Licit Scapular Medals

[Seumas]

Hi all,

This is the original permission from the Holy Office to wear a medal in place of scapulars, and specifies that the medal must have an image of Jesus with His Sacred Heart on the front side, and of the Blessed Virgin on the obverse:

catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=5197

It would seem then that the medal pictured in the below link would not be licit, as it shows the Sacred Heart and the Blessed Virgin on the same side of the medal.

A Scapular Medal

Does anyone know of anything to the contrary, like a more recent authoritative statement that as long as the medal has an image of Jesus and His Sacred Heart and the Blessed Virgin it is OK?

Although I have always been a big proponent of wool scapulars, recently I have developed a skin problem that precludes wearing one (at least under my cloths) for now. The above medal would be a good substitute, because I always sew a miraculous medal onto the front cloth of my scapulars, and this medal’s image of the Blessed Mother is the miraculous medal. Also, because there is nothing on the back, I can laminate a small piece of brown wool there–which I know is not necessary but is a way to help me to remember what it represents, i.e. the holy habit of Carmel and all that it means.

But all that is of no avail if the medal is illicit.

Thanks and God Bless.

 

[Della]

The medal that must have an image of Jesus on the front and Mary (and usually the Christ Child) on the back is the Scapular Medal. The one you linked is the Miraculous Medal which doesn’t come under this ruling. If you bought this medal to wear it would be fine, but it’s not the Scapular Medal. The Scapular Medal may be worn in lieu of the Brown Scapular for any reason by anyone, contrary to what you may have heard/read on the internet.