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St. Titus Brandsma explains that when "the Holy Virgin gifted the Holy Scapular to the Order as the pledge of her special protection... the Netherlands already had a cloister" founded by St. Simon Stock himself.
In her article for the Augsburg Post in March 1935, St Edith Stein mentioned the origin of the brown scapular of Carmel: "the Blessed Virgin appeared to the general of the Order, Simon Stock, an Englishman, and gave him the scapular." Edith takes this piece of Carmelite tradition and firmly plants it within the Order's Marian spirituality.
Simon, an Englishman, died at Bordeaux in the mid-thirteenth century. He has been venerated in the Carmelite Order for his personal holiness and his devotion to Our Lady.
As the soul is united to Christ, so Carmel is hidden in Mary. She is, par excellence, the contemplative soul.
She extended, in visible fashion, her special protection over the Order that has always called itself her own.
We give thanks that our dear Lady has clothed us with the “garment of salvation.”
Venerated for his personal holiness and devotion to Our Lady
England, the birthplace of the devotion of the Scapular
Venerated for his personal holiness and devotion to Our Lady
The scapular of the Virgin cannot separate us from the Gospel
The scapular is essentially a habit
The Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel echoes the promise of Divine Revelation
There is no house where one does not wear the garment of Carmel
Carmelites have long ascribed the composition of the hymn. Flos Carmeli to St. Simon Stock
Whoever has a mind to become a leader among you must make himself servant to the rest
Simon Stock has been venerated in the Carmelite Order for his personal holiness and his devotion to Our Lady
It would be far better to have holiness under a worldly habit than a worldly heart under a holy habit
"Hail, Gate of Heaven, with glory now crowned"
Flos Carmeli, the Carmelite sequence hymn
We give thanks that our dear Lady has clothed us with the “garment of salvation.” Saint Edith Stein The Hidden Life: Essays, Meditations, Spiritual Texts (The Collected Works of Edith Stein, Book 4, p. 3) Edited by L. Gelber and Michael Linssen; translated by Waltraut Stein ICS Publications, © Washington Province of Discalced Carmelites,... Continue Reading →
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