Devotions for the Brown Scapular of Carmel

The Form of Investing a Person with the Scapular of Mt. Carmel

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Morning

As soon as you awake, give your thoughts to God and say,

“In the holy name of Jesus, I begin this day.”

While dressing, thank God for having protected and preserved you during your rest. Make it a habit in life to say your morning and evening prayers.

Almighty and eternal God, I adore Thee, and I thank Thee for all the benefits which Thou, in Thy infinite goodness and mercy, hast conferred upon me. I thank Thee especially for having preserved and protected me this night.

Each morning, pray the Fatima Morning Offering, kissing your Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. The pious devotion of kissing the Brown Scapular imparts to you 500 days indulgence each time.

O my God, in union with the Immaculate Heart of Mary  ♥   (here kiss the Brown Scapular), I offer Thee the Most Precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, joining with it 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.

 

O my God, I beseech Thee most earnestly to bless me that I may serve Thee faithfully this day by a perfect devotedness to all my duties and a steadfast adherence to all my promises and good resolutions.

Precious Blood of Jesus, save us!

Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us! Amen.

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.

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Offering of the Host

Accept, O holy Father, almighty and eternal God, this unspotted host, which I, Thy unworthy servant, offer unto Thee, my living and true God, for my innumerable sins, offenses, and negligences, and for all here present: as also for all faithful Christians, both living and dead, that it may avail both me and them for salvation unto life everlasting. Amen.

Offering of the Chalice

We offer unto Thee, O Lord, the chalice of salvation, beseeching Thy clemency, that it may ascend before Thy divine Majesty, as a sweet savor, for our salvation, and for that of the whole world. Amen.

The Consecration

“For this is my Body.”

“For this is the chalice of my Blood of the new and eternal testament, the mystery of faith; which shall be shed for you and for many unto the remission of sins.”

Domine, Non Sum Dignus

Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter under my roof; say but the word, and my soul shall be healed.

The Communion Prayers

The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul unto life everlasting. Amen.

The Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ preserve my soul unto life everlasting. Amen.

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Act of Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, I believe Thou art really present in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. I love Thee above everything else, and I long to receive Thee into my soul. I cannot now receive Thee in Holy Communion, but I beg Thee to come to me at least spiritually. I embrace Thee as already there, and unite myself entirely to Thee. Grant that I may never be separated from Thee!

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Communion Prayer of St. Pio of Pietrelcina

Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present so that I do not forget You. You know how easily I abandon You.

Stay with me Lord, because I am weak, and I need Your strength, so that I may not fall so often.

Stay with me Lord, for You are my life, and without You, I am without fervor.

Stay with me Lord, for You are my light, and without you, I am in darkness.

Stay with me Lord, to show me Your will.

Stay with me Lord, so that I hear Your voice and follow You.

Stay with me Lord, for I desire to love you very much, and always be in Your Company.

Stay with me Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to You.

Stay with me Lord, for as poor as my soul is, I want it to be a place of consolation for You, a nest of Love.

Stay with me, Jesus, for it is getting late, and the day is coming to a close, and life passes, death, judgment, eternity approach. It is necessary to renew my strength, so that I will not stop along the way and for that, I need You. It is getting late and death approaches. I fear the darkness, the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorrows. O how I need You, my Jesus, in this night of exile.

Stay with me tonight, Jesus, in life with all its dangers, I need You.

Let me recognize You as Your disciples did at the breaking of bread, so that the Eucharistic Communion be the light which disperses the darkness, the force which sustains me, the unique joy of my heart.

Stay with me Lord, because at the hour of my death, I want to remain united to you, if not by Communion, at least by grace and love.

Stay with me Jesus, I do not ask for divine consolation because I do not merit it, but the gift of Your presence, oh yes, I ask this of You.

Stay with me Lord, for it is You alone I look for, Your Love, Your Grace, Your Will, Your Heart, Your Spirit, because I love You and ask no other reward but to love You more and more.

With a firm love, I will love You with all my heart while on earth and continue to love You perfectly during all eternity. Amen.

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Now, I am going to let you in on a secret – the secret of my spiritual life. When I travel on the train, I say, ten, twenty ‘Masses of St. John’ – Masses in honor of the Blessed Trinity. There is no prayer like that. I have but three devotions: My Mass, my breviary, my rosary. The breviary is beautiful, but you cannot compare it with the Mass. There is no prayer like the Mass. As I travel, I offer my Mass on the altar of the holy Will of God, offering it in union with the thousands of priests saying Mass continuously, perpetually. I am tired, I cannot prepare conferences – I offer Mass instead. I said four or five Masses this morning. I do it the whole day. It unites my heart, my will with priests at the altar.

