Scapular with no pictures

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Does anyone know where I can get a good quality brown scapular with no images sewn on? Just plain?
 
jmjconder said:
The one you may be looking for is called the ‘CRUSADER’ 100% Wool Scapular. It has leather straps and embroided cross on the wool.

Leaflet Missal carries them and has a very quick turn around.

leafletonline.com/Small-Brown-Scapular/productinfo/03383/

This is the Scapular I have worn for years.
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Yes, thank you, that is the kind I have now.
MS_SURVEYOR said:
Why not make your own? That’s what I intend to once I get to the fabric store.
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I have no sewing skills whatsoever. I suppose I should work on that 😊
 
*Does the Brown scapular have to be wool?

It did at one time, it no longer does. Few Carmelite Religious use pure wool for their habits, including their scapulars, anymore because of the expense and the impracticality.

I saw a scapular without a picture of Our Lady on it. Is this authentic?
Actually, the most authentic form for the scapular is simply two pieces of undecorated brown cloth joined by ribbons for over the shoulders. The scapular of the Carmelite Religious is either totally devoid of decoration or has only a very small cross embroidered in white or red. The custom of decorating the scapular for the laity with elaborate embroidery or pictures began in the eighteenth century and has destroyed the visible (i.e. sacramental) link between the scapular of the Religious and the scapular worn by the faithful. Moreover, people confuse the picture for the scapular which is actually the pieces of cloth to which the pictures are sewn. It is better to have scapulars without decoration or with only a small cross. *

A Catechesis on the Brown Scapular
 
MS_SURVEYOR said:
Does the Brown scapular have to be wool?

It did at one time, it no longer does. Few Carmelite Religious use pure wool for their habits, including their scapulars, anymore because of the expense and the impracticality.

I saw a scapular without a picture of Our Lady on it. Is this authentic?
Actually, the most authentic form for the scapular is simply two pieces of undecorated brown cloth joined by ribbons for over the shoulders. The scapular of the Carmelite Religious is either totally devoid of decoration or has only a very small cross embroidered in white or red. The custom of decorating the scapular for the laity with elaborate embroidery or pictures began in the eighteenth century and has destroyed the visible (i.e. sacramental) link between the scapular of the Religious and the scapular worn by the faithful. Moreover, people confuse the picture for the scapular which is actually the pieces of cloth to which the pictures are sewn. It is better to have scapulars without decoration or with only a small cross.

The wool is very much a part of the Scapular…it is meant to be “uncomfortable.” My Spiritual Director (a Carmelite priest) explained this to me. I wear mine 100% of the time and never take it off other than to exchange it for another 100% wool Scapular.A Catechesis on the Brown Scapular
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MS_SURVEYOR said:
Does the Brown scapular have to be wool?

It did at one time, it no longer does. Few Carmelite Religious use pure wool for their habits, including their scapulars, anymore because of the expense and the impracticality.

I saw a scapular without a picture of Our Lady on it. Is this authentic?
Actually, the most authentic form for the scapular is simply two pieces of undecorated brown cloth joined by ribbons for over the shoulders. The scapular of the Carmelite Religious is either totally devoid of decoration or has only a very small cross embroidered in white or red. The custom of decorating the scapular for the laity with elaborate embroidery or pictures began in the eighteenth century and has destroyed the visible (i.e. sacramental) link between the scapular of the Religious and the scapular worn by the faithful. Moreover, people confuse the picture for the scapular which is actually the pieces of cloth to which the pictures are sewn. It is better to have scapulars without decoration or with only a small cross.

The wool is very much a part of the Scapular…it is meant to be “uncomfortable.” My Spiritual Director (a Carmelite priest) explained this to me. I wear mine 100% of the time and never take it off other than to exchange it for another 100% wool Scapular.
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I take mine off in the shower and when I go to bed…I toss and turn so much that I’m afraid I’d strangle myself.:o
 
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