How to be Saved
My reply is “politically incorrect” in this times of Religious relativism. So Please bear with me as I give you some background...
On 16th July 1251, Mary the
Virgin Mother of Christ, appeared to the prior of the Carmelite monks in
Cambridge, England, a man who would later be known to the Roman Catholic Church
as St. Simon Stock. In her hand she held the scapular (brown habit) of his
religious order, which she offered him with the words "Hoc erit tibi et
cunctis Carmelitis privilegium, in hoc habitu moriens salvabitur" (This
shall be the privilege for you and for all the Carmelites, that anyone dying in
this habit shall be saved).
Since then Carmelite monastic order has grown to include lay
members (not priests, monks or sisters) like you and me. These lay associations
are called confraternities or third orders. The scapular that the Blessed
Virgin offered then is a miniature monks habit in the form of a necklace worn
over the front and rear of the upper body. It is usually worn by lay Catholics
in the third order as a substitute for the whole habit.
However, in this day and age of apostasy from God’s truth with so
many souls going to hell, it is now no longer necessary to be a member of the
third order to benefit from its singular privilege. To all who will wear the
scapular faithfully until death in honour of the Mother of Christ, he will
enjoy special protection and intercession from her at the hour of death. Just
as Mary interceded with her Son Jesus at the marriage Feast of Cana when they
had run out of wine (John 2:1), she will intercede with Christ for the
salvation of your soul at the hour of your death to spare you the fires of
hell...Jesus told us that many go to hell (Matthew 7:13) and St Peter, the
first pope, says that even among the just, few men get to heaven (1 Peter
4:18). So what greater gift could God have reserved for us in this time of
apostasy from the truth?
Concerning the often miraculous protection which Mary on account
of this her badge has granted to pious members of the Scapular Confraternity in
great perils of soul and body, there exist many records and reliable reports
(some of recent times), to which it is impossible to refuse credence.
Later, what has become known as the Sabbatine privilege was
ratified by Pope Clement VII on 12th August 1530, Pope St. Pius V on 18th
February and Pope Gregory XIII on 18th September 1577. It stated that any soul
who had (a) worn the scapular faithfully (b) observed a chaste life (c) have
recited the little hours of the blessed Virgin (a small book of prayers) or if
unable to, observed the fast days of the Church and have abstained from meat on
Wednesdays and Saturdays, would enjoy Mary’s intercession and be released from
the fires of purgatory (2 Maccabees 12:43; 1 Corinthians 3:12) on the first
Saturday (Sabbat) after their death.
Unfortunately since the infiltration, neutralization and secularization of the Roman Catholic Church with the world and false religions by the covert forces of Judeo-Masonry at the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), the Confraternity of the Scapular has been largely buried which is precisely what their master, Satan, wants.
So don’t deprive yourself of God’s immense gift of mercy to the
people of these tumultuous times...
To find out more about becoming
a Catholic and being enrolled into the confraternity of the brown Scapular of
Our Lady of Mount Carmel by a Catholic priest please visit:-
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http://www.fisheaters.com/responses.html
and read the "Basics" section first.
You can buy your scapular at:
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http://www.sacramentals.com/BrownScapular.htm
What the Bible Says about Being Saved
I must caution you however,
that this assurance of Divine protection from the fires of Hell must not be
taken as some sort of license to sin. It is only a valid promise to Christians
who heed the infallible Word of God in the Sacred Scripture:-
1. -Believe in the Son of God, lest
you perish (John
3:16, John 3:18, John 5:24; John 6:40;
John 6:47; John 6:55; John 10:28; Mark 16:15, John 10:9; Acts 2:21; Acts
4:12; Acts 15:11; Acts 16:31; Romans
5:9-10, Romans 10:9; Romans 10:13; 1
Timothy 1:16, 1 John 5:13)
2. -Be baptised, lest you perish (Mark 16:15)
3. -Eat the flesh and drink the
blood of the Son of God, lest you perish (John 6:55)
4. -Avoid occasions of sin, lest
you perish
(Matthew 5:29; Matthew 18:8; Mark 9:44)
5. -Keep the commandments, lest you
perish (Matthew
19:17; Mark 10:17; Luke 18:20; )
6. -Confess your sins, (and pray
for one another), lest you perish (James 5:16)
7. -Do penance for your past sins (fasting, abstinance,
mortification etc) lest you perish (Matthew 3:8-10, Luke 13:3-5,
Apocalypse 2:5, Apocalypse 3:3, 2 Peter 3:9).
8. -Do good works to your neighbour
(feed the
hungry, water the thirsty, take in a stranger, cover the naked, visit the sick,
visit the imprisoned) lest you perish (Matthew 25:31, Luke 10:25,
Galatians 6:6)
9. -Lose your life in the Lord’s
service, lest you perish (Matthew 7:21, Matthew 10:38, Matthew 16:24, Matthew 19:24-29,
Mark 10:28, John 12:24-25)
10. -Take up your daily cross of sufferings, lest you
perish (Matthew
10:38, Matthew 16:24, Mark 8:34; Luke
9:23; Luke 14:27; 1 Corinthians 1:18)
11. -Confess the name of Jesus Christ before men, lest
you perish
(Matthew 10:32-33; Mark 8:38)
12. -Take not up the sword, lest you perish (Matthew 26:52)
13. -Persevere to the end, lest you perish (Matthew 10:21, Matthew 24:22;
Mark 13:13)
1.
Catholic Presentation on Hell
2. How to be Saved (you are here)