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tinalewis
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Hi - I’m a scapular wearer for almost 3 years.
I wear the brown wool scapulars from Rose Scapular Company
rosescapular.com/scaporder.htm
They are truly the best quality I’ve seen. My first one lasted 2 years, and that included numerous safety pinnings and washings.
From my understanding, the traditional is brown or black wool in a front’n’back version. If you’re allergic to wool or for some other compelling reason that wool can’t be worn, then the scapular medal may be substituted.
Yes, sometimes on a hot July day the wool is itchy, but it’s never been so uncomfortable for me that I feel I have to take off my scapular. It does get icky after working out at the fitness center or on a run, but at my age I"m slowing down to a walk so it doesn’t get icky very often. Once a week I fold up the straps and tie them in a loose knot and put it in a lingerie mesh laundry bag like the kind used to wash pantyhose (I wonder what those are anymore?) or other delicates. I wash it only with other dark colors, but I really don’t think the brown color would come off onto other clothes in the wash. Never experimented, however.
Wool is also warm. It grew on a sheep, one of God’s gentlest creatures. Our Blessed Mother undoubtedly wore some wool garments at some point in her life. I like to think of my scapular as a little patch taken from one of her cloaks. I don’t think I’d feel that way about a metal medal or scapular design. Also, it’s easy to use a tiny safety pin to anchor down the scapular so it doesn’t migrate up to my chin, as it likes to do.
I wear the brown wool scapulars from Rose Scapular Company
rosescapular.com/scaporder.htm
They are truly the best quality I’ve seen. My first one lasted 2 years, and that included numerous safety pinnings and washings.
From my understanding, the traditional is brown or black wool in a front’n’back version. If you’re allergic to wool or for some other compelling reason that wool can’t be worn, then the scapular medal may be substituted.
Yes, sometimes on a hot July day the wool is itchy, but it’s never been so uncomfortable for me that I feel I have to take off my scapular. It does get icky after working out at the fitness center or on a run, but at my age I"m slowing down to a walk so it doesn’t get icky very often. Once a week I fold up the straps and tie them in a loose knot and put it in a lingerie mesh laundry bag like the kind used to wash pantyhose (I wonder what those are anymore?) or other delicates. I wash it only with other dark colors, but I really don’t think the brown color would come off onto other clothes in the wash. Never experimented, however.
Wool is also warm. It grew on a sheep, one of God’s gentlest creatures. Our Blessed Mother undoubtedly wore some wool garments at some point in her life. I like to think of my scapular as a little patch taken from one of her cloaks. I don’t think I’d feel that way about a metal medal or scapular design. Also, it’s easy to use a tiny safety pin to anchor down the scapular so it doesn’t migrate up to my chin, as it likes to do.