Miraculous Image of Our Lady Scapular?

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A few years ago I was given a Scapular by a friend. Attached to it are a crucifix and a Benedictine Metal. The front of it has what is supposed to be aq Miraculous Image of Our Lady. The Scapular came with a card stating it had been touched to something like 17 1st class relics.
Here is the website about the Image :

marysway.net/all-important-facts-about-marys-way-apostolate-1/

I was looking into the benefits of the Brown scapular (and I had assumed this was one, albeit with this Image taking up almost the entire front, and in color) when I began to have doubts. Is this Scapular recognized by the Church? Does it carry the benefits of the Brown Scapular? I always assumed it did. IS the webpage above even legitimate?

If anyone has any info I’d appreciate it.
 
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A few years ago I was given a Scapular by a friend. Attached to it are a crucifix and a Benedictine Metal. The front of it has what is supposed to be aq Miraculous Image of Our Lady. The Scapular came with a card stating it had been touched to something like 17 1st class relics.
Here is the website about the Image :

marysway.net/all-important-facts-about-marys-way-apostolate-1/

I was looking into the benefits of the Brown scapular (and I had assumed this was one, albeit with this Image taking up almost the entire front, and in color) when I began to have doubts. Is this Scapular recognized by the Church? Does it carry the benefits of the Brown Scapular? I always assumed it did. IS the webpage above even legitimate?

If anyone has any info I’d appreciate it.
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What makes the Carmelite scapular to be the Carmelite scapular is that it is made of brown cloth and is dedicated to that purpose opposed, for example, to being the old Franciscan scapular that was worn in years past by Franciscan tertiaries as part of their habit.

The scapular is a miniature form of the habit, which is why I wear a scapular without any image…just as the habit does not have an image.

That said, one can attach an image to a Carmelite scapular; there is no proscription to doing so. One may attach a medal to it, just as one does with the actual habit. .

I clicked on the website you provided but, frankly, the multicolored fonts, eccentric layout and different typefaces was painful to my aged eyes and I read very little of it…but it seems to involve someone who alleges receiving all sorts of extraordinary phenomenon, which should be submitted to competent ecclesiastical authority for scrutiny.

A sacramental has value because of the Church. Over-emphasis on the formula used for blessing and obsessions about “miraculous images” is a seeking after the fantastic that is often of dubious provenance. Such fixations encourage a spirituality and an emphasis that it is at best unhealthy and at worst decidedly imbalanced.

Here is the current catechesis on the Carmelite scapular

meditationsfromcarmel.com/content/scapular-catechesis
 
Layp3rs0n said:
A few years ago I was given a Scapular by a friend. Attached to it are a crucifix and a Benedictine Metal. The front of it has what is supposed to be aq Miraculous Image of Our Lady. The Scapular came with a card stating it had been touched to something like 17 1st class relics.
Here is the website about the Image :

marysway.net/all-important-facts-about-marys-way-apostolate-1/

I was looking into the benefits of the Brown scapular (and I had assumed this was one, albeit with this Image taking up almost the entire front, and in color) when I began to have doubts. Is this Scapular recognized by the Church? Does it carry the benefits of the Brown Scapular? I always assumed it did. IS the webpage above even legitimate?

If anyone has any info I’d appreciate it.
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Not an approved source. Unapproved apparitions are not allowed on this forum. I would just ignore it. Go to catholicanswers.com and type in brown scapular and it will explain . God Bless, Memaw
 
I have a Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. It is brown with white cloth. One part has an image, the other has words. It also has a small metal crucifix with corpus and a small, round medallion.

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Memaw said:
Not an approved source. Unapproved apparitions are not allowed on this forum. I would just ignore it. Go to catholicanswers.com and type in brown scapular and it will explain . God Bless, Memaw
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Dearest Memaw,

Good to hear from you again. I did not suspect it was an unapproved apparition, I simply meant to ask if it qualified for the Scapular of Mt Carmel. Ex. The Scapular should be made of wool, but the image is silk. Wanted to be certain as to whether it was indeed useful for enrollment in the Confroterninty or if I needed another one that was more basic.
 
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Dearest Memaw,

Good to hear from you again. I did not suspect it was an unapproved apparition, I simply meant to ask if it qualified for the Scapular of Mt Carmel. Ex. The Scapular should be made of wool, but the image is silk. Wanted to be certain as to whether it was indeed useful for enrollment in the Confroterninty or if I needed another one that was more basic.
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You can get Brown Scapulars at a good reliable place such as the World Apostolate of Fatima, Blue Army. Or any Catholic store ought to have them. The sight you posted promotes an unapproved apparition. God Bless, Memaw
 
Memaw said:
You can get Brown Scapulars at a good reliable place such as the World Apostolate of Fatima, Blue Army. Or any Catholic store ought to have them. The sight you posted promotes an unapproved apparition. God Bless, Memaw
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I was unaware, apologies.
 
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