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 😀 brown scapular is amazing supernatural and breathtaking!!!!

[@3rdole]

Thank you. Short time viewer, big time fan🙏🙏🙏

[@heatherwhitehead3743]

Father, you give me hope in Mother Church again. Gracias🌹

[@j.williford179]

Thank you Father. I needed that.

[@YahuahsRefiner]

Thank you for sharing, what a blessing God is to this Life, in the ways He blesses us through us and through others and through ALL things, Amen Amen and Amen. O Father, How Grateful I am for your great mercy, Glory, wisdom, happiness and tender lovingkindness, xoxoxoxox In Yahusha The Messiah's Mighty Name, Amen

[@overtecour]

What a nice gift for the Feast of St. Simon Stock. Thank you Father Michael Joseph.

[@09271407]

Lady of Mt Carmel bless us and this Nation 😇🇺🇸🙏

[@blinkin_park182]

Thank you father

[@marykopydlowski6037]

I love this. Explained great!

[@ciociosan]

Thank you for this video.

[@albertoascari2542]

Thankyou. I have just purchased a Scapular. Its a devotion I didnt know about until our Priest talked about his dicernment to the Priesthood some years ago. I didnt know it was from the Carmelite Order. I will ask my Priest to bless it and be enrolled with your prayer. Thankyou

[@albertoascari2542]

I did get it blessed by father and we recited the Prayers after Mass. He also purchased some for other members of the congregation after I mentioned it

[@sincereservant3719]

Fr. Saverio blessed my mom’s & my scapulars just after we got them in the entry area at Stella Maris. This was our first morning in the Holy Land, and at the time I thought it to have been a very simple and humble moment of very little worldly significance. As God would have it, that glorious morning was my first glimpse into the Kingdom of God. ❤️

[@jacinthajoseph7506]

Amen thank you father

[@vivaciao1]

Wearing My scapular gives me comfort. I will try to wear it until the day of my death. I commit my life my being my soul to Our Lord Jesus Christ and his Mother the Sacred Heart of Mary Amen ❤🙏🏼

[@meloney3688]

Thank you for this information abt the brown scapular. I receive my scapular this Saturday (Discalced Secular Carmelite). Listening to your words helped me understand the importance of the scapular and what it represents. In Carmel, Meloney

[@dionisiojulaton4128]

Great really excellent video

[@lucksiaaloisio4050]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@AniaguPrince]

I will like to be one of de Carmelites priest by de special grace of God Almighty

[@ethelrizarri2614]

THANK YOU FATHER , VERY GOOD VEDEO , I AM WEARING THE BROWN SCAPULAR

[@juliab2598]

Thank you! Great comprehensive explanation and reminder of our Carmelite treasures.

[@nancydunham4361]

Thank you, and blessed feast of St. Simon Stock!

[@ICSPublications]

God bless you!

[@pgrut8880]

For the sabitine promise; saying the liitle office or rosary can some other prayers be substituted for it. I know it would have to be by permission of a priest but none of the priest I talk to know much about this.

[@LaSombraK7]

Very good.

[@ConstantiaVerted]

Great vid, thanks.

[@christineslattery9895]

Lovely

[@SuperQueenBee45]

Thank you for this beautiful and inspiring explanation of the brown scapular. Happy St. Simon Stock feast day! Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Pray for us!🌹❤🙏

[@ICSPublications]

We're praying for you. God bless you!

[@scott6504]

I wish I were already in heaven.

[@ciociosan]

You can make a little heaven here on earth just like St. Teresa of Avila did. 😀

[@jenethdsouza]

😊

[@llgrazes]

Your needed here now.. Do your best, mother Mary will call u when she needs you. Marry Christmas

[@janec.kowalczyk5824]

Be careful what you wish for➖🙏💖

[@billross4040]

Use this time here on Earth to glorify God's name even more!

[@anthonygnewbreast1609]

If I'm not wearing my scapular I feel scared .I can feel my scapular tug when ever I am in need of being reminded that I need to pray immediately. I will start praying afterwards.

[@DebbieKoch]

Thank you, Fr. Michael-Joseph, for this beautiful catechesis on our Brown Scapular. Blessings to you and all our friars on this Feast Day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Debbie OCDS

[@JoSu1457]

Thank you for clarifying information about praying or fasting. I've been reading mixed information and it is nice to have it explained.

[@szudy76]

I have worn a brown scapular for years. The devotion is so beautiful and humbling.

[@LifecoachDanV]

Thank you very much Fr. Michael-Joseph. This is a great lesson and history about the brown scapular. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@sinhnguyen1412]

Thank you so much, Father for sharing. May God bless you.

[@maryannmcrae6736]

Pray for us

[@rhoderotieno9465]

Thank you for the wonderful explanation about the brown scapular.

