Having some difficulty with accepting the Brown Scapular

[Wildkit]

It is interesting in many different ways why some things only seem to happen to certain groups, and the logic folks use to explain matters. St. Aphonsus Liguori once said, “Modern heretics make a mockery of wearing the Scapular, they decry it as so much trifling nonsense”. Yet, why do some things always seem to happen to this one group, or is someone trying to tell me something?

Blessed Pope Gregory X who died in 1276 and a great advocate of the Brown Scapular, was buried as were many saints wearing a brown scapular, 25 years after the vision to Simon Stock. When they opened his tomb 600 years later, while his bones and vestments were mere dust, why was the Brown Scapular fully intact? Is someone trying to tell me something, or am I just too smart for that type of non sense?

I don’t have to accept it either, yet when I examine some of the lives I find as powerful examples for me, I just have to wonder if someone is trying to tell me something?

Thank you Lord.

 

[LittleSoldier]

Good to see you back, LittleSoldier. I know how things can get busy. I’m finally finished my busy time at work. Because we’re getting so far off topic here, I’m thinking we could get locked out anytime soon. Do you suppose we could start a new thread right after Easter? That way we won’t run the risk of being locked out. I’m going away for Easter as well - it’s my mother’s 80th birthday so am decorating a huge cake for her. So I’ll be busy with that too. Have a wonderful Easter!

Agreed. I’ve been stuck in a thread in the Social Justice subforum for what seems like forever.

I hope you had a blessed Easter. Let me start a new thread today by posting the beginning of uh, our, er, disagreement about fear of God. I think that’s a good place to start but I feel kind of creepy about posting your reference and quotes. I would like to start with one of my posts and an explanation which will open the thread up to everyone. Then we can go from there!

I’ll call the thread “Fear of God - What Does it Mean?” and it will be in the same subforum as this thread.

Thanks for your patience!

*Holy Mother, please keep
all unborn children safe today.

St. Francis, please pray for all unwanted and hurt animals.*

 

[Fair_Lady]

I hope you had a blessed Easter. Let me start a new thread today by posting the beginning of uh, our, er, disagreement about fear of God. I think that’s a good place to start but I feel kind of creepy about posting your reference and quotes. I would like to start with one of my posts and an explanation which will open the thread up to everyone. Then we can go from there!

I’ll call the thread “Fear of God - What Does it Mean?” and it will be in the same subforum as this thread.

Thanks for your patience!

I had a wonderful Easter. Took a couple of extra days off and now it’s back to the old grind. I’ll look for your new thread. Won’t have time to post in it today but hopefully tomorrow.