Scapular?

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I’m trying to learn about Scapulars. Particularly Carmelite. Can anyone give me a quick overview?
 
Thank you. Can any priest bless a scapular? Is that what they are doing? Once you wear one are their rules about taking it off? How does that work? Thanks.
 
Our local parish just did the “Investiture” of the Brown Scapular. It can be done by any priest. Each Scapular is Blessed at this time. When it wears out, which they will do on a regular basis all you need to do is buy a new one. Once the Investiture is done there is no need to do it again. Its nice to have each replacement Scapular Blessed by a priest. About the only time I remove mine is to shower. Mine last about a month, so I buy them by the dozen.

I believe there is what they call the Sabbatine Privealage attach to the Brown Scapular. If I recall correctly, one must say the Rosary every day, reverence the Scapular and there is a third thing but I can’t remember what it is so check the website the other poster listed. I’m sure its there.

The Sabbatine Privealege says that if you faithfully do the three requirements daily, Mary will come to you on the first Saturday after your death and escort you to heaven. No purgatory.
 
corsair said:
I believe there is what they call the Sabbatine Privealage attach to the Brown Scapular. If I recall correctly, one must say the Rosary every day, reverence the Scapular and there is a third thing but I can’t remember what it is so check the website the other poster listed. I’m sure its there.
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Please note that the site states:

*The Carmelite Scapular is not:
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* a magical charm to protect you
* an automatic guarantee of salvation
* an excuse for not living up to the demands of the Christian life
The scapular is, more properly, an outward sign of an inward disposition to follow God and the example He gave to us in Our Blessed Mother. Wearing a piece of cloth in and of itself cannot grant us anything: that would be superstition. But if the scapular is worn as a symbol of our genuine and lasting faith in God, we will receive the gift of salvation not because we wear the scapular, but because we possess that faith.

Please note that I’m a Carmelite friar,and am certainly not denigrating the scapular, which I wear as part of my habit. My point is that, coming from that tradition, I have never met a Carmelite friar, nun or tertiary who believed that they were guaranteed salvation simply because they wore the scapular, said the rosary and the office and loved Our Lady of Mount Carmel. There is a lot more than that required of us to achieve salvation. 🙂
 
OCarm,
Yes, you are correct. If we don’t live our life the way God wants us to then these promises are just words on paper. The same holds true for confession. If we are not truely trying to ammend our lives then going to confession is not going to be much help.

So the Sabbatine Privealage is going to be worthless if we do not truely follow Christ. But I would not be all that ready to dismiss the Promises.
 
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OCarm,
Yes, you are correct. If we don’t live our life the way God wants us to then these promises are just words on paper. The same holds true for confession. If we are not truely trying to ammend our lives then going to confession is not going to be much help.

So the Sabbatine Privealage is going to be worthless if we do not truely follow Christ. But I would not be all that ready to dismiss the Promises.
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Please read the information at:

carmelitanacollection.com/catechesis.html
  • particularly the introduction and the section ‘What is the official status of the Sabbatine Privilege?’
The prayers of Our Lady are invaluable. But no guarantee of salvation can be granted by a pious devotion, not even one taught by my own religious order. 🙂 We don’t make that claim, any more than the Dominicans claim that the rosary - which they popularised, of course - will guarantee salvation. The scapular is a wonderful focus for our faith and our love of God, but it is not a lucky charm or an insurance policy. To say that debases the devotion and turns it into a superstition.
 
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