Brown Scapular Miracles





    Protection against the Devil

    You will understand why the Devil works against those who promote the 
    Scapular when you hear the story of Ven. Francis Ypes. One day his Scapular 
    fell off. 
    As he replaced it, the devil howled, “Take off the habit which snatches so many 
    souls from us!” 
    Then and there Francis made the devil admit that there are three things which 
    the demons are most afraid of: the Holy Name of Jesus, the Holy Name of Mary, 
    and the Holy Scapular of Carmel. 
    To that list we could add the Holy Rosary.

    The great St.Peter Claver was another of God’s heroes who used the Scapular
    to good advantage. Every month a shipment of 1000 slaves would arrive at 
    Cartegena, Colombia, South America. St. Peter used to insure the salvation of 
    his converts. 
    First, he organized catechists to give them instructions. Then, he saw to it that 
    they were baptized and clothed with the Scapular. Some ecclesiastics’ accused 
    the Saint of indiscreet zeal, but St. Peter was confident that Mary would watch 
    over each of his more than 300,000 converts!

    Our Lady Protects a Missionary

    One day in 1944, a Carmelite missionary in the Holy Land was called to an
    internment camp in order to give the Last Rites. The Arab driver made the 
    priest get off the bus four miles from the camp because the road was 
    dangerously muddy. After two miles, the missionary found his feet sinking 
    deeper and deeper into the mire. Trying to get solid footing he slipped into a muddy pool. 

    Sinking to his death in this desolate place, he thought of Our Lady and Her Scapular. He kissed his great Scapular -- for he was wearing the full habit -
    - and looked toward the holy mountain of Carmel, the birthplace of devotion 
    to God’s Mother. 

    He cried out, “Holy Mother of Carmel! Help me! Save me!” A moment later, 
    he found himself on solid ground. Later he said, “I know I was saved by the Blessed Virgin through Her Brown 
    Scapular. My shoes were lost in the mud, and I was covered with it, but I
    walked the remaining two miles praising Mary.”