Today begins the seven-day prayer to the Madonna del Carmine to ask for a grace

1 - O Virgin of Carmel, our most amiable mother, since you have honored us with the gift of the Holy Abitino as a pledge of your maternal protection, please help us to carry it with dignity as a sign of our filial consecration to your service. Ave Maria.

2 - You have given us, O Mary, the little habit, to be our badge of your devoted children, obtain for us the grace to always live in holiness and purity of life to honor your name and give glory to God . Ave Maria.

3 - By giving us S. Abitino, o Maria, you wanted to show us your predilection as a mother, please arouse in our hearts the gratitude for so much gift and the desire to imitate your singular virtues. Ave Maria.

4 - With S. Abitino, o Maria, you have assured us of your assistance in times of danger for our souls: defend us against the dangers of the devil and obtain the strength to overcome our inclinations to evil and remain firm in the purposes of a life increasingly conforming to our vocation to holiness. Ave Maria.

5 - O Mary, Mediatrix of all graces with God, you who with S. Abitino want us to be clothed with your garments of salvation, make us participate in your virtues to achieve holiness and be worthy of the benevolence of God. Ave Maria.

6 - O Mother of Carmel, who through our sublime dignity as Mother of God is our powerful advocate in Heaven, intercede for us and obtain for us the grace to live in full conformity with the holy will of God in the spirit of mortification and prayer. Ave Maria.

7 - O Mary, Mother of mercy, you finally make us hope that by dying after a Christian life modeled on your virtues and going to Purgatory you would have raised us and as soon as possible freed from those pee: let us persevere until death in devotion to your Holy Scapular, living our Christian life with greater commitment in love for God and for our brothers and sisters. Ave Maria.

CONSECRATION TO THE MADONNA DEL CARMINE

O Mary, Mother and decoration of Carmel, I consecrate my life to you today, as a small tribute of gratitude for the graces I received from God through your intercession. You look with particular benevolence on those who devoutly bring your Scapular: I beg you therefore to sustain my fragility with your virtues, to illuminate the darkness of my mind with your wisdom, and to reawaken faith, hope and charity in me, so that it may grow every day in the love of God and in devotion to you. The Scapular calls upon me your maternal gaze and your protection in daily struggle, so that it can remain faithful to your Son Jesus and to you, avoiding sin and imitating your virtues. I wish to offer God, through your hands, all the good that I will be able to accomplish with your grace; may your goodness obtain for me the forgiveness of sins and a safer fidelity to the Lord. O most lovable Mother, may your love obtain that one day be granted to me to change your Scapular with the eternal wedding garment and to live with you and the Saints of Carmel in the blessed kingdom of your Son who lives and reigns for all the centuries of the centuries. Amen.