brown scapular question

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I am 60 years old and remember the pre-Vatican II years well. I admit that I am not what many of my beloved brothers and sisters in the faith would call a “hard line traditionalist.” (In fact, I’m not even sure I know what that is, except that it has been suggested to me that I am NOT one). I state that to ask an explanation of the following: In speaking recently to a wonderful, devout woman who is a few years older than me, I was asked if I knew about the blessing of the brown scapular. I admitted that I did not though I still have the scapular I received when I made my First Holy Communion. She explained that the scapular, which must be brown and must be blessed by a Priest, should be worn at all times because when it is worn at the time of death, the decedent will be released from Purgatory on the first Friday following his or her death. I am embarrassed to say I have never heard of this before, though it may have been something I learned as a child, then forgot over the years. It concerned me because it seemed to me that the scapular, in this case, was being viewed as a talisman of sorts. Please educate me. I desire to expand my knowledge, not limit it due to a bias, or to a lack of knowledge. Thanks!
 
Check this out:
catholic-church.org/apcarmel/scapular.htm
It should shed some light on your questions…it is in no way a talisman or anything of the sort…there are a lot of misconceptions regarding the Sabatine Privilege and the Brown Scapular…I am enrolled in the Brown Scapular and I wear mine proudly.
 
Thank you so much for your answer and your help. I went to the website you suggested (and others as well) and I sincerely appreciate what I learned there. Again, many thanks!
 
Thanks to MichaelDaniels for that web site.
I, too, am pre-Vatican II, and I believe I received a Scapular at First Holy Communion (thereby assume I was enrolled). I was present for my elderly mother’s enrollment when she was ill (though she may have been enrolled in her youth) - but have been disappointed in myself that at her passing she wasn’t wearing it. Even during her hospital visits, I’d bring one to be near her bed or hanging from Our Lady’s picture in her hospital room. In the days following her passing, I realized the Brown Scapular was on a table near her deathbed - but not on her. I missed all the religious aspects I’d been taught - on her last day and didn’t put it on / nor thought of it, (she never liked anything around her neck), but I should have known better at the end. This has haunted me.

After her passing, I found a Scapular - kept inside a wallet in her purse. In light of what it has caused me - just knowing how mindless I was at the end, I encourage everyone to remember - to place a Brown Scapular on those who are dying.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Pray for us !
 
ConservativeOne said:
In the days following her passing, I realized the Brown Scapular was on a table near her deathbed - but not on her. I missed all the religious aspects I’d been taught - on her last day and didn’t put it on / nor thought of it, (she never liked anything around her neck), but I should have known better at the end. This has haunted me.
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Please, do not be worried by not putting the scapular around her neck when she was on her deathbed. It wasn’t your place to do that for her, she had to choose to do it herself. Also, other conditions needed to be met in order to gain the Sabbatine Privelege.

It’s not just wearing the scapular that may have lessened or remitted temporal punishment, it could have been something as simple as her silently saying, “Jesus, I trust in You,” that may have shortened her time in Purgatory.

From Fisheaters:
wore the Scapular in good faith;
were chaste according to their state in life;
daily recited the Divine Office or, with the permission of one’s Confessor, the Little Office of Our Lady…]or the Rosary; and
departed earthly life in charity.
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Miserissima said:
Please, do not be worried by not putting the scapular around her neck when she was on her deathbed. It wasn’t your place to do that for her, she had to choose to do it herself. Also, other conditions needed to be met in order to gain the Sabbatine Privelege.

It’s not just wearing the scapular that may have lessened or remitted temporal punishment, it could have been something as simple as her silently saying, “Jesus, I trust in You,” that may have shortened her time in Purgatory.

From Fisheaters:
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Thanks, Miserissima -
Yes, I know about the Sabatine Privilege conditions but still we want to cover all the bases we can to protect / help souls who are unable to do for themselves. She would have wanted it and would have been SO disappointed that I became so mindless at the end.

As for her saying, “Jesus, I trust in You”? During her illness she mentioned / called on God and Our Lady aloud - so often - whether praying for herself or for me and instructing me to go to them - Amazing! But makes my mistakes hurt more.
Hindsight - may be 20/20 - but oh how it hurts sometimes.
 
Thank you so much for the info and for the link! answered my questions. 🙂
 
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