Should I replace my scapular?

[Aeden]

So my first scapular is one that has pictures on it, but I took off the plastic that was covering it and, as an unexpected result, the condition has gotten a fair bit worse. I recently got a new one via mail, so the old one is now fairly beat up (pictures are faded and bent with tears in them) while the new one has just the fabric with embroidery on it.

Should I burn the old one since it is fairly beat up and continued use would probably see it suffer more damage or should I keep it to have one to wear while washing the other and things like that?

 

[RC_Sojourner]

I do not know if burning it is acceptable, it could be. I myself got rid of an old scapular, and had it buried. I asked a friend to bury it at the abortion clinic we picketed at, I’m not sure if he did it yet. But, I am sure that I read that burying them was acceptable.

I also like the idea of thinking that burying it somewhere will make that place holier, as it would invariably receive grace through Our Lady.

 

[BiffRuffle]

I heard a story of a lady who ran either a pregnancy centre or a women’s shelter (I can;t remember which.) It was supposed to be a non-religious center, but, being a faithful Catholic, she had scapulars sewn into the seat cushions, holy salt and holy water in the soup, crucifixes behind mirrors, and so forth. You could always do the same with your old scapular where you work, or in your home, or wherever the need for some clandestine holiness is present.

 

[Aeden]

I heard a story of a lady who ran either a pregnancy centre or a women’s shelter (I can;t remember which.) It was supposed to be a non-religious center, but, being a faithful Catholic, she had scapulars sewn into the seat cushions, holy salt and holy water in the soup, crucifixes behind mirrors, and so forth. You could always do the same with your old scapular where you work, or in your home, or wherever the need for some clandestine holiness is present.

Wouldn’t that leave a scapular open to abuse? If you just leave it lying around, anyone can do anything to it.

 

[BiffRuffle]

Wouldn’t that leave a scapular open to abuse? If you just leave it lying around, anyone can do anything to it.

Not if no one knows it’s there - if it’s sewn into the couch cushions, who’ll know except the one that sews it in?

 

[anonymous_in_fl]

Blessed religious objects, once they are worn out or damaged beyond repair, maybe be disposed of either by burying or burned first and then the ashes buried in the ground.