You think it's hot here?

Sign seen in front of Our Lady of the Brown Scapular Church: You think it's hot here?

The point is that it's much hotter in hell. And Our Lady of Fatima told us, through the three child seers, that hell is where our souls are destined to go if we do not repent, do penance, and seek the grace that comes from Our Lord Jesus Christ through his Blessed Mother.

Sister Lucy, the only seer who lived into adulthood, describes the vision of hell that Our Lady showed the children at Fatima.

She opened Her hands once more, as She had done the two previous months. The rays [of light] appeared to penetrate the earth, and we saw, as it were, a vast sea of fire. Plunged in this fire, we saw the demons and the souls [of the damned]. The latter were like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, having human forms. They were floating about in that conflagration, now raised into the air by the flames which issued from within themselves, together with great clouds of smoke. Now they fell back on every side like sparks in huge fires, without weight or equilibrium, amid shrieks and groans of pain and despair, which horrified us and made us tremble with fright....

The demons were distinguished [from the souls of the damned] by their terrifying and repellent likeness to frightful and unknown animals, black and transparent like burning coals. That vision only lasted for a moment, thanks to our good Heavenly Mother, Who at the first apparition had promised to take us to Heaven. Without that, I think that we would have died of terror and fear.

But, Our Lady told St. Simon Stock, whoever dies clothed in the Brown Scapular shall not suffer eternal fire. This wonderful promise makes the Scapular the most powerful sacramental Heaven’s mercy has given us. This "garment of grace" — two simple pieces of brown wool worn over the shoulders — is a tangible sign of the Blessed Mother´s love and protection for Her devotees.

Who could doubt Our Lady’s promise, or be so foolish as not to wear, with profoundest gratitude and reverence, this abbreviated form of the Carmelite Mantle? Click here to read the history of the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and the protection and miracles given to those who wear it and heed the Blessed Virgin's requests.

To get your own Brown Scapular, free, call 1-800-263-8160. Tell them Walt told you about it.