Brown Scapular Question

[LiB]

Hello,
My question is about the investment with the Brown Scapular. I came across this article about it, and in the last paragraph it mentions the investment. I have never heard anything about this before, I have worn a Scapular since I was a child, but I never had it put on by a priest, I simply got it and wore it. Should I ask a priest to bless my Scapular and place it over my head now? Are there any other commitments I am/should be making by wearing one?

Thanks for the help!

 

[nahbios]

Hi LiB,

Yes, I believe you should go to a priest and ask him to enroll you (or make an appointment to do so).

 

[Sister_Helena]

Hello,
My question is about the investment with the Brown Scapular. I came across this article about it, and in the last paragraph it mentions the investment. I have never heard anything about this before, I have worn a Scapular since I was a child, but I never had it put on by a priest, I simply got it and wore it. Should I ask a priest to bless my Scapular and place it over my head now? Are there any other commitments I am/should be making by wearing one?

Thanks for the help!

You might be interested in this blogsite.

srhelena.blogspot.com/p/devotions.html

 

[Santos]

A story by Fr. Scott SOLT padrescottsolt.blogspot.com/2009/02/scapular-i-really-recommend-wearing-it.html

A friend of mine who I was ordained with in SOLT had a friend in college that this happened to. He was at a party with his friends and they pulled out a OIJA board and began conjuring up what they believed (VERY WRONGLY) was the spirit of a dead person. It scared him to death. The hairs on his arms literally stood straight up and he fealt a truly evil presence in the room… So, he ran out to his car and got his scapular (he was a wayward Catholic at the time) which he chose not to wear but merely kept on his rear view mirror. He put the scapular on underneath all of his clothing (so no one would notice and think him a freak) and went back into the house. When he opened the door, everyone stopped and glared at him… they went back to the OIJA board and asked “Why won’t you come back, why did you stop”… and the board spelled out slowly and clearly: “I SMELL GOD.”