> [[js-cm-04|← On the Sacrament of Matrimony]] | [[the-carmelite-manual-toc|TOC]] | [[js-cm-06|On Prayer →]] # Instructions for the Members of the Carmelite Order Exclusively THE first observation we have to make is, that the Scapular must be made of wool, of a brown or black colour. As to the form, it must be made in two parts, as it is to hang from the neck; so that one part may be upon the breast and the other on the shoulders; and for this reason it is called Scapular, as being a garment which covers not only the breast but the shoulders also. It is not necessary that the image of our Lady be sewed to the Scapular, and therefore no one need scruple to wear the habit without it, as the indulgences are gained by wearing the habit, not by the image. The second observation is, that in order to be enrolled in the Confraternity of the Holy Scapular of Mount Carmel, it is always necessary the Scapular should be blessed, and given by a person duly authorized by the Order, whether a Carmelite or Secular priest. When, however, the first is worn out or lost, the individual may put on another, first getting it blessed. It is also necessary to be registered in the book of the Confraternity, canonically founded, for such is the ancient practice of this society. ## Of the Personal Indulgences Granted to the Members of Mount Carmel THE Indulgences granted by the chief pontiff, are of two kinds: personal and local. The former are those immediately conceded to individuals; so that it may be said they carry them with themselves, and can gain them wherever they they go. The local are those which are conceded not immediately to individuals, but to churches, in order that the faithful may acquire them by visiting those churches, praying there, and performing some other spiritual exercise. The following are the personal Indulgences, with the names of the pontiffs that conceded them, appended: ## Indulgences ### Plenary Indulgences 1\. On the day of admission into the Confraternity of the blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel, and of receiving the habit, to all the faithful of both sexes, who, being penitent, confess and receive, a Plenary Indulgence.Paul V.' 2\. On the principal festival of the blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, celebrated on the 16th of July (or according to the custom of some places, the Sunday following), to those who are, or shall be, registered; and who being penitent, and having confessed and received, shall pray for concord among Christian princes, the extirpation of heresy, and the exaltation of the holy Mother Church, a Plenary Indulgence.Paul V. This festival, for the greater devotion or convenience of the faithful, or in case of any other solemn festival interfering, can be transferred to any other Sunday in the same month. Clement X. 3\. At the hour of death, to the brothers and sisters, who being penitent, and having confessed and received, shall invoke the holy name of JESUS, at least with their hearts, if unable to do so with their lips, a Plenary Indulgence.-Paul V. 4\. On one Sunday in each month, to all the members, who being penitent, and having confessed and received, shall be present at a procession, to be celebrated by leave of the Ordinary, and shall pray as above, a Plenary Indulgence.-Paul V. The brothers and sisters who cannot conveniently be present at the aforesaid procession, having confessed and received, shall obtain the said Plenary Indulgence conceded by Paul V. to such as are at the said procession, provided they devoutly visit the chapel of the Confraternity, and pray as above. Clement X. Such as are infirm, imprisoned, or travelling, and cannot visit that church on the said Sunday, may obtain the same Plenary Indulgence, by reciting the Little Office of the Virgin, or repeating Our Father and the Hail Mary fifty times, and being contrite, with a firm resolution of confessing and receiving as soon as possible, which they will be indispensably_obliged to do, in order to obtain the said Plenary Indulgence.Clement X. The monks and nuns of the said order in such convents as have no confraternity, or in which no procession is made, may gain the same Plenary Indulgence, by devoutly reciting in the choir the Litanies of the Saints, (or in private, if there be a legitimate impediment to their being present in the choir), and by performing the other acts enjoined by Paul V.Clement X. ### Indulgences Not Plenary 1\. To such as being penitent and having confessed, shall communicate once a month, and pray as above, five years' Indulgence, and as many quarantines.Paul V. 2\. To such as shall abstain from eating flesh meat on those days that the members of the Confraternity, according to their regulations, do not eat it, namely, Wednesdays, thirty days' Indulgence.