The Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel has promised to save those who wear the scapular from the fires of hell; She will also shorten their stay in purgatory if they should pass from this world still owing some debt of punishment.
This promise is found in a Bull of Pope John XXII. The Blessed Virgin appeared to him and, speaking of those who wear the Brown Scapular, said, “I, the Mother of Grace, shall descend on the Saturday after their death and whomsoever I shall find in purgatory I shall free so that I may lead them to the holy mountain of life everlasting.”
Our Lady assigned certain conditions which must be fulfilled:
1) Wear the Brown Scapular continuously.
2) Observe chastity according to one's state in life.
3) Recite daily the "Little Office of the Blessed Virgin."
or:
3a) Observe the required fast of the Church as well as abstaining for meat on Wednesday and Saturday
or:
3b) Recite the Rosary daily
or:
3c) With permission, substitute some other good work.
Pope Benedict XV, the celebrated World War I Pontiff, granted 500 days indulgence for devoutly kissing your scapular.
O my God, in union with the Immaculate Heart of Mary (here kiss the scapular as a sign of your consecration), I offer Thee the Precious Blood of Jesus from all the altars throughout the world, joining with It the offering of my every thought, word and action of this day. O my Jesus, I desire today to gain every indulgence and merit I can, and I offer them, together with myself, to Mary Immaculate, that she may best apply them to the interests of Thy most Sacred Heart. Precious Blood of Jesus, save us! Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us! Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!
http://www.ourladyspromise.org/scapular.php
THE PROMISE
OF THE GRACE OF MERCY FOR THE DYING
The 15 St. Bridget Prayers
"It pleases Me to grant everything souls
ask of Me by saying the chaplet. When hardened sinners say it, I will
fill their souls with peace, and the hour of their death will be a happy
one. Write this for the benefit of distressed souls; when a soul sees
and realizes the gravity of its sins, when the whole abyss of the misery
into which it immersed itself is displayed before its eyes, let it not
despair, but with trust let it throw itself into the arms of My mercy,
as a child into the arms of its beloved mother (...). Tell them no soul
that has called upon My mercy has been disappointed or brought to shame.
I delight particularly in a soul that has placed its trust in My goodness.
Write that when they say this chaplet in the
presence of the dying, I will stand between My Father and the dying
person, not as the just Judge but as the merciful Savior"
(Diary, 1541).
(Diary, 1541).
"At
the hour of their death, I defend every soul that will say this chaplet
as I do My own glory (...). When this chaplet is said by the bedside
of a dying person, God's anger is placated and his unfathomable mercy
envelops the soul" (Diary, 811).
Promises
1.
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I will
deliver 15 souls of his lineage from Purgatory.
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2.
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15
souls of his lineage will be confirmed and preserved in grace.
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3.
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15
sinners of his lineage will be converted.
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4.
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Whoever
recites these Prayers will attain in the first degree of perfection.
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5.
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15 days
before his death I will give him My Precious Body in order that he may escape
eternal starvation; I will give him My Precious Blood to drink lest he thirst
eternally.
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6.
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15 days
before his death he will feel a deep contrition for all his sins and will
have a perfect knowledge of them.
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7.
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I will
place before him the sign of My Victorious Cross for his help and defense
against the attacks of his enemies.
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8.
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Before
his death I shall come with My Dearest Beloved Mother.
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9.
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I shall
graciously receive his soul, and will lead it into eternal joys.
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10.
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And
having led it there I shall give him a special draught from the fountain of
My Deity, something I will not for those who have not recited My Prayers.
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11.
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Let it
be known that whoever may have been living in the state of mortal sin for 30
years, but who will recite devoutly, or have the intention to recite these
Prayers, the Lord will forgive him all his sins.
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12.
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I shall
protect him from strong temptations.
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13.
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I shall
preserve and guard his 5 senses.
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14.
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I shall
preserve him from a sudden death.
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15.
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His
soul will be delivered from eternal death.
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16.
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He will
obtain all he asks for from God and the Blessed Virgin.
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17.
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If he
has lived all his life doing his own will and he is to die the next day, his
life will be prolonged.
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18.
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Every
time one recites these Prayers he gains 100 days indulgence.
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19.
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He is
assured of being joined to the supreme Choir of Angels.
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20.
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Whoever
teaches these Prayers to another, will have continuous joy and merit which
will endure eternally.
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21.
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There
where these prayer are being said or will be said in the future God is
present with His grace.
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http://www.medjugorje.org/pieta.htm
