The Blue Scapular Prayer Book

11 P reface The sign of the Blue Scapular tells us that God introduced us to the Marian road of life. We are His children who joined the community of the Church through the gate of holy Baptism so that we could make our pilgrimage to the glory of heaven together with all our brothers and sisters in faith. On that pilgrimage, Mary, whose life’s beauty inspires us to fulfill our calling to holiness, serves as our Mother and Guide. People who discover the beauty of living their lives with Mary, and who wish to imitate her, accept the Scapular of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary in order to become like Christ. The Blue Scapular is an external symbol for students from the school of spirituality of the Immaculate Conception, whose inspiration and master was St. Stanislaus Papczyński, Founder of the Congregation of Marian Fathers. The mystery of the Immaculate Conception teaches us that God is the Source of salvation. We find the sense of our lives in God’s disinterested and gratuitous love. The radiance