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]] Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a title
Title

A title is a Prefix or Suffix added to a person's name to signify either veneration, an official position or a professional or academic qualification....
 traditionally given to Blessed Virgin Mary
Blessed Virgin Mary

The Blessed Virgin Mary, sometimes shortened to The Blessed Virgin or The Virgin Mary, is a traditional title used by most Christians and most specifically used by liturgical Christians such as Roman Catholics, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholics, and some others to describe Mary, mother of Jesus, the mother of...
, in honor of her having given the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

File:Virgen del Carmen.JPGThe Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel , is by the best known and most eminent, of the small scapulars. It is spoken of as "the Scapular", and the "feast of the Scapular" is that of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on July 16....
 to Saint Simon Stock. Her feast is celebrated on July 16. As well as St. Simon Stock, there are other Carmelite saints such as St. Therese of the Child Jesus, St. John of the Cross
John of the Cross

Saint John of the Cross , born Juan de Yepes Alvarez, was a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Spanish mystics, and Carmelites friar and Priesthood , born at Fontiveros, a small village near ?vila....
, and St. Teresa of Ávila
Teresa of Ávila

Saint Teresa of ?vila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a prominent Spanish mystics, Carmelites nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation....
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rding to a pious tradition the Blessed Virgin appeared to St. Simon Stock at Cambridge, England on Sunday, 16 July, 1251.






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]] Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a title
Title

A title is a Prefix or Suffix added to a person's name to signify either veneration, an official position or a professional or academic qualification....
 traditionally given to Blessed Virgin Mary
Blessed Virgin Mary

The Blessed Virgin Mary, sometimes shortened to The Blessed Virgin or The Virgin Mary, is a traditional title used by most Christians and most specifically used by liturgical Christians such as Roman Catholics, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholics, and some others to describe Mary, mother of Jesus, the mother of...
, in honor of her having given the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

File:Virgen del Carmen.JPGThe Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel , is by the best known and most eminent, of the small scapulars. It is spoken of as "the Scapular", and the "feast of the Scapular" is that of Our Lady of Mount Carmel on July 16....
 to Saint Simon Stock. Her feast is celebrated on July 16. As well as St. Simon Stock, there are other Carmelite saints such as St. Therese of the Child Jesus, St. John of the Cross
John of the Cross

Saint John of the Cross , born Juan de Yepes Alvarez, was a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Spanish mystics, and Carmelites friar and Priesthood , born at Fontiveros, a small village near ?vila....
, and St. Teresa of Ávila
Teresa of Ávila

Saint Teresa of ?vila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada, was a prominent Spanish mystics, Carmelites nun, and writer of the Counter Reformation....
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Pious tradition

According to a pious tradition the Blessed Virgin appeared to St. Simon Stock at Cambridge, England on Sunday, 16 July, 1251. In answer to his appeal for help for his oppressed order, she appeared to him with a scapular
Scapular

A scapular is a Christian Sacramental, consisting of a length of cloth suspended both front and back from the shoulders of the wearer, that varies in shape, colour, size and style depending on the use to which it is being put, namely whether in Christian Monk or in Christian devotion....
 in her hand and said: "Take, beloved son, this scapular of thine order as a badge of my confraternity and for thee and all Carmelites a special sign of grace; whoever dies in this garment, will not suffer everlasting fire. It is the sign of salvation, a safeguard in dangers, a pledge of peace and of the covenant". This tradition appears in precise form for the first time in 1642, when the words of the Blessed Virgin were given in a circular of St. Simon Stock which he is said to have dictated to Peter Boyle, his secretary and confessor. It is widely believed that its general content remains a reliable pious tradition; in other words, that St. Simon Stock was given certain supernatural assurances:

  • The special protection of the Blessed Virgin for his whole order and for all those wearing the Carmelite habit
  • Special aid, especially in the hour of death, to those wearing the habit in her honour throughout life, so that they should be preserved from hell. Indirectly, this promise is extended to all who from devotion to the Mother of God should wear her habit or badge and be thus as if it were affiliated to the Carmelite Order.


Sabbatine privilege


According to a bull from 1322, Our Lady appeared to Pope John XXII
Pope John XXII

Pope John XXII , born Jacques Du?ze , was pope from 1316 to 1334. He was the second Pope of the Avignon Papacy , elected by a Papal conclave in Lyon assembled by Philip V of France....
 and told him that she would rescue from purgatory
Purgatory

Purgatory is the condition or process of purification or temporary punishment in which the souls of those who die in a state of grace are made ready for heaven....
 those that wore the scapular and followed a specific discipline of abstinence and prayer. This promise is known as the Sabbatine privilege
Sabbatine Privilege

File:Virgen del Carmen.JPGThe 'Sabbatine Privilege' derived its name from the apocryphal Papal Bull Sacratissimo uti culmine of Pope John XXII, dated 3 March, 1322, according to which had the pope declared that the Mother of God appeared to him, and most urgently recommended to him the Carmelite Order and its confratres and consorore...
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Gallery of statues

Statues of Our Lady of Mount Carmel usually depict her with a Brown scapular.

In some cases she is accompanied with angels. In some cases souls in Purgatory
Purgatory

Purgatory is the condition or process of purification or temporary punishment in which the souls of those who die in a state of grace are made ready for heaven....
 are depicted, pleading for her mediation, implying her role as Mediatrix
Mediatrix

File:LadyOfMtCarmelWithSufferingSouls.jpgMediatrix in Roman Catholic Mariology refers to the role of the BVM as a mediator in the salvation process....
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See also

  • Mount Carmel
    Mount Carmel

    Mount Carmel is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the Mediterranean Sea towards the southeast. Archaeologists have discovered ancient wine and oil presses at various locations on Mt....
  • Byzantine Discalced Carmelites
    Byzantine Discalced Carmelites

    The Byzantine Discalced Carmelites are a community of cloistered nuns of the Byzantine Ruthenian Catholic Church living committed to a life of prayer, according to the hermit and lifestyle of the Discalced Carmelites....
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church
    Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church

    Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, and variations, may refer to:in England* Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Church, Liverpool, Englandin the United States...


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