When I awake during the night, the first thing I do is to take the shortest form of the Mass of St. John, ‘Suscipe… Offerimus…’ ‘Hoc est enim Corpus Meum’ … ‘Hic est enim Calix Sanguinis Mei …’ ‘Domine, non sum dignus…’ ‘Corpus Domini Jesu Christi… Sanguis Domini Jesu Christi, custodiant animam meam in vitam aeternam. Amen!’  (The offering of the Host, the Chalice, the Consecration, Domine non sum dignus, the Communion prayers of the priest.)

I hope to die saying Mass – between two consecrations… Learn these prayers by heart and then during the day you can live the wonderful grace of your Mass. You have a few moments free –say a Mass of St. John. You wake up at night – say a Mass…

I remember preaching in a big community in California. The Mother Superior said to me one day, “Father, I want to thank you. Yesterday after your conference about Holy Mass I went to the infirmary to see a poor sister who suffers terribly and who cannot sleep at all, especially during the night. She was smiling. Mother, I have learned the secret of how to pass the night – the Mass of St. John. Thank Father for me for having told us about it.”

Father Mateo’s Mass of St. John (Quidlibet, A Traditionalist Miscellany) ⧉

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TO OBTAIN A CONVERSION OR ANY SPIRITUAL FAVOR

Lord, all hearts are in Thy hands: Thou canst bend as Thou wilt the most stubborn, and soften the most obdurate. Do that honor this day to

• the precious blood,
• the merits,
• the sacred wounds,
• the holy name, and
• the loving Heart

of Thy beloved Son, of granting the conversion of N.N. (or of bestowing such a grace, etc.).

Amen.

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Prior to the Council, it was customary, in addition to the grouping of the Acts of Faith, Hope and Charity, for the Act of Contrition to be conveyed in the same group, a practice which might be anticipated to be restored at some time in the future.

 Faith is the virtue by which we firmly believe all the truths God has revealed, on the word of God revealing them, who can neither deceive nor be deceived. (John 20:29) 

Act of Faith.

I believe that there is one God, and that in this one God there are three persons. That the Son of God was made man for us, that He died upon the cross, rose again from the dead and ascended into heaven. I believe that the Son of God will come again at the Last Day, and call all men to judgment. I believe this because Christ is the Son of God and therefore can neither deceive nor be deceived; and because He has confirmed His teaching by many miracles. Moreover I believe whatever the Catholic Church by Christ’s authority proposes to us to be believed; I believe it because the Catholic Church is guided and defended against error by the Holy Spirit; and because even down to the present day God corroborates by miracles the truths which the Catholic Church teaches. O God, increase my faith.

Fr. Jeremiah Williams Cummings (1814-1866) Songs for Catholic Schools and Aids to Memory for the Catechism (1860), p. 107	Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918) Amberley
Great God! Whatever through Thy Church Thou teachest to be true, I firmly do believe it all, And shall confess it too. Thou never canst deceived be, Thou never canst deceive, For Thou art truth itself, and Thou Dost tell me to believe.

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Act of Faith

	Holy Face Hymnal Sisters of Mercy (Providence, R.I.), 1891
My God! most firmly I believe what e’er Thou teachest me; The voice of Holy Church is Thine, Her spirit rests in Thee. The world and creatures may deceive, but Thou wilt constant be; For Thou the source of truth and light art from eternity.

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O my God! I firmly belive all the sacred truths which Thy holy Catholic Church believes and teaches, because Thou hast revealed them, Who canst neither deceive nor be deceived.

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 Hope is the virtue by which we firmly trust that God, who is all-powerful and faithful to His promises, will in His mercy give us eternal happiness and the means to obtain it. (Romans 8:24-25) 

Act of Hope.

O my God, I hope that after death Thou wilt admit me to everlasting happiness, and that Thou wilt give me here such means as are essential to the attainment of that happiness. I trust that Thou wilt grant me for this end the grace of the Holy Spirit, such temporal good things as are necessary to me, pardon of sin, help in time of need, and a gracious answer to my petitions. I hope this, because Thou, Who art almighty and all-bountiful and ever-faithful to Thy promises, hast promised these things to me, and because Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour, has merited them for me by His cruel death upon the cross. O God, increase my hope.

