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bookish
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I lost my brown scapular. I know I don’t need to be re-enrolled, but when I get a new one, should I have it blessed? Or is that not necessary?
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Dorothy
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When you are enrolled in a cloth Brown Scapular and then need another one, it does not have to be blessed. The blessing passes on to the next scapular you put on.
For those who use the scapular medal, if they should lose it and need another it does need to be blessed.
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Catholic1954
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You don"t need to re-enroll. Just replace it. I have several in reserve, just in case.
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doanli
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What if one does not remember if she enrolled in the Brown Scapular Society, but has had her scapulars blessed as she went through them?
If the cord breaks, what do you do with it? I have kept my broken one on my work desk.
If the cord breaks, what do you do with it? I have kept my broken one on my work desk.
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LoyalViews
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No, not at all. You carry the blessing, so when you place a new scapular upon yourself it is blessed, though you actually cannot bless a scapular as a priest would for someone else.
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Dorothy
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No harm done if you have had scapulars blessed as you went through them. Now you know you don’t have to do that.
When mine wear out and the strings break I bury them in my backyard along with broken rosaries.
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Medic_Mark
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What is a scapular and what does it do?
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Crusading_Canuk
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A scapular is basically a simple cotton necklace which is a kind of gift from the Virgin Mary which when worn God grants us Grace in our lives. The Scapular in this thread is The Brown Scapular, those who are enrolled by apriest and wear it at the hour of their death do not go to Hell and go to Heaven the first Saturday after their death.
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Medic_Mark
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Crusading_Canuk
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It works because Our Lady promissed to St. Simon Stock that it would.
I can’t explain it well but follow this link and the article should answers most of you questions about the Brown Scapular, sistersofcarmel.com/brown-scapular-information.php. I hope it helped,
God Bless
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Medic_Mark
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Interesting. The protestant inside me is wigging out.
And the Church stands behind this? I mean no disrespect, I am just now beginning my Catholic journey.
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doanli
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And what a beautiful history it is.
You’d be amazed at the changes in you—this is not a magic charm, but is also a kind of “armor” in the war against the Devil in this world. It is an assurance of Heaven’s protection of you. (And as Catholics, we believe by virtue of the Blessed Mother’s role in our Redemption- by choosing to bear the Son of God-- she is Queen of Heaven.)
You’d be amazed at the changes in you—this is not a magic charm, but is also a kind of “armor” in the war against the Devil in this world. It is an assurance of Heaven’s protection of you. (And as Catholics, we believe by virtue of the Blessed Mother’s role in our Redemption- by choosing to bear the Son of God-- she is Queen of Heaven.)
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Dorothy
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The two branches of the Carmelite order now have a new catechesis on the Brown Scapular that does not encourage superstitious thinking.
Please read it here:
carmelitanacollection.com/catechesis.html
In the past it was poorly explained and many took it to mean that all one had to do was wear the scapular and they would be saved. Even the “going to Heaven the first Saturday after death” is explained in a different way. There is no documentary proof of such a promise, and it should not be presented.
That said, the scapular is a means to many graces, a wonderful sacramental, when worn with the right prayerful disposition.
It seems to me that it is going to take a while for this excellent catechesis on the Brown Scapular to trickle down to all that need to hear it.
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