V. The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Heaven. ET us contemplate, in this Mystery, how the glorious Virgin Mary was, to the great jubilee and exultation of the whole Court of heaven, crowned by her Son with the brightest diadem of glory. Our Father. Hail Mary, ten times. Glory be to the Father. Let us pray. GLORIOUS Queen of all the heavenly host, we beseech thee to accept these prayers, which, as a Crown of Roses, we offer at thy feet; and grant, most gracious Lady, that, by thy intercession, our souls may be inflamed with so ardent a desire of seeing thee so gloriously crowned, that it may never die within us until it shall be changed into the happy fruition of thy blessed sight. Amen. Hail, holy Queen, etc. (p. 79). Or Prayer (p. 773). A PRAYER ASCRIBED TO ST. BERNARD. (i) R EMORARE, O piis- EMEMBER, O most sima Virgo Maria, loving Virgin Mary, non esse auditum a sæculo, that never was it known quemquam ad tua curren- that any one who fled to tem præsidia, tua implo- thy protection, implored rantem auxilia, tua peten- thy help, and sought thine tem suffragia, esse derelic- intercession, was left fortum. Ego, tali animatus saken. Inspired with this confidentia, ad te, Virgo confidence, I fly unto thee, OF THE CONFRATERNITY OF OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL. HE SCAPULAR, or Little Habit of the Blessed Virgin, is composed of two small square pieces of brown cloth, connected by two cords, and designed to be worn over the shoulders under the ordinary clothing. It was, according to a most authentic tradition, given by our Blessed Lady herself, as a pledge of her love and patronage, to St. Simon Stock, general of the Carmelites, on the 16th of July, A.D. 1251. THE FORM OF RECEIVING A PERSON INTO THE CONFRATERNITY OF MT. CARMEL, AND OF BLESSING AND BESTOWING THE SCAPULAR, OR LITTLE HABIT OF THE SAME. (Decree of the Congregation of Rites, July 24, 1888.) The Postulant kneels before the Priest, who is vested in surplice and white stole, and the Priest says: STENDE nobis Do mine misericordiam HOW us Thy mercy, tuam. humani generis Saviour of the huSalvator, hunc habitum man race, with Thy right quem propter tuum tuæ- hand sanctify ✈ this habit, que Genitricis Virginis which Thy servant purMariæ de Monte Carmelo poses devoutly to wear for amorem servus tuus devote love of Thee and of Thy est delaturus, dextera tua Virgin Mother, Mary of sanctifica, ut eadem Mount Carmel : to the end Genitrice tua intercedente, ab hoste maligno defensus in tua gratia usque ad mortem perseveret: Qui vivis et regnas, etc. R. Amen. that, through the intercession of the same Thy Mother, he may be defended from the wicked enemy, and may persevere in Thy grace until death. Who livest and reignest, etc. Amen. R. The Priest then sprinkles the Scapular with holy water, and places it upon the Recipient, saying: H CCIPE hunc habi tum benedictum, R ECEIVE this blessed habit; and pray precans sanctissimam Vir- the most holy Virgin, that ginem, ut ejus meritis illum by her merits thou mayest perferas sine macula, et te ab omni adversitate de wear it without stain; and that she may guard thee fendat, atque ad vitam per- from all adversity, and ducat æternam. R. Amen. bring thee unto life everlasting. R. Amen. The Priest then says: EGO, ex potestate mihi B concessa, recipio te Y the power granted unto me I admit ad participationem om- thee to the participation of nium bonorum spiritu- all the spiritual goods, alium, quæ, cooperante which through the mercimisericordia Jesu Christi, ful aid of Jesus Christ are a Religiosis de Monte Carmelo peraguntur. In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus sancti. Amen. performed by the Religious of Mount Carmel. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. LMIGHTY God, the Creator of heaven thee; terræ Deus omnipotens, and earth, bless qui te cooptare dignatus He who hath vouchsafed est in confraternitatem to unite thee to the conbeatæ Mariæ Virginis de fraternity of the Blessed Monte Carmelo; quam ex- Virgin Mary of Mount |