Five-fold scapular questions

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I love the five-fold scapular (approved scapular with Red (Passion), Brown (Our Lady of Mt. Carmel), Blue (Immaculate Conception), Black (Seven Dolors), and White (Trinity)), but I have some questions…
  1. I went to my priest to have it investitured (that a word? :rolleyes: ) and when I asked him, he just did the regular blessing with holy water that you do with any religious item. Then I asked him if he had to say a prayer to investiture it like it said on the paper; he looked at it, said, “I’ve never seen a scapular like this before!”, and then said, “I would just say the prayer here at the bottom.” and pointed to the bottom of the paper. I did so. I figured he knew what he was talking about and assumed I was investitured. Am I really properly investitured?
  2. Do I need to be enrolled in the brown scapular? I am not but I heard that a blessing is all you need for the five-fold scapular, so does Mary’s promise still apply to me?
  3. (and I imagine this has been asked a trillion times) Is there any teaching by the Church on Mary’s Promise of the brown scapular? Does she intercede for everyone wearing it (enrolled) when they die, so that they all go to heaven? Or only those in a state of grace?* Or does God just make sure that the people in mortal sin aren’t wearing it when they die? Or make sure they repent before they die?
  4. Is there any other obligation I have with these five scapulars OTHER THAN to…
    a) Say while crossing yourself, before sleeping and after waking, “I will protect myself with the shield of the Immaculate Conception.”
    b) Meditate on the Seven Dolors of our Lady
    …?
Also, another question, regarding the *. 🙂

*If everyone who dies in a state of grace goes to heaven and everyone who dies in a state of mortal sin goes to hell, then why are we “working out our salvation in fear and trembling”? Isn’t it easy enough just to confess when you’ve fallen into mortal sin and be put back into a state of grace? And please don’t worry that I am presuming on my own salvation, I’m certainly not, but I just don’t understand this, which is why I asked it. 😉

Okay, thank you for reading my question dump. 😃
 
  1. No, you are not properly invested into the five fold scapular. These are the prayers required to be properly invested.
Blessing and Investiture:

V. Our help is in the name of the Lord.

R. Who made heaven and earth.

V. The lord be with you.

R. And with thy spirit.

Let Us Pray
Lord Jesus Christ, head over all the faithful and savior of the human race, who has condescended to clothe Thyself with our wounded nature, we beg Thee of Thine innumerable goodness to bless + and sanctify these garments, designed in homage to the most Blessed Trinity, as well as in memory of Thy most bitter passion, and in honor of the Virgin Mother of God, under the title of the Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Sorrows and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.

Grant that they who may be invested therewith may deserve, through the intercession of thy Blessed Mother, likewise to clothe themselves in body and soul, with Thee, for salvation, who livest and reignest, world without end. Amen.

(The priest then sprinkles the scapulars with Holy Water) and invests each one individually holding their scapular over them (he may use one scapular for all if they don’t have one) and saying the following once for all in common.
  1. Receive the habit of the Order of The Most Holy Trinity unto an increase of Faith, Hope, and Charity, that you may put on the new man, created in the likeness of God, in holiness and righteousness.
  2. Receive the Scapular of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, so that having laid aside the old man and put on the new, you may wear it worthily and come to Life Everlasting.
  3. Receive the Scapular of the devoted clients of the Blessed Virgin Mary, conceived without sin, that by her intercession you may be cleansed from every defilement and attain Life Everlasting.
  4. Receive the Scapular of the devoted Servants of Our Lady of the Seven Dolors, so that, through diligent meditation on her sorrows, you may be imbued in heart and body with the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and always remain steadfast in your devotion.
  5. Receive the habit of the Society and Confraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, beseeching the Most Holy Virgin, that through her merits you may wear it without stain, and be protected by her from all adversity and brought to the joys of Life Everlastng.
By the faculty delegated to me by the Holy See, I receive you as partakers of all the spiritual favors of these Orders and Congregations, as well as the Indulgences granted by privilege of the Holy See to the aforesaid Scapulars. In the name of The Father,+ and of The Son,+ and of The Holy + Spirit. R. Amen.

V. Preserve Thy Servants. R. Who trust in Thee, my God.

V. Send them aid, Lord, from on high. And from Sion watch over them.

V. Be Thou unto them a mighty fortress. R. In the face of the enemy.

V. Let the enemy be powerless against them. R. And the son of iniquity do nothing to harm them.

V. O Lord, hear my prayer. R. And let my cry come unto Thee.

V. The Lord be with you. R. And with thy spirit.

Let Us Pray

Bow down, O lord, to our supplications, and deign to bless+them on whom we have conferred the sacred habits in Thy name. May they cooperate with Thy grace, and thus deserve to attain Life Everlasting. Through Christ our Lord.

R. Amen

May the blessings of Almighty God, + Father, Son, and Holy Spirit come upon you and remain for all time.

R. Amen.
  1. Where it says in section 5 above, “Receive the habit of the Society and Confraternity of Our Lady of Mount Carmel”, that means the brown scapular. And while you are enrolled in that scapular and follow the precepts, the promises apply to laity and religious.
  2. The papal decree known as the, “Sabbatine Privilege”, is the promise that Our Lady will intercede and pray for those in Purgatory who, in earthly life:
  • 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.
HOWEVER: Some falsely believe that wearing the Brown Scapular offers some sort of guarantee of salvation because of the words attributed to Our Lady. This is against Church teaching, is superstitious and a grave error. Sacramentals are not magical ways to manipulate God; they are Church-instituted rituals and objects that remind us of what we are supposed to be doing and thinking of, that depend on the faith, hope and charity of the user, and which help prepare us to receive God’s saving grace.
  1. Just do what the different scapulars demand and you will be fine.
Lastly. the reason we are “working out our salvation in fear and trembling”, is that our souls are balanced on a knife’s edge, and if you aren’t trembling at the possibility of the loss of your immortal soul, then you are in danger. When we confess to any sin the effect of the sin is removed but not the result. The soul is clean but the need to purify it is still there, which is where Purgatory comes into the picture. Through the fires of purgation our souls are purified so that they are pleasing to God. That is another reason for fear, the less we sin the less purgatory we must endure.
 
:clapping::clapping::clapping: WOOHOO!! Somebody actually answered this!

Thanks, Beldin! Your responses are really appreciated. Just as an update, my old five-fold scapular broke, so when I got a new one my mom got one too, and we went to our priest to properly invest us. He said everything he should this time. 😉

Thanks for lending me clarity on these issues. God bless!

Koopa
St. Louis de Montfort, pray for us!
 
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