Virgin of Carmen and Sacred Heart Scapular (4 sides)

FRUIT: Sacramental.

Shield of Carmel (meaning:)

White Field: Mary, little Elian cloud, white cape, white dress that the Virgin Mary wore on earth, Elijah, life of chastity, purity of heart, mantle that Elijah left to Elisha before being taken away by God in the chariot of fire (Read the book  first of Kings, AT).

Brown field: habit, Mary, Mount Carmel, brown dress that according to tradition the Blessed Virgin wore in life, humble and mortified life, scapular, Spirit of prayer and contemplation, mantle of Mary, hood of the Carmelite habit, austerity, poverty and spirit of renunciation.

The three stars overall: The historical states of Carmel; memory, understanding and will; Maria; the three votes; Sign of distinction of the Mantuan Reform; The three theological virtues; the three branches of the Order: friars, nuns and laymen.

The stars of the white field: The breasts of Mary (from which Carmelite spirituality must be nourished); the two natures of Christ; the two later states of the Order, the Carmelites who gloriously dwell in heaven, Elijah and Elisha; Virginity and motherhood of Mary; The double spirit of Elijah, solitude and apostolate.

The stars of the black field: The seven sorrows of Mary; Mary's womb; Elijah; the Carmelites who are active on earth, the holiness of the Carmelites, the Order.

The cross of the mountain: Love of the cross of the first Carmelites, for two sayings of Saint Teresa; For Saint John of the Cross; Stairway to reach heaven; Mortification.

The crown: Maria; Elijah; Nobility of the Order.

The twelve stars: The Virgin Mary of the Apocalypse; the twelve main points of our Rule; The twelve greatest favors that Mary granted to her Order; Beauty of the Order, the saints of the Order.

The arm with the sword and nickname: Elijah, Zeal for the glory of God that the Carmelites have to live.