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Jesus and Mary!
Hello,
I posted this in another forum but I want to make sure this has as much views as possible.
I had the time of my life trying to look for the blessing and investiture rite of the Scapular of St. Michael and I finally found it in the Reserved Blessings in the Weller Book. In my search for it I think I found a few questions on here about the Ritual of Blessing and Investing in this scapular so for all those folks who needed it here it is provided in English so that ways any priest can perform it for you. I was going to also type it up in Latin but all the accents would take forever and I think if I didn’t have the accents the meaning would change. Dunno for sure. Anyway, here it is!
V. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
R. Who made heaven and earth.
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O Almighty, everlasting God, Who dost graciously defend thy Church from the wiles of the devil through St. Michael the Archangel, we suppliantly implore thee to bless † and sanctify † this token introduced for arousing and fostering devotion among thy faithful toward this great protector. And do thou grant all who wear it may be strengthened by the same holy archangel, so as to vanquish the enemies of body and soul, both in this life and at the hour of death. Through Christ our Lord.
R. Amen
He sprinkles the scapular with holy water, and then bestows it, saying:
Receive brother (sister), the scapular of St. Michael the Archangel, so that by his constant intercession thou mayest be disposed to lead a holy life. R. Amen.
Let us pray.
We appeal to thy goodness, O Lord that thou wouldst hear our prayers and graciously bless † this servant (handmaid) of thine, who has been placed under the special patronage of St. Michael the Archangel. Through his intercession may he (she) avoid and guard against whatever is displeasing to thee, and thus merit in serving thee to accomplish his (her) own sanctification and that of others. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
It’s a very short ritual.
There is no longer an arch-confraternity of St. Michael so the priest no longer needs permission to invest the faithful in this wonderful scapular.
here is a short history of the scapular
While this scapular originated under Pius IX, who gave it his blessing, it was first formally approved under Leo XIII. In 1878 a confraternity in honour of St. Michael the Archangel was founded in the Church of St. Eustachius at Rome, and in the following year in the Church of Sant’ Angelo in Pescheria (Sancti Angeli in foro Piscium). In 1880 Leo XIII raised it to the rank of an archconfraternity, which was expressly called the Archconfraternity of the Scapular of St. Michael. At first (1878) the confraternity received indulgences from Leo XIII for seven years; the summary of indulgences of the Pious Association of St. Michael was last approved for ever by a Decree of the Congregation of Indulgences, 28 March, 1903. The scapular is so associated with the confraternity that each member is invested with it. The formula for blessing and investing with the scapular, given in the Rituale Romanum was first approved by the Congregation of Rites on 23 August, 1883. In outward form this scapular is different from the others, inasmuch as the two segments of cloth have the form of a small shield; of these one is made of blue and the other of black cloth, and of the bands likewise one is blue and the other black. Both portions of the scapular bear the well-known representation of the Archangel St. Michael slaying the dragon and the inscription “Quis ut Deus”.
Rose Scapular Co sells a scapular with St. Michael on it but it is NOT the Scapular of St. Michael
you can get one here twoheartsrosaries.com/scapulars/scsm.htm
St. Michael, pray for us!
Hello,
I posted this in another forum but I want to make sure this has as much views as possible.
I had the time of my life trying to look for the blessing and investiture rite of the Scapular of St. Michael and I finally found it in the Reserved Blessings in the Weller Book. In my search for it I think I found a few questions on here about the Ritual of Blessing and Investing in this scapular so for all those folks who needed it here it is provided in English so that ways any priest can perform it for you. I was going to also type it up in Latin but all the accents would take forever and I think if I didn’t have the accents the meaning would change. Dunno for sure. Anyway, here it is!
V. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
R. Who made heaven and earth.
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
O Almighty, everlasting God, Who dost graciously defend thy Church from the wiles of the devil through St. Michael the Archangel, we suppliantly implore thee to bless † and sanctify † this token introduced for arousing and fostering devotion among thy faithful toward this great protector. And do thou grant all who wear it may be strengthened by the same holy archangel, so as to vanquish the enemies of body and soul, both in this life and at the hour of death. Through Christ our Lord.
R. Amen
He sprinkles the scapular with holy water, and then bestows it, saying:
Receive brother (sister), the scapular of St. Michael the Archangel, so that by his constant intercession thou mayest be disposed to lead a holy life. R. Amen.
Let us pray.
We appeal to thy goodness, O Lord that thou wouldst hear our prayers and graciously bless † this servant (handmaid) of thine, who has been placed under the special patronage of St. Michael the Archangel. Through his intercession may he (she) avoid and guard against whatever is displeasing to thee, and thus merit in serving thee to accomplish his (her) own sanctification and that of others. Through Christ our Lord. Amen
It’s a very short ritual.
There is no longer an arch-confraternity of St. Michael so the priest no longer needs permission to invest the faithful in this wonderful scapular.
here is a short history of the scapular
While this scapular originated under Pius IX, who gave it his blessing, it was first formally approved under Leo XIII. In 1878 a confraternity in honour of St. Michael the Archangel was founded in the Church of St. Eustachius at Rome, and in the following year in the Church of Sant’ Angelo in Pescheria (Sancti Angeli in foro Piscium). In 1880 Leo XIII raised it to the rank of an archconfraternity, which was expressly called the Archconfraternity of the Scapular of St. Michael. At first (1878) the confraternity received indulgences from Leo XIII for seven years; the summary of indulgences of the Pious Association of St. Michael was last approved for ever by a Decree of the Congregation of Indulgences, 28 March, 1903. The scapular is so associated with the confraternity that each member is invested with it. The formula for blessing and investing with the scapular, given in the Rituale Romanum was first approved by the Congregation of Rites on 23 August, 1883. In outward form this scapular is different from the others, inasmuch as the two segments of cloth have the form of a small shield; of these one is made of blue and the other of black cloth, and of the bands likewise one is blue and the other black. Both portions of the scapular bear the well-known representation of the Archangel St. Michael slaying the dragon and the inscription “Quis ut Deus”.
Rose Scapular Co sells a scapular with St. Michael on it but it is NOT the Scapular of St. Michael
you can get one here twoheartsrosaries.com/scapulars/scsm.htm
St. Michael, pray for us!