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Limoncello4021
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Yes, I know there’s been discussion on this in the past, but I want to ask the question in a new context. I don’t wear a brown scapular. I don’t think I’ve been enrolled in the scapular, although I may have been as a youth: I do remember possessing one at one time. I do wear a Miraculous Medal and have for about 50 years; I especially have a devotion after having visited Rue de Bac.
I sometimes think I “should” also wear the scapular although the bulk of both items around my neck keeps putting me off–ie esp with summer light clothes on. No excuse I guess. Anyway of course I’m attracted to the Sabbatine Privilege associated with the scapular–I could certainly use the promise of getting out of Purgatory within a week! However, with some research, I realized the story about this promise is on very shaky grounds, pretty much denied (it seems) by the Carmelites even though, of course, wearing any blessed image has its own efficacy. I was reading, for example, this page: Scapular Catechesis | Meditations from Carmel.
On the other hand, the vision of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal to St. Catherine is well documented and “recent.” I think my question is: for those who wear the scapular and are convinced about the Sabbatine Privilege promise, on what do you base its truth? Thanks, and hope my question doesn’t offend anyone who does wear the scapular!
I sometimes think I “should” also wear the scapular although the bulk of both items around my neck keeps putting me off–ie esp with summer light clothes on. No excuse I guess. Anyway of course I’m attracted to the Sabbatine Privilege associated with the scapular–I could certainly use the promise of getting out of Purgatory within a week! However, with some research, I realized the story about this promise is on very shaky grounds, pretty much denied (it seems) by the Carmelites even though, of course, wearing any blessed image has its own efficacy. I was reading, for example, this page: Scapular Catechesis | Meditations from Carmel.
On the other hand, the vision of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal to St. Catherine is well documented and “recent.” I think my question is: for those who wear the scapular and are convinced about the Sabbatine Privilege promise, on what do you base its truth? Thanks, and hope my question doesn’t offend anyone who does wear the scapular!
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