[@Hopperzz772]

Got mine today

[@MARINE76911]

Awesome! Thank you father for the well presented video.

[@georgina563]

Thank you

[@09271407]

Father thanks 🙏 so much about this explanation will help me to start my project for the Catholic churth ministry for the young group. I’m going to talk about the 5 holy mathers ( our lady the Fatima , our lady the lourd our lady the Guadalupe, our lady of grace and our lady of lá Salete now the lady of my Carmel

[@abassage655]

I will be receiving my brown scapular on July 16h. The same day as the clothing ceremony. The more I read and listen to podcasts like yours here, the better prepared I believe I will be to take on such great an honor as wearing this bit of Carmelite clothing. Thank you

[@ICSPublications]

That's great news. We will pray for you!

[@danielchowning5520]

Dear Fr. Michael-Joseph, thank you for this great introduction to the Brown Scapular of our Order, the Order of Mary - the Brothers of Our Lady Of Mount Carmel. I can see that you are a true and beloved son of Mary! Fr. Daniel Chowning of the Good Shepherd, ocd

[@Catholicity-uw2yb]

ST. POPE JOHN PAUL II: “Pastors must ensure that the practices do not degenerate into false piety, superstition or magic. The best remedy against ever possible deviations is to permeate these manifestations of popular piety with the word of the Gospel. Devotions to the saints, expressed in feast days, images, processions and so many other forms of piety, should not be reduced to merely seeking protection of material goods or bodily health. The saints must first of all be presented to the faithful as models of how to live and as imitators of Christ.”

[@teresawhitt9741]

YES all acts of worship, praise and piety belong to God!!! BUT…..We cannot tell God what to do!!! He performed miracles all thru the New Testament and was chastised for doing so!!!God does the miracles not the people and He performs them when and where HE chooses!!! We pray and HE acts!!! Praise You Lord for hearing and responding to your little ones!!!

[@mluisaairacatolica]

Thank you for your information in this video. I don't really have time to sit and read why I appreciate explanatory videos so much. This was so good information and I might soon ask a priest to help me bless a scapular for me.

[@mercedesthechef]

Thank you so much, for explaining about it.

[@StickMan...77]

If i am not enrolled in the brown scapular ,is the promise still be effective?

[@unbelievablyblessed5640]

Blessed mother appeared holding the brown scapula at fatima that sister lucia, Francesco and jacinta saw. I'd say that attests to its validity as well. The witnesses did not see that part of the vision, they just saw the miracle of the sun but the little saints did.

[@roger12393]

Unfortunately not a lot of people don't realize that it has to be enrolled. I just found out recently thanks to The Fatima Center, and trying to find a priest to enroll it was difficult as many priest didn't know how to do it. I finally found one. As a Friar can you enroll someone?

[@cameron__97]

Did they not mention in the video that you can wear it without being enrolled?

[@roger12393]

@@cameron__97 You have to be enrolled.

[@easterbunny875]

​@@cameron__97Yes. You can wear it and not be enrolled.

[@donvoll2580]

Hi from Ontario. I have brown scapular in wallet, now I heard you can get medal scapularto replace & wear. True Thanks

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

I am hoping to be enrolled in the brown scapular at A Day with Mary in July... Update I got enrolled

[@MrCtate0617]

Great explanation Father, peace! Are you still doing the Carmel Cast show? I've watched all 3 seasons and enjoy them very much.

[@ICSPublications]

Thank you, Wayne. Our next season of CarmelCast will air this fall, but we should have some shorter videos coming out periodically throughout the summer. Feel free to offer any suggestions for topics!

[@bellebeauty67]

Lovely. I’ve just begun the journey of wearing my Scapular. Holy Mary, Mother of God prayer for us❤

[@Eliezer737]

I was told by a religious it’s a good practice to have two scapulars to always use one, even in the shower. Just in case we died, let’s not change the faith to accommodate to the spirit of the age!

[@emelitasales259]

Thank you Fr. for explaining the brown. I am Enrolled and I wear the brown the scapular.

[@janelle3.15]

Amen!

[@DanielFernandez-jv7jx]

Thank you for this video. I wear the brown scapular, but I do have a couple of doubts, and I hope you can help me. I have read that the Simon Stock story may not in fact be historically accurate, which would mean that the basis for the brown scapular would be invalid. And then there is the question of the lay version of the scapular, which I cannot find any basis for in private revelation. Papal declarations such as that of Pius XII or others, do not carry the weight of even private revelation. So you have some information or insight that could be helpful? I wear the scapular as a personal act of devotion to Our Lady and as a reminder to myself of that connection. Maybe that has to be enough.

