Does it matter how you wear a medal scapular?

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I am going to ask my priest to enroll me in ‘The Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel’. Once done so, I am going to wear a nice sterling silver medal scapular in place of the wool. My question is does it matter which side of the medal scapular is exposed?

The medal I have looks like it is meant to be worn with Our Lady of Mount Carmel facing to your heart and Jesus with his sacred heart exposed to the outside. I say this as the medal has a nice border around Jesus, but the back with Our Lady has the sterling stamp and isn’t quite as nice as the other side.

The reason I ask this is a lady at church said you suppose to wear the medal with Our Lady exposed to the outside, but this medal was surely not made that way. Does it matter?
 
I read it somewhere that we are advised not to replace the metal with the wool one. Sorry, I can’t find the info but that is what I remember.

I don’t know anything about wearing the medal exposing the outside. It doesn’t sound right at all for anything you wear.
 
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I read it somewhere that we are advised not to replace the metal with the wool one. Sorry, I can’t find the info but that is what I remember.

I don’t know anything about wearing the medal exposing the outside. It doesn’t sound right at all for anything you wear.
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JK. I remember reading the same thing about using wool. Tim
 
It will be worn around the neck on a chain. I am simply asking does it matter which side of the medal is worn down next to the chest, and which side of the medal should be exposed (under my shirt of course)? A lady mentioned to me it does matter as I mentioned in my earlier post.

Pope Saint Pius X authorized the medal to be worn instead of the wool once a person is enrolled with the wool, and the church still authorizes it. So that isn’t a concern for me.

It is also aurhorized to be placed on a rosary which then could be carried on a person, and also on a key chain. So knowing that, it is diffticult for me to believe it matters which side of the medal scapular is worn down facing the chest.
 
After doing research, you are correct when you say that the Church allows you to wear a medal instead of the wool scapular. However, this is only under severe circumstances where wearing the wool would cause problems (soldiers in the battlefield, allergic reactions to wool, etc.). You shouldn’t be casting the wool one aside just because you don’t like wool, because then you are placing yourself before the devotion of Our Lady.

catholictradition.org/Mary/scapular4.htm

If you do have a serious condition that prevents you from wearing the wool, I doubt it matter exactly which side of the medal is facing out, because it could get twisted up anyway.
 
I work quite a bit outdoors and good hygiene dictates a medal scapular for me. My priest has already agreed about this and said he wears a medal scapular also as he does lots of hiking.

But I agree, it doesn’t matter which side is worn with the medal, I just wanted to hear others and their thoughts. I guess I’ll also run that by him when I am enrolled.
 
Your priest SHOULD know. I am going to be enrolled tomorrow, hopefully. I am very excited about wearing the Brown Scapular :).
 
An interesting quick excerpt from domestic-church.com/CONTENT.DCC/19980701/SCRMNTL/SCAPUL.HTM states,

*According to Father John Hardon’s Catholic Dictionary the scapular medal was authorized as a substitute by Pope Saint Pius X in 1910. Investiture requires the scapular. After that the **medal may be worn for any reason even for reasons of convenience. **The scapular medal has all the same indulgences that are associated with cloth scapular.

The cloth scapular must be worn around the neck, with one tab in front and one in back, inside or outside the clothing, but medal can be worn anywhere on the person, including in one’s pocket. Many rosaries have scapular medals on them. If you are enrolled in the brown scapular, carrying that rosary in your pocket is the same as wearing one around your neck.*

Thanks for the replies everyone. This link was sure helpful, wish I ran across it earlier.
 
I’ve been enrolled for about a year and a half. I always thought the wool was part of a mortification. Tim
 
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