Well, thank you, everybody, for joining us.

I'm Father Chris.

It's great to have you with us here from the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy.

On this beautiful Saturday, we're coming to you live from Stockbridge, Massachusetts,

as we approach the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

And today we're going to do a little different type of talk. We're going to be

talking about the brown scapular and not just what it is and the grace is promised and who can

wear it, but also its connection to Fatima and why our lady did she say at Fatima, it's part of the requirement that we have to wear

the brown scapula.

This is very interesting in what is it?

And do we need to wear it as Catholics?

And so we're glad you are with us.

I got some research help from Chris Sparks.

I dug up some of my seminarian notes on the topic of the scapulars.

Thank you.

And we are going to be talking today.

Here is the brown scapular.

And we'll be showing you a little bit more about this as we go along.

But let us begin with a prayer in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen. Heavenly Father, we ask you send the Holy Spirit down upon us to open our minds and hearts

to receive the grace you wish to bestow, the grace to lead us

to eternal life, and through the intercession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, coming up in three days,

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