Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel is especially prevalent among the Carmelites. If you have any special petition then praying to this novena is recommended. The novena has to be prayed for nine consecutive days.
About Our Lady of Mount Carmel
The Blessed Virgin Mary is known as Our Lady of Mount Carmel, or Virgin of Carmel since she is the patroness of the Carmelite Order.
During the late 12th and early to mid-13th centuries, the first Carmelites were Christian hermits residing on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land. They built a chapel in the center of their hermitages, dedicating it to the Blessed Virgin, whom they referred to as the “Lady of the Place” in chivalric terminology. In the nineteenth century, Our Lady of Mount Carmel was designated as Chile’s patron saint.
The Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, commonly known as the Brown Scapular, has been the focus of popular devotion to Our Lady of Mount Carmel since the 15th century. Mary is claimed to have given the Scapular to an early Carmelite named Saint Simon Stock, according to legend (1165-1265).
In the Crusader States, the Carmelite Order was the only religious order founded. Some of its inhabitants traveled west to England in the 13th century, establishing a chapter and being attested there around 1241–1242.
Saint Simon Stock, an early English prior general of the Carmelite Order shortly after its migration to England, had a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary in which she handed him the Brown Scapular, according to a tradition dating back to the late 14th century.
After 1287, this became a part of the Carmelite way of life. Mary promised in Stock’s vision that anyone who died wearing the scapular would be saved.
This is a devotional sacramental that denotes the wearer’s consecration to Mary and Carmelite connection. It is a symbol of her unique protection and a call to devote oneself to her in a specific way.
Fr. John Cheron, a Carmelite, released a paper in 1642 that he said was a 13th-century letter written by Saint Simon Stock’s secretary, Peter Swanington. Historians have known since the early twentieth century that this document was falsified, most likely by Cheron himself.
Facts about Novena To Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Novena Starts: July 7th
Feast Day: July 16th
Significance of Novena To Our Lady of Mount Carmel
The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, which takes place on July 16, was established in the late 14th century to commemorate the approbation of the Carmelite Order’s rule a century before. According to mythology, a religious society existed on Mount Carmel long before the birth of Christ.
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Novena To Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Day 1
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
O Beautiful Flower of Carmel, most fruitful vine, splendor of heaven, holy
and singular, who brought forth the Son of God, still ever remaining a pure virgin, assist us in our necessity! O Star of the Sea, help and protect us! Show us that you are our Mother!
<<mention your special request>>
Recite once
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Day 2
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Most Holy Mary, Our Mother, in your great love for us you gave us the Holy
Scapular of Mount Carmel, having heard the prayers of your chosen son Saint Simon Stock. Help us now to wear it faithfully and with devotion. May it be a sign to us of our desire to grow in holiness.
<<mention your special request>>
Recite once
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
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Day 3
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
O Queen of Heaven, you gave us the Scapular as an outward sign by which we
might be known as your faithful children. may we always wear it with honor
by avoiding sin and imitating your virtues. Help us to be faithful to this
desire of ours.
<<mention your special request>>
Recite once
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Day 4
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
When you gave us, Gracious Lady, the Scapular as our Habit, you called us
to be not only servants, but also your own children. We ask you to gain for us from your Son the grace to live as you children in joy, peace and love.
<<mention your special request>>
Recite once
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Day 5
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
O Mother of Fair Love, through your goodness, as your children, we are
called to live in the spirit of Carmel. Help us to live in charity with one another, prayerful as Elijah of old, and mindful of our call to minister to God’s people.
<<mention your special request>>
Recite once
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
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Day 6
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
With loving provident care, O Mother Most Amiable, you covered us with your Scapular as a shield of defense against the Evil One. Through your assistance, may we bravely struggle against the powers of evil, always open to your Son Jesus Christ.
<<mention your special request>>
Recite once
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Day 7
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
O Mary, Help of Christians, you assured us that wearing your Scapular
worthily would keep us safe from harm. Protect us in both body and soul
with your continual aid. may all that we do be pleasing to your Son and to
you.
<<mention your special request>>
Recite once
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Day 8
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
You give us hope, O Mother of Mercy, that through your Scapular promise we
might quickly pass through the fires of purgatory to the Kingdom of your
Son. Be our comfort and our hope. Grant that our hope may not be in vain
but that, ever faithful to your Son and to you, we may speedily enjoy after death the blessed company of Jesus and the saints.
<<mention your special request>>
Recite once
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
Day 9
Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
O Most Holy Mother of Mount Carmel, when asked by a saint to grant privileges to the family of Carmel, you gave assurance of your Motherly love and help to those faithful to you and to your Son. Behold us, your
children. We glory in wearing your holy habit, which makes us members of your family of Carmel, through which we shall have your powerful protection in life, at death and even after death. Look down with love, O Gate of Heaven, on all those now in their last agony! Look down graciously, O Virgin, Flower of Carmel, on all those in need of help! Look down mercifully, O Mother of our Savior, on all those who do not know that they are numbered among your children. Look down tenderly, O Queen of All Saints, on the poor souls!
<<mention your special request>>
Recite once
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory Be
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
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Prayer to Our Lady of Mount Carmel
O most beautiful flower of Mount Carmel,
Fruitful vine,
Splendor of Heaven,
Blessed Mother of the Son of God,
Immaculate Virgin,
assist me in my necessity.
O Star of the Sea,
help me herein and show me here
you are my Mother.
O Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
Queen of Heaven and Earth,
I humbly beseech you
from the bottom of my heart
to succor me in my necessity. <<mention your special request>>
There are one that can withstand thy power.
O Mary,
conceived without sin,
pray for us who have recourse to thee (three times).
Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (three times).
