Brown Scapular

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Can a person be invested in Our Lady of Mount Carmel’s brown scapular if it has a white cord? I know that probably sounds like a very strange question, but I would prefer a white cord attached to the brown scapular. Does it matter?
 
Far as I know, just the wool pieces that the strings are attached to must be brown. I think the strings don’t matter.
 
I don’t think that the color of the cord matters, either.

I think that the color of the scapular itself matters, as different colored scapulars stand for different things.

For example, there is a green scapular that is used when you are praying for someone’s conversion. Then you also have The Chaplet of St. Michael Scapular, Our Lady of Guadalupe Scapular and so on.
 
Why are there different colors and what are scapulars for? I’ve looked into it a little and haven’t really grasped the entire concept.
 
I advise you google search the “brown scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel” for a good explanation. Its fascinating! Also, read about Our Lady of Fatima.
 
I asked a priest today about my question. He said the color of the cords doesn’t matter, only the scapular itself. He said the white cord is typically for a female and the brown for a male.
Just wanted to follow up with my question.
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Strictly speaking, the Rite of Enrolment in the Brown Scapular jointly issued by OCD and O.Carm in 1996 and approved by the Congregation for Divine Worship doesn’t even demand it be brown!
The Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is the habit of the Carmelite Order. For the religious members of the Order it takes the form of two long, undecorated panels of brown cloth joined at the shoulders and falling, one to the front and one to the back. For the laity it takes the form of a two smaller pieces of brown or dark cloth, preferably plain, joined over the shoulder by ribbons, and falling, one to the back, the other to the front. As the Order’s habit, the scapular signifies some degree of affiliation to the Carmelites.
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