Showing posts with label Brown Scapular. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brown Scapular. Show all posts

You know you're a Catholic parent when...

...your scapular gets tangled up in a slinky...TWICE in the same day.

Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for us.
Virgin Mary, Mother of fair love, Mother who never refuses to come to the aid of a child in need, Mother whose hands never cease to serve your beloved children because they are moved by the divine love and immense mercy that exists in your heart, cast your compassionate eyes upon me and see the snarl of knots that exist in my life.

You know very well how desperate I am, my pain and how I am bound by these knots.
Mary, Mother to whom God entrusted the undoing of the knots in the lives of his children, I entrust into your hands the ribbon of my life.

No one, not even the Evil One himself, can take it away from your precious care. In your hands there is no knot that cannot be undone.

Powerful Mother, by your grace and intercessory power with Your Son and My Liberator, Jesus, take into your hands today this knot...I beg you to undo it for the glory of God, once for all, You are my hope.

O my Lady, you are the only consolation God gives me, the fortification of my feeble strength, the enrichment of my destitution and with Christ the freedom from my chains.
Hear my plea.

Keep me, guide me, protect me, o safe refuge!

Mary, Undoer of Knots, pray for me.

Oh most beautiful flower of Mount Carmel


Oh most beautiful flower of Mount Carmel, blessed Mother of the Son of God, assist me in my necessity.  Oh Immaculate Virgin and Star of the Sea, help me and show me that you are my mother and protector.  Oh Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech from the bottom of my heart to help me in my need for there are none who can withstand your grace.  Help me to obtain assistance in this life, Amen.

The first time I requested to enroll in the Brown Scapular, my parish priest just gave a general blessing to the scapular.  I told him I think there's some enrollment involved.  He said no, a general blessing would do.  I wrote to the Carmelites in Houston, MN for clarification and they photo copied the enrollment out of the Book of Blessings(I think that's where it is) and sent it to me.   In his defense, it had probably been a really long time since anybody had asked him.  I've been enjoying Terry's posts leading up to today.