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The committment comes after being enrolled in the scapular…
By wearing the Brown Scapular am I thereby associated with the Carmelite Order?
A person who wears the Brown Scapular and practices the spirituality of the Carmelite Order shares a greater or lesser degree of affiliation to the family of Carmel. As Pope John Paul II has said, “Those who receive [the scapular] are associated more or less closely with the Order of Carmel and dedicate themselves to the service of Our Lady for the good of the whole Church.” This association to the Order can be found in the following expressions:
-the religious men and women of the Order and their aggregated institutes;
-members of one of the Carmelite Secular (or “Third”) Orders;
-members of public associations and confraternities of Our Lady of Mount Carmel;
-those who have been invested in the scapular, practice the Order’s spirituality, and have been granted some association with the Order;
-those who wear the scapular out of devotion, practice the Order’s spirituality, but have no formal association to the Order.
Persons in any of these categories of affiliation to one of the Carmelite Orders share to some degree in the favors traditionally associated with the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
By wearing the Brown Scapular am I thereby associated with the Carmelite Order?
A person who wears the Brown Scapular and practices the spirituality of the Carmelite Order shares a greater or lesser degree of affiliation to the family of Carmel. As Pope John Paul II has said, “Those who receive [the scapular] are associated more or less closely with the Order of Carmel and dedicate themselves to the service of Our Lady for the good of the whole Church.” This association to the Order can be found in the following expressions:
-the religious men and women of the Order and their aggregated institutes;
-members of one of the Carmelite Secular (or “Third”) Orders;
-members of public associations and confraternities of Our Lady of Mount Carmel;
-those who have been invested in the scapular, practice the Order’s spirituality, and have been granted some association with the Order;
-those who wear the scapular out of devotion, practice the Order’s spirituality, but have no formal association to the Order.
Persons in any of these categories of affiliation to one of the Carmelite Orders share to some degree in the favors traditionally associated with the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.