Hi guys, I’m not a baptised Catholic but I’m currently studying the catechism and have been attending the mass for many weeks.
I was wondering if the green scapular would help me? Now and then I’ve had my doubts and now and then they’ve kept me from mass. I was wondering if I had to be baptised for me to wear it to help my faith? They appear to the perfect aid for me. I don’t know if this should be in the traditional section but here goes…
Thanks in advance everyone and God bless you all.
You certainly may wear it or put it in your wallet. The following is a short synopsis of the Green Scapular.
In 1840, Mary instructed Sister Bisqueyburu, in Paris, who was a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, to help people having difficulty in their faith or lack of it. She wanted the sister to promote to those people a scapular of her’s, the color of it was green, and it had her picture on it of her immaculate heart. It was a token from her of her love for them and that she would pray for them if they wore it, or carried it on them in her name. And the greater the trust the person had in her to obtain great graces for them, the more those graces would come.
It is a her gift to us and her own wish that we carry it, and a favour to her that we carry it as she requested. She is our mother, and you know how mothers are, they can’t do enough for their child. Always worring about them and caring for them. Well, she is no different than any other mother and wants to make sure about our well being. So she asks that this beautiful gift from her be used to bring us the help we need.
And here are some of the benefits of it:
… Conversion of those who do not have the faith <<<<<======================
… Reconciliation to the Church for those who have lost/strayed from the faith
… Strengthening of the faith for those already in the Church
… Protection from Satan for those who wear or promote the scapular
… Assurance of a peaceful death
Are any of those benefits what you want? Maybe all of them?
However for it to work, Mary did ask a favour of you.
The green scapular should be blessed.
Wear it around the neck, or carry it on you, in your wallet, pocket.
Say this prayer at least once every day:
“Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.”
Have great trust in her. Place yourself in her care and tell her that you know your problem is taken care of because she promised on her word. And thank her every day.
She didn’t say when, only that she would do it for you.
A free green scapular may be obtained by googling “geen scapular”.
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My father, a fallen-away Catholic, passed away several years ago. When he first became ill and was hospitalized, one of the Vincentian priest pinned a Green Scapular to his pillow. I know my mother was especially worried about his salvation, as he had not awakened following emergency surgery. He did awaken many days later, and that same Vincentian asked if he wished to receive the sacraments. He was on a ventilator, so he could not speak, but he could indicate “yes” or “no”, so the priest simply asked if he was sorry for any and all sins he committed, then he was given Extreme Unction. This was 2 years to the day of my auto accident, August 3rd. He died 2 days later, on the Feast of Our Lady of the Snows on August 5th. There is a promise attached to the Green Scapular that Our Lady will obtain the conversion of those who have fallen away from the True Faith. I’m convinced she did so with my father, the day of his death was clearly Providential.
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(From an atheist)
How did you come to embrace Catholicism?
Strangely enough, it was the Blessed Virgin Mary. That friend of mine had sneakily
snuck in a scapular under my mattress. I didn’t know until about 1 year into my
conversion. I imagine that she had something to do with it. I think it was the
green scapular.
May God bless and keep you. May God’s face shine on you. May God be kind to you and give you peace.
