Miraculous Medal, Scapular, or both?

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Please pardon my ignorance of such things, but is it okay to wear both a Miraculous Medal AND a Brown Scapular? Do both of them need to be “installed?” I need all the grace I can get…

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Tom
 
Yes, it is okay to wear both. I do. You need to be invested in the brown scapular by a priest, but this is not necessary for the Miraculous Medal (but you should ask a priest or deacon to bless it). Once you are enrolled in the scapular, when it gets worn beyond repair and needs to be replaced it is not necessary to be enrolled again nor to have the new one blessed.

The string of the scapular and the chain holding the medal used to get tangled, so I removed the medal from the chain and sewed it to the back of one of the ends of the scapular.
 
You do need to be invested in the Brown Scapular, but not the Miraculous Medal. Yes, you can do both. In fact, there is a joke that one way you know you are Catholic is when you spend 5 minutes every morning untangling your Scapular and your Miraculous Medal!😃 I don’t wear a medal, but I do wear a crucifix and a Scapular, and I do spend time every morning untangling them!

Peace,
Linda
 
By all means, wear them both! 🙂 My scapular also has a crucifix and a St. Benedict medal attached. (I need all the grace I can get… too 😃 ) God bless.
 
tomch said:
Please pardon my ignorance of such things, but is it okay to wear both a Miraculous Medal AND a Brown Scapular? Do both of them need to be “installed?” I need all the grace I can get…

Thanks!
Tom
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yes you can wear both, or buy a scapular that has a bitty MM, cross, St. Benedict medal, or all 3 attached (which mine does).

I started wearing it again in Advent as part of our parish project, but had to take it off again. I have extremely sensitive skin, and diabetes, broke out again into sores that got infected and took weeks to heal, so I just cannot wear scapulars, medals, chains or any jewelry around my neck. Medals are on my keychain, which is usually in my pocket

anyone can wear any of these, there is a special blessing and investment of the brown scapular, which any priest can do, but it only needs to be done once, you just get a new scapular of yours gets lost or worn out.
 
tomch said:
Please pardon my ignorance of such things, but is it okay to wear both a Miraculous Medal AND a Brown Scapular? Do both of them need to be “installed?” I need all the grace I can get…

Thanks!
Tom
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…and so do I. So I wear a brown scapular, with a picture of Saint Frances on the front. Attached to it is a short green scapular. I also wear the 5-fold scapular. Around my waist, I wear the cord of Saint Philomena. I wear the San Damiano crucifix around my neck, and hanging down in front.

Bring 'em on!:knight1:
 
tomch said:
Please pardon my ignorance of such things, but is it okay to wear both a Miraculous Medal AND a Brown Scapular? Do both of them need to be “installed?” I need all the grace I can get…

Thanks!
Tom
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“Installed”?

SOUNDS PAINFUL!!

😃
 
Andruschak said:
…and so do I. So I wear a brown scapular, with a picture of Saint Frances on the front. Attached to it is a short green scapular. I also wear the 5-fold scapular. Around my waist, I wear the cord of Saint Philomena. I wear the San Damiano crucifix around my neck, and hanging down in front.

Bring 'em on!:knight1:
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But the fivefold has the brown scapular in it - no need to double up there Harry!
 
LilyM said:
But the fivefold has the brown scapular in it - no need to double up there Harry!
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Technically speaking, you are correct. :o But the brown scapular in the 5-fold has no picture on it. (A picture is not required on the brown scapular). The seperate brown scapular (with the green scapular attached) has a picture of my birthday saint, Saint Frances.
 
LindaS said:
You do need to be invested in the Brown Scapular, but not the Miraculous Medal. Yes, you can do both. In fact, there is a joke that one way you know you are Catholic is when you spend 5 minutes every morning untangling your Scapular and your Miraculous Medal!😃 I don’t wear a medal, but I do wear a crucifix and a Scapular, and I do spend time every morning untangling them!

Peace,
Linda
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I am definitely Catholic, then, because I spend every morning untangling my Patron Saint, my crucifix, my Miraculous Medal, my St. Benedict medal, and my other little crucifix from my brown Scapular. (And my Rosary is always getting tangled up with my Church keys, too. 😊 )
 
I’m glad I found this thread. I was considering something similar. The scapular ai wear also came with a cheap crucifix and St. Benedict medal. I recently bought a small sterling silver miraculous medal that seemed perfect to attach to my scapular, but I didn’t know if I should. Guess I have my answer!
 
I wear a brown scapular with a Sacred Heart image on it, with a Miraculous Medal and St. Benedict medal on the chains. I wear the super-duper cheap ($0.25) aluminum medals that a priest gave me once, because I figured the weight of those wouldn’t wear down the string as quickly as my sterling silver medals would.
 
That is a good point about it wearing down the string. But the MM I bought is pretty small, so I don’t think it should cause a problem.
 
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