A Theological Reflection on the Brown Scapular | The Fatima Center

The Fatima Center wishes you a grace-filled eve of the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel! Editor’s Note: In 2024, The Fatima Center reprinted an updated edition of our extremely popular booklet, Our Lady’s Garment: The Brown Scapular. If you would like a copy of this revised edition or a Brown Scapular, please contact us. What follows below is a small excerpt taken from the updated booklet. On October 13, 1917, during the great Miracle of the Sun, Lucia dos Santos was granted visions of the Child Jesus, Our Lady, and Saint Joseph. In the final vision, Our Lady appeared vested as Our Lady of Mount Carmel. She held out the Brown Scapular, offering Her Scapular to the world. The Brown Scapular is not a ‘magical charm,’ nor is it in and of itself an automatic guarantee of salvation. Rather, the Scapular is a powerful sign that one belongs to the Blessed Virgin Mary. By wearing the Scapular, we place ourselves under Her mantle. She offers Her mantle to us, but we have to place ourselves …