[@ICSPublications]

You raise good questions, Daniel. From my understanding, private revelations have absolutely no weight unless they are affirmed by the Church. This is the beauty of the brown scapular. It has been affirmed over the centuries (both for religious and laity) by many different saints, popes, and magisterial documents, such that whether or not the story of Simon Stock is historically accurate (which personally I believe that it is), we can be certain that devotion to the brown scapular will help us to grow closer to God through the intercession of Our Lady.

[@DanielFernandez-jv7jx]

@@ICSPublications Thank you father! The perspective you offer is what I needed to hear.

[@leamarie6039]

Been wearing my scapular for probably more than 10 years now, been to different time and place in life yet, the scapular is always around my neck, its always in my photos😄thank you Father for telling us about scapular, we will never be lost.

[@michaelbroughton5196]

Dear Friar Michael-Joseph, I really found your explanation clear and edifying. Thank you. May I please suggest two improvements. First, your reference to the handkerchief in Acts is very useful but inaccurate; and second, you referred to the scapular you were wearing but gave the impression that it only was the part hanging in front. Thank you.

[@marystinson]

"Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Father, send now Your Spirit over the earth. Let the Holy Spirit live in the hearts of all nations, that they may be preserved from degeneration, disaster and war. May the Lady of All Nations, who once was Mary, be our Advocate. Amen.".

[@santinapierre7873]

I have brown scapular i had this blessed I haven't put this on as I am saving it for when my time to die will this have same effect as try to be good as much as I can in this troubled world I say the holy rosary daily

[@ICSPublications]

Santina, there is no need to save the scapular until you think you might die. By wearing it now, you can receive the many graces that God wishes to give you through your faith in Jesus and love for Our Lady. God will use your devotion to His Mother through wearing the scapular to strengthen you in your prayer and good works. Plus, we never know the day or the hour when the Lord might come for us!

[@curlyfits]

@@ICSPublications ...or Where? Or How???

[@VHS150]

I was under the impression , from reading other websites , that deacons could not enroll you . Please clarify . Thanks .

[@ICSPublications]

You'll see in no. 2 of the Rite for the Blessing and Enrollment in the Scapular of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, approved by the Holy See in 1996, that "Priests and deacons have the faculties for blessing Scapulars; other authorized persons may enroll the faithful." These other websites may be getting their information from an outdated rite. God bless you! www.ibreviary.com/m2/preghiere.php?tipo=Rito&id=400

[@anafrost4190]

Father, could you now explain about the descalce? Does it mean wearing sandals only but no shoes? Some Catholics, including priests, do not know the meaning. Thank you

[@ICSPublications]

Hello Ana, thank you for your question. Discalced comes from a Latin word meaning "un-shoed." Beginning around the 14th-century, a movement started among certain religious orders to return to the roots of poverty and simplicity within their perspective traditions. The members of these reforms became popularly referred to as "discalced" because they went barefoot or in sandals. There were discalced Franciscans, Augustinians, and Carmelites, among others. Under the inspiration of St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross, the Discalced Carmelites eventually became its own religious order, separate from the original Carmelite Order.

[@becatholic2983]

Question brother, I had my Brown Scapular Blessed by my priest at my local church. However, I don’t recall him doing the enrollment prayer. Would I still be enrolled or would I need to go back with the enrollment prayer?

[@ICSPublications]

One can wear a blessed scapular as a sacramental, but he would need to do some kind of enrollment prayer to make it official. The best would be to print the one we posted and bring it to a priest or deacon. God bless you!

[@becatholic2983]

ICS Publications thanks for the reply! God Bless.

[@Peter-gg3uz]

@@ICSPublications question, I’ve recently been told by Catholics that mean well that the traditional promises of the scapular are forgeries and that further they tried to discredit the promises by linking them to the Sabbatine privilege or that the church does not officially recognize the promises and neither do the Carmelites.. Something about this seemed incorrect, as a Carmelite yourself could you set my record straight.

[@ICSPublications]

Great question,@@Peter-gg3uz. It is true that the bull connected to the Sabbatine Privilege has been deemed inauthentic. You are correct, however, that this does not discredit the promises connected to the scapular which are separate from the Sabbatine Privilege. Paul V issued a bull in 1613 which clarifies these promises: "The Carmelite Fathers may preach that the Christian people can piously believe in the aid of the souls of the brethren and of the Sodality of the Most Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel. Through her continuous intercessions, pious suffrages, merits, and special protection the Most Blessed Virgin, especially on Saturday, the day dedicated to her by the Church, will help after their death the brethren and members of the Sodality who die in charity. In life they must have worn the habit, observed chastity according to their state, and have recited the Little Office. If they do not know how to recite it, they are to observe the fasts of the Church and to abstain from meat on Wednesdays and Saturdays, except for the feast of Christmas."

[@patcandelora8496]

Would wearing the brown scapular and the green scapular be redundant? The green is for conversion and healing. But if the brown promises heaven what’s the point of the green? Thanks