The Holy Roman General Inquisition under Paul V on 20 January, 1613, in a Decree to the following effect: “It is permitted to the Carmelite Fathers to preach that the Christian people may piously believe in the help which the souls of brothers and members, who have departed this life in charity, have worn in life the scapular, have ever observed chastity, have recited the Little Hours [of the Blessed Virgin], or, if they cannot read, have observed the fast days of the Church, and have abstained from flesh meat on Wednesdays and Saturdays (except when Christmas falls on such days), may derive after death — especially on Saturdays, the day consecrated by the Church to the Blessed Virgin — through the unceasing intercession of Mary, her pious petitions, her merits, and her special protection.” (Quoted by Joseph Hilgers. “Sabbatine Privilege.” The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912)