Day 3 Novena and reflections

[MariaChristi]

Third Day

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.
(pause and mention petitions) s)

Say: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

If you read the link on the scapular which I posted [HERE](http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/brown_scapular.HTM), yesterday, perhaps you were impressed with it as I was. I do not think I read before such an emphasis on our lives as this:

...Conferral with the scapular indicates a special devotion and consecration to Mary. No one should undertake it who is not spiritually prepared to live in accordance with it... Those who wear it practice a special devotion to Mary. In the past this was the Little Office of Our Lady, but today this can be commuted by any priest to the rosary. In addition, the person has a special entrustment of themselves to Mary for their salvation. This, in fact, has been promised to those who faithfully wear the scapular: "Those who die wearing this scapular shall not suffer eternal fire." This must not be understood superstitiously or magically, but in light of Catholic teaching that perseverance in faith, hope and love are required for salvation. The scapular is a powerful reminder of this Christian obligation and of Mary's promise to help those consecrated to her obtain the grace of final perseverance.

May we who wear the scapular, truly wear it in the spirit described above.