Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Our Lady of Perpetual Help is one of my devotion as Catholic and a as devotee to the Blessed Mother. Our Lady of Perpetual Help is a widely venerated.

In the Philippines the shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help is located in Baclaran City of Paranaque. The National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help is filled of thousand devotees every Wednesday who pray for special intention and keeping their faith warm.

The Redemtorist Fathers introduced Our Lady of the Perpetual Help and now became the most well known devotion for the Filipinos.

Every Wednesday, numerous petition and thanksgiving letter are read from the pulpit from Filipinos worldwide for the intentions of Perpetual Help. Novena every Wednesday is strictly observed and followed in the majority of the Catholic churches in the Philippines, using the novena booklet initially published by the Redemtorist Fathers.

Even now I'm still a faithful devotee of this picture by the Blessed Mother, giving thanks to all the blessing I received. The image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help strengthen my faith as a Catholic Christian. This devotion of mine only shows that the Blessed Virgin was always intercedes with the glory of God.

Brown Scapulars

The Brown Scapular is one of the tradition and sign of my faith I learn since I was young. I wore it everyday but I don't even known why lots of Catholics wearing this.Want to know why?

The Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is one of the tradition of the Catholic church centuries ago. This became a devotion of the Carmelites Order as external sign of love for Mary showing love and trust to her and committed encourage the lay people to emerge with them in associations such as confraternity and solidarities. As a sign of affiliation and of participation in their objective and spirit of apostolate they often give them a part of their habit such as a cloak,a cord or a scapular.

The Blessed Virgin teaches us to be open to God and his will,listen to the Word of God to believe in it and put in into our life practice.

The Scapular finds its roots in the tradition of the Order, which has seen in it a sign of Mary’s motherly protection. It has therefore, a centuries old spiritual meaning approved by Church.

Wearing the scapular symbolized that we commit our self to follow Jesus,like Mary as a perfect model of our faith. It remind us of the example of the saints of Carmel,with whom we establish a close bond as brothers and sister to one another. It express our our faith and belief that we will be in God in eternal life with the intercession and prayers of the Blessed Virgin.

Short form of giving the scapular

Receive this Scapular, a sign of your special relationship with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, whom you pledge to imitate. May it be a reminder to you of your dignity as a Christian in serving others and imitating Mary. Wear it as a sign of her protection and of belonging to the family of Carmel, voluntarily doing the will of God and devoting yourself to building a world true to his plan of community, justice and peace.

The Carmelite Scapular is not:

• a magical charm to protect you




• an automatic guarantee of salvation




• an excuse for not living up to the demands of the Christian life

It is a sign:

• which has been approved by the Church for over seven centuries;




• which stands for the decision to








• follow Jesus like Mary:




• be open to God and to his will




• be guided by faith, hope, and love




• to pray at all times




• to discover God present in all that happens around us.

Until now I still wearing my scapular and still believe that this will express my faith and devotion to the Blessed Mary as her servant.