-Paul V. 3\. To those who shall devoutly recite the Office of the Blessed Virgin, a hundred days' Indulgence.Paul V. 4.. To those who on any day shall repeat seven times the Lord's Prayer and Hail Mary, in honour of the seven joys of the Blessed Virgin, forty days' Indulgence.-Paul V. 5\. To the members, who being penitent and having confessed, shall receive devoutly on any festival of the Blessed Virgin, and pray as above, three years' Indulgence, and as many quarantines.-Paul V. 6\. To those who will accompany the holy Sacrament when it is carried to the sick, and pray to God for them, five years' Indulgence, and as many quarantines. -Paul V. 7\. To those who will accompany to the grave, the brothers and sisters, and pray for their souls, five days' Indulgence.-Paul V. 8\. To such as shall perform one of the following pious works, viz.: assisting at Mass, or at the other offices celebrated in the church, chapel, or oratory of the confraternity; to be present at the meeting whether public or private, of the same confraternity, in whatever place they may be held. Sheltering the poor. Helping and relieving them in their necessities. Preventing and assisting such as are in danger of sinning. Making spiritual and temporal alms. Reconciling themselves to their enemies. Bringing any mistaken person into the path of salvation. Teaching the ignorant the commandments of God, and those matters that relate to the salvation of the soul. Lastly, practising some work of piety or charity. Every time they will perform one of the above pious works, one hundred days of the penances enjoined, or otherwise due, according to the forms of the church.Paul V. 9\. All the above mentioned Indulgences, as well plenary as not, may be applied for the relief of the souls in purgatory, by way of suffrage. Clement X. **10\.** Besides these Indulgences and favours, the brothers and sisters also participate in all the spiritual benefits which are given, not only in the Carmelite Order, but also in the whole church. Wherefore they participate in all the prayers, vigils, alms, Masses, fastings, pilgrimages, mortifications, penances, and, in fine, all those blessings which are prayed for throughout the world, in so many cloisters of monks and nuns, in the infinite number of churches, confraternities, oratories, and congregations, which, as it were, with one voice and one heart, in a thousand parts of the world, pray through the means af the most holy virgin, to the throne of divine Majesty. - Clement VIII. A favour truly great and remarkable, since by entering into the possession of so many labours and holy works of so many souls, beloved of God in this world, that it is verified in them what was formerly said of the Jews: "Labores populum possiderunt," (Psalm civ.) and each member can freely appropriate to himself what the holy Prophet David, speaking of himself, says, (Psalm cxviii.) I am a partaker with all them that hear and keep thy commandments. To acquire, then, the above mentioned Indulgences, and to enjoy other privileges, the following conditions must be observed and complied with: 1\. To enter into some society or confraternity of Mount Carmel, canonically founded, and and receive the habit or Scapular, blessed by a priest of the order, or any other priest duly authorized, as was mentioned before. 2\. To be registered in the book of the confraternity or society. 3\. Always to wear the Scapular on the neck. 4\. To do all in your power to live in a state of grace, by observing the commandments of God and of his church. These are briefly the general duties necessary for the brothers and sisters of the order, to obtain the above mentioned Indulgences. ### Plenary Indulgences on Certain Festivals in the Year To all those who being truly penitent, and having confessed and received, visit a church of the Carmelite Order, and pray to God there for the extirpation of heresy, the exaltation of the holy Mother Church, and concord among Christian princes, on the following festivals: 1\. Purification of the Virgin Mary, 2nd of February, a Plenary Indulgence. -Clement X. 2\. St. Andrew Corsin, Bishop and Carmelite, 4th of February, a Plenary Indulgence. Clement X. 3\. St. Joseph, spouse of the most holy Virgin, 19th of March, a Plenary Indulgence. Urban VIII. 4\. Annunciation of the blessed Virgin Mary, 25th of March, a Plenary Indulgence. Clement X. 5\. St. Angel, Martyr and Carmelite, 5th of May, a Plenary Indulgence. - Clement X. 6\. St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi, a Carmelite virgin, 25th of May, a Plenary Indulgence.-Clement X. 7\. Visitation of the Virgin Mary, 2nd July, a Plenary Indulgence. - Clement X. 8\. