Brown Scapular Enrollment

[HailHolyQueen90]

If someone is in mortal sin, can he still get enrolled for the Brown Scapular and have it blessed?

 

[giuseppeTO]

If someone is in mortal sin, can he still get enrolled for the Brown Scapular and have it blessed?

The blessing of the scapular (and the recipient, in reality) is inconsequential to the question.

The enrollment in the scapular does not have official preconditions. However, you are making a promise to live a pure life in dedication to the Blessed Mother. So, from the onset, you are making a farce of a blessed privilege by knowingly promising your purity and devotion while in the state of mortal sin. More amazing would be that you are receiving the scapular from a priest who could certainly absolve the sin prior to enrollment. It approaches the level of sacrilege but is not because the scapular is a sacramental and not a Sacrament.