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Fr. Jeremiah Williams Cummings (1814-1866) Songs for Catholic Schools and Aids to Memory for the Catechism (1860), p. 108	Philip James (1890-1975) Tregaron
My God! I firmly hope in Thee, For Thou art great and good, And gavest us Thine only Son, To die upon the rood. I hope through him for grace to live As Thy commandments teach, And through Thy mercy when I die, The joys of heaven to reach.

Act of Hope

	Holy Face Hymnal Sisters of Mercy (Providence, R.I.), 1891
My God! relying on Thy love I firmly hope in Thee; I trust Thy mercy and Thy grace, in heaven Thy face to see; My God! in Thee alone I hope for grace to persevere; Then through our Saviour’s Precious Blood to rest in heaven’s sphere.

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O my God! Relying on Thy infinite goodness and promises, I hope to obtain the pardon of my sins, the assistance of Thy grace, and life everlasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

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 Charity is the virtue by which we love God above all things for His own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God. (1^st Corinthians 13:1-2) 

Act of Charity.

My God, I love Thee with my whole heart, and above all things, because Thou art supreme beauty and perfection, because Thou art my greatest benefactor and Thy love for me is infinite. I will, therefore, think of Thee in all my actions; I will avoid even the slightest sins; I will give thanks to Thee for all Thy benefits and for all Thou givest me to suffer, and I will love my neighbor because he is Thy child and made after Thy image. O God, increase my charity.

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Fr. Jeremiah Williams Cummings (1814-1866) Songs for Catholic Schools and Aids to Memory for the Catechism (1860), p. 108	Arnold G.H. Bode (1866-1952) Laramie
With all my heart, and soul, and strength, I love Thee, O my Lord, For Thou art perfect, and all things, Were made by Thy blest Word. Like me to Thine own image made, My neighbor Thou didst make, And as I love myself, I love, My neighbor for Thy sake.

Act of Charity

	Holy Face Hymnal Sisters of Mercy (Providence, R.I.), 1891
I love Thee, Lord, with all my heart, with all my strength and will; For Thou alone all perfect art, None else my soul can fill. My neighbour for Thy sake I love; Thine image I can see. In all Thy children dearest Lord, Oh, make us more like Thee.

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O my God! I love Thee above all things with my whole heart and soul, because Thou art all-good and worthy of all love. I love my neighbor as myself for the love of Thee. I forgive all who have injured me, and ask pardon of all whom I have injured.

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 Contrition, or sorrow for sin, is a hatred of sin and a true grief of the soul for having offended God, with a firm purpose of sinning no more. (I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.” -Isaiah 57:15) 

The Act of Contrition – Oh, my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven, and the pains of hell; but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, Who are all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life. Amen.

Act of Contrition.

Fr. Jeremiah Williams Cummings (1814-1866) Songs for Catholic Schools and Aids to Memory for the Catechism New York: P. O’Shea. 1860. Pp. 109–110	Thomas Tallis (1505-1585) Third Mode Melody
My holy God! my very soul, With grief sincere is moved, Because I have offended Thee, Whom I should e’er have loved. Forgive me, Father! I am now, Resolved to sin no more, And by Thy holy grace to shun, What made me sin before.

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Act of Contrition

	Holy Face Hymnal Sisters of Mercy (Providence, R.I.), 1891
My God! my Father, I have sinned, Turn not Thy face away For with repentant tears I’ve filled my feeble heart of clay. Forgive me Father! by Thy grace; I’ll never more offend; Oh, help me dearest Lord to be most faithful to the end.

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Noontide

Evening

Before sleep, it is good for the spiritual life to kneel down and pray at least a short night prayer. Make the Sign of the Cross, invoking the Holy Trinity:

“In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.”

Examine your conscience and make an act of perfect contrition. Then, at your discretion, pray any one or all of the following prayers.

Prayer of Praise

Blessed be the holy and undivided Trinity, now and forevermore. Amen.

Prayer of Adoration, Thanksgiving and Contrition

O almighty and eternal God, in the presence of Thy divine Majesty, I humbly adore Thee and thank Thee for all Thy blessings. Grant me the grace to know how I have offended Thee, and to be truly sorry for my sins.

Prayer for Daily Neglects

• Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with all its love, all its sufferings and all its merits.
  • To expiate all the sins I have committed this day and during all my life.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

• Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with all its love, all its sufferings and all its merits.
  • To purify the good I have done poorly this day and during all my life.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

• Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with all its love, all its sufferings and all its merits.
  • To supply for the good I ought to have done, and that I have neglected this day and all my life.

  Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

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  The Dwelling of the Blessed Trinity within Us

  This is what God’s Coming in grace means–a soul in the state of grace is the host of the Blessed Trinity, neither more nor less. “We will come to him and will make our abode with him,” (John 14:23) and from the moment that grace enters, the soul becomes the abode of God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Ghost.

  It was at the moment of Baptism that our souls were raised to the dignity of being hosts of God Himself. What happened then? God added to the natural gifts with which He had endowed man supernatural ones, summed up in the gift of grace. What is that? A participation in His own life, something which makes us “partakers of the Divine nature” (2^nd Peter 1:4, “…he hath given us most great and precious promises: that by these you may be made partakers of the divine nature: flying the corruption of that concupiscence which is in the world.”). He created man thus in the beginning, for He meant man always to possess supernatural as well as natural gifts. He meant always to live with man and talk and walk with him in the paradise of his soul; but Adam chased out the Divine Guest and lost this miraculous privilege for all his children. God, however, could not rest content to be outside, the souls which He had created solely that He might live in them, and He devised a way (the first coming of Christ) by which He might get back to the dwelling which He cherished so much. We need not follow the beautiful story of the Redemption through all its wondrous steps, we know it well enough; we will take it up at Baptism, when the divine gift of life which Adam lost was restored to the soul, when God came back to His chosen dwelling, and the soul regained its responsible position of host to the Blessed Trinity. When Satan had noticed that the soul was left exposed, that it was a human soul only, with nothing divine about it, he naturally had taken possession, as he does of all empty houses (see Mt 12: 44-45 – “And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest, and findeth none. [44] Then he saith: I will return into my house from whence I came out. And coming he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. [45] Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is made worse than the first.”); so at Baptism the Priest said: “Depart from him, thou unclean spirit, and give place to the Holy Ghost.” Where the Holy Ghost is, there are also the Father and the Son. The Blessed Trinity, then waits to take possession of each soul, waits to come back to Its own, waits to restore the privilege that man had at the beginning.

  Thus the new creation takes place, and the soul is no longer a human soul only, but divine, for the Divine Life within has made it one with Itself. Does man realize this privilege and rise to it? No! For the greater part of Christians we are obliged to say: No. As soon as they come to years of discretion, they invite back the unclean sprit and chase out their Divine Guest. What base ingratitude! And what folly! What base ingratitude! And what folly! But God, Who is rich in mercy is not repelled by such conduct; His one thought is to go back to His Temple which has been so profaned, and the scheme of Redemption included a method (the Sacrament of Penance), whereby, if man would, he could drive out the devil and invite back the Divine Guest. Is God angry? Does He upbraid! Does He allude to the past and throw doubts on the future? No, He loves, and all He asks in return is love. Such is our Guest!
  I often talk about recalling the Presence of God, but it is in His Presence within me that I have to recall. I make Acts of Contrition, of Love, to Whom? To the God within me.
  Now what is my side of this great question? I am, or if I am not, I can be, a Temple of God. God is living within me. How much do I think about it? I often talk about recalling the Presence of God, but it is in His Presence within me that I have to recall. I make Acts of Contrition, of Love, to Whom? To the God within me. Do not let me forget that my heart is an altar where I can, whenever I will, adore God. He is there to walk with me and talk to me as He did to Adam of old. He wants me to live side by side with Him, and talk to Him as naturally as I do to my friend.

  Let me try this Advent, as one of the best ways of preparing for the Coming of Christ at Christmas, and for His coming in judgment, to realize what the supernatural life means, what God in me means, what it means to be the host always of God Himself. The realization will transform my life, will alter my point of view, will change me from a mediocre Christian into one who is filled with a great idea and who is occupied with it every moment of his time–an idea which is ever stimulating to him to aim higher. God in me–then I am never alone, my life is intimately bound up with God’s life. I am a partaker of His nature. O my God, forgive me for having though of it so little; help me to rise to my great privileges. I thank Thee for letting a few streaks of Thy Divine Light reach my dark soul, and by the time the Sun of Justice has risen in all His splendour this Advent, may my soul be flooded with the new light which the realization of the Divine Presence within it, will surely bring.