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, in the month of July, a Plenary Indulgence. -Clement X. 9\. St. Elias, Prophet and Patriarch of the Carmelites, 20th of July, a Plenary Indulgence. - Benedict XIII. 10\. St. Albert, Confessor and Carmelite, 7th of August, a Plenary Indulgence. - Clement X. 11\. Assumptio tion of the Virgin Mary, 15th of August, a Plenary Indulgence. Clement X. blessed 12. Nativity of the blessed Virgin, 8th of September, a Plenary Indulgence. -Clement X. 13. St. Teresa, a Carmelite virgin, 15th of October, a Plenary Indulgence. Gregory XV. 14\. Presentation of the Virgin Mary, 21st of November, a Plenary Indulgence. Clement X. 15\. St. John of the Cross, Confessor and Carmelite, 24th of November, a Plenary Indulgence. Benedict XIII. 16\. Conception of the Virgin Mary, 8th of December, a Plenary Indulgence. - Clement X. 17\. Besides all these, such as shall assist at the prayer of the Forty Hours, which will be celebrated once a year in the said church, with the consent of the Ordinary, and shall pray as above, a. Plenary Indulgence. Urban VIII. Now, as the obligations or conditions necessary to be observed, in order to gain the foregoing Indulgences, are specified after each Indulgence, it is evident that in order to gain themitis not necessary to recite seven Paters and Aves, nor say the Office of the B. Virgin, nor abstain from flesh meat on Wednesdays and Saturdays, but merely to be enrolled in a Confraternity, canonically established, and wear the H. Scapular; but by saying said prayers and office, or abstaining on the above-mentioned days, they shall gain other indulgences granted to such as recite them, or abstain. But in order to gain the Indulgences called of the Sabatine Bull, they must, besides being enrolled in the Confraternity, and constantly wearing the Scapular about their neck. 1\. Observe chastity, according to each one's state, and, 2\. Those who can read should recite, dai Canonical Hours, or the Office of the B. Virgin; and daily, the vdany such as cannot read, are to abstain from flesh meat on Wednesdays and Saturdays. ### Local Indulgences on Certain Days of the Week 1\. To all those who in the said churches will hear the Mass of the most holy Sacrament on Thursdays, not prevented by the Office of the Nine Lessons, 100 days' Indulgence. Sixtus V. 2\. To those who are present at a sermon, or any reading of the word of God, 100 days' Indulgence.Sixtus V. 3\. To those who at the same time offer up a prayer there, 50 days' Indulgence. Sixtus V. 4\. To those who on the same day, having confessed their sins, will receive in the said churches, 3 years and 3 quarantines Indulgence. Sixtus V. 5\. Every Saturday in the year, to those who being penitent, and having confessed, will visit in honour of the Virgin Mary, the churches of the Carmelite Order, 40 years' and as many quarantines' Indulgence.Benedict IX. This being doubled by Nicholas V, and increased by the addition of seven years and as many quarantines, is now an Indulgence of eighty-seven years and as many quarantines. 6\. Every Sunday in the year, to those who having repented and confessed, will visit the afore-mentioned churches, the same Indlugence of eighty-seven years and eighty-seven quarantines. The same pontiffs. 7\. In the time of Lent, to those who being penitent, and having confessed, will visit the said churches three times a week, viz. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, the same indulgence. -The same pontiffs. 8\. To all the faithful who visit a church of the Carmelite order on the days of the stations in Rome, expressed in the Roman Missal, and pray for the exaltation of the holy Mother Church, the extirpation of heresy, and concord among Christian princes; all the indulgences and relaxations of penances, which they would gain were they to make a pilgrimage to the said churches of Rome, on the said days of stations.Clement X. The following are the days of general Communion for the brothers and sisters: 1\. The first Sunday of Advent. 2\. Christmas Day. 3\. The Purification of the Blessed Virgin. 4\. The first Sunday of Lent. 5\. The Easter Communion, to be made in each one's parish chapel, on any day between Palm Sunday and Low Sunday, both inclusive. 6\. The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 7\. Easter Sunday. 8\. Whit Sunday. 9\. Corpus Christi. 20 JY 63 10\. 16th July, or Sunday within the octave. 11\. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 12\. The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 13\. Feast of All Saints. Besides the third Sunday of each month, and other feasts on which they desire to gain the Plenary Indulgences granted to the members of the order. --- ![[maps/bibliography#^biblio-spratt]] > [[js-cm-04|← On the Sacrament of Matrimony]] | [[the-carmelite-manual-toc|TOC]] | [[js-cm-06|On Prayer →]]