Blessing and Investiture of the Brown Scapular

Formula brevior. The priest wears a surplice and a white stole over the cassock.

V. Osténde nobis, Dómine, misericórdiam tuam.
Show us, O Lord, Your mercy.

R. Et salutáre tuum da nobis.
And grant us Your salvation.

V. Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.
O Lord, hear my prayer.

R. Et clamor meus ad te véniat.
And let my cry come to You.

V. Dóminus vobíscum.
The Lord be with you.

R. Et cum spíritu tuo.
And with your spirit.

Orémus.

Dómine Iesu Christe, humáni géneris Salvátor, hunc hábitum, quem propter tuum tuǽque Genetrícis Vírginis Maríæ de Monte Carmélo amórem servi tui (ancíllæ tuæ) devóte sunt delatúri (-æ) déxtera tua sanctí † fica, et eádem Genetríce tua intercedénte, ab hoste malígno defénsi (-æ) in tua grátia usque ad mortem persevérent: Qui vivis et regnas in sǽcula sæculórum. R. Amen.

Let us pray.

O Lord Jesus Christ, Savior of mankind, by Your right hand sanctify this habit, which Your servants will devoutly wear for love of You and of Your Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, so that, by her intercession, they may be protected from the wickedness of the enemy and persevere in Your grace until death. You who live and reign forever and ever. R. Amen.

He sprinkles the scapulars with holy water and invests each individual with it, saying:

Accipe hunc hábitum benedíctum precans sanctíssimam Vírginem, ut eius méritis illum pérferas sine mácula, et te ab ómni adversitáte deféndat, atque ad vitam perdúcat ætérnam. R. Amen.

Receive this blessed habit and ask the most holy Virgin that, by her merits, you may wear it without stain, and that she may defend you from all adversity and bring you to everlasting life. R. Amen.

After all have received the scapular, he says:

Ego, ex potestáte mihi concéssa, recípio te (vos) ad participatiónem ómnium bonórum spirituálium, quæ, cooperánte misericórdia Iesu Christi, a Religiósis de Monte Carmélo peragúntur. In nómine Patris, et Fílii, † et Spíritus Sancti. R. Amen.

By the power granted to me, I admit you to a share in all the spiritual works performed, with the merciful help of Jesus Christ, by the Religious of Mount Carmel. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. R. Amen.

Bene † dícat te (vos) Cónditor cæli et terræ, Deus omnípotens, qui te (vos) cooptáre dignátus est in Confraternitátem beátæ Maríæ Vírginis de Monte Carmélo: quam exorámus, ut in hora óbitus tui (vestri) cónterat caput serpéntis antíqui, atque palmam et corónam sempitérnæ hereditátis tandem consequáris (consequámini). Per Christum Dóminum nostrum. R. Amen.

May almighty God, Creator of heaven and earth, bless you, whom He has been pleased to receive into the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel. We beseech her that, in the hour of your death, she crush the head of the ancient serpent, so that you may finally obtain the palm and crown of the eternal inheritance. Through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.

He sprinkles the person with holy water.