  Colloquy: with God within me.
  Resolution: To realize this truth today, and every day more and more.
  Spiritual Bouquet: “We will come to him and make our abode with him.”
  – Mother St. Paul (1941)
  

  Prayer to the Most Holy Indwelling Trinity

  

  O my Love, my only Good, Most Holy Trinity, I adore Thee, hidden in the depths of my soul. To Thee, to Thine honor and glory, I dedicate my life. May every thought, word and deed of mine be an act of adoration and praise directed towards Thy Divine Majesty enthroned in my heart.

  O Father, Infinite Goodness, behold Thy child, clothed in the likeness of Thy Son. Extend to me Thine arms that I may belong to Thee forever.

  O Son, Divine Lord, made man, crucify me with Thyself that I may become, in union with Thee, a sacrifice of praise for the glory of Thy Father.

  O Holy Spirit, Fire of Everlasting Love, consume me on the altar of Divine Charity, that at the end of life, nothing may remain but that which bears the likeness of Christ.

  O Blessed Trinity, worthy of all adoration, I wish to remain in spirit on my knees, to acknowledge forever Thy reign in me and over me, to Thine everlasting glory.

  Through the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the pure heart of St. Joseph, I consecrate my life to Thine adoration and glory.

  At the moment of death, receive me, O my Triune Love, that I may continue my adoration of love through all eternity. Amen.

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  Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.

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  Flos Carmeli was used by the Carmelites as the sequence for the Feast of St. Simon Stock, and, since 1663, for the Feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel. It also appears in an ancient metrical office of Carmel as an antiphon and responsory. Its composition is ascribed to St. Simon Stock himself (ca 1165 – 1265).

  Flos Carmeli, vitis florigera, splendor caeli, virgo puerpera singularis.	Flower of Carmel, Tall vine blossom laden; Splendor of heaven, Childbearing yet maiden. None equals thee.
  Mater mitis sed viri nescia Carmelitis esto propitia stella maris.	Mother so tender, Who no man didst know, On Carmel’s children Thy favors bestow. Star of the Sea.
  Radix Iesse germinans flosculum nos ad esse tecum in saeculum patiaris.	Strong stem of Jesse, Who bore one bright flower, Be ever near us And guard us each hour, who serve thee here.
  Inter spinas quae crescis lilium serva puras mentes fragilium tutelaris.	Purest of lilies, That flowers among thorns, Bring help to the true heart That in weakness turns and trusts in thee.
  Armatura fortis pugnantium furunt bella tende praesidium scapularis.	Strongest of armor, We trust in thy might: Under thy mantle, Hard press’d in the fight, we call to thee.
  Per incerta prudens consilium per adversa iuge solatium largiaris.	Our way uncertain, Surrounded by foes, Unfailing counsel You give to those who turn to thee.
  Mater dulcis Carmeli domina, plebem tuam reple laetitia qua bearis.	O gentle Mother Who in Carmel reigns, Share with your servants That gladness you gained and now enjoy.
  Paradisi clavis et ianua, fac nos duci quo, Mater, gloria coronaris. Amen	Hail, Gate of Heaven, With glory now crowned, Bring us to safety Where thy Son is found, true joy to see.

  
  

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  Virgin Mary of Mt. Carmel

  Sr. Miriam of the Holy Spirit (1905–1988)	Assynt (1884)
  1. Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, Whom in ancient prophecy God revealed to Saint Elijah By an Oriental sea, Rise again on God’s creation, Bring to bloom this arid place With the white cloud of your beauty And the rainfall of your grace.	2. Lady of the mystic mountain Where the Lord has set his throne, Up its steep ways of the spirit None can walk save love alone. Grant us grace to climb Mount Carmel And to learn that love is loss; Guide us till our ways outdistance All earth’s treasures save the Cross.
  3. Blessed cloud of God’s protection And his luminous abode, Light the pathway of your pilgrims To the Promised Land of God. On the mount of contemplation Be our surety and stay, In the night a pillar glowing And a cloud of love by day.	4. Virgin of the Incarnation, In the mysteries of grace God has made his habitation In our soul’s most secret place. Toward that bright and inner kingdom All our words and ways compel, For the Father, Son and Spirit In its sacred silence dwell.
  5. Queen and beauty of Mount Carmel, Virgin of the solitude, In the wilderness of Carmel Lies the world’s eternal good. Draw us to its deep seclusion And make God alone our goal In the mystical Mount Carmel That lies hidden in the soul.	6. Mother fair above all mothers, By the Scapular we wear, By your own Sign of Salvation, Which our willing shoulders bear, Shield us from the foes of darkness, We are prey they seek to win. Guard us as thy loving children From the tragedy of sin.

  

  

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