St.Curious:
I have some questions reguarding a brown scapular someone gave me yesterday.
- Don’t I have to get a priest to place it on me while saying something (a marian prayer)?
- I know the scapular points to a christian truth, and therefore it is accepted by the Church, but…does the Church endorse the vision story for its existence?
- Are the scapulars that aren’t O.L. of Mt. Carmel any less holy?
-Thanks and God’s peace!
It is the Scapular of OL of Mt Carmel that has the famous promise of eternal life attached to it. You need a Priest to preset it to you. Heres a ceremony that comes on a pamphlet with it usually.
Show us, O Lord, your mercy R And grant us your salcation
Lord hear my prayer R and let my cry come unto you
The Lord be with you RAnd also with you
Let us pray
Lord Jesus Christ, Saviour of the human race, with your own hand sanctify + this habit which your servant is to wear for the love of your Virgin Mother Mary of Mt Carmel. Through the prayer of that holy Mother Mary may he (she) who wears it be protected from his (her) soul’s enemy and remain in your grace until death. Who live and reigh forever.
R Amen
He sprinkles the habit with holy water then clothes each person saing “Take this holy habit. Ask the blessed Virgin that through her merits you may wear it and never dishonour it; that it may keep you from all evil and bring you to life everlasting.”
R Amen.
then he says
Using the Power given to me, I make you a sharer in all the spiritual good works which, by the mercy of Jesus Christ, the Religious of Mt Carmel shall ever do. In the name of the Father, and of the Son + and of the Holy Spirit.
R Amen
May almighty God bless you + He who made heaven and earth and now numbers you among the Confraternity of Our Lady of Mt Carmel. Of her we ask that you come to die, she will crush the head of the serpent of old; that your birthright, the palm of victory and the crown of glory may be yours forever. Thrugh Christ Our Lord.
Amen.
The one receiving the scapular is sprinkled with holy water. To bless the habit only, the vesicles and the first prayer are used.