16th May – St. Simon Stock
Carmel's Flower, Vine ever blossoming, Heaven's splendor! Virgin who bore a child. No one is like thee. Mother gentle and kind. Yet never touched by man! To Carmelites give thou the privilege. Help us Star of the Sea - St. Simon Stock.
The Virgin Mary appeared to Simon Stock holding the brown scapular in one hand. She told him, “Receive, my beloved son, this scapular of thy Order; it is a special sign of my favor which I have obtained for thee and thy children of Mount Carmel. He who dies clothed with this habit shall be preserved from eternal fire. It is the badge of salvation, a shield in time of danger and a pledge of special peace and protection.”
