What Do You Wear Around Your Neck?

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DrCat:
I wear
  1. a brown scapular (cloth) as well as
  2. a scapular medal blessed and given to my by the priest who enrolled me,
  3. a miraculous medal (blessed) that I received when I enrolled in the MI,
  4. a Divine Mercy medal (blessed),
  5. a “relic medal” of St. Maximillian Kolbe, and
  6. a second miraculous medal sent to me from the Association of the Miraculous Medal for having enrolled my five grandchildren in the Association.
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Do people hear you jingle when you walk in a room? 🙂
 
Super Mom:
Hi Thepeug;
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I think that the blessing prayer we pray before meals would be different  from the ritual blessing a priest would pray say over the Easter food you bring to the church for him to bless. (This is a custom in some parishes to do this on Holy Sat.) If he were sharing a meal at your home and said the same blessing prayer you would say then it would be the same as when you say it. 
You can't obtain the blessed food or vegtables from the priest but must have him come to your house or you bring him the food.  There doesn't have to be a special occasion for the blessing.  Some people have their car or bus blessed by a priest before going on a trip.  Or some have their priest bless their new house they just bought. Unfortunately a priest who is "unfaithful to their calling" (to put it charitable) will think this blessing thing is absurd.  Yet there are many rituals the Church has for blessing many things.

God bless you.
Super Mom
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Sounds kinda cool. I don’t see why some priests would have a problem with blessing everyday objects; in this world, we need all the help we can get! 🙂 Thanks for the explanations.

In Christ,

Chris
 
I wear a brown scapular around my neck and carry in my wallet a crucifix, a cloth Sacred Heart icon with two small medals attached, a card with St. Anthony and the Christ Child and a Mother of Perpetual Help card that, on the inside, carries medical and contact information.

St. Anthony is one of our family’s beloved patron saints (He never fails when we ask for his intercession), and my 11-year-old son always wears a St. Anthony medal around his neck. He won’t be without it.

God bless him!
 
I should add that I have a little metal Rosary on my key chain, and that, along with the crucifix, comes in very handy (literally) on any of the many business trips I make that involve flying. In fact, I have another one on Monday.
 
I actually wear more than one thing, but that wasn’t an option. Since hink the Scapular is the most important, I selected that.
 
Around my neck I wear a crucifix and scapular. On my lapel I usually wear the prolife baby feet and the Carmelite coat of arms. Another question would be why do we wear these things. The baby feet are a poltical statement - I try to give a prolife message to the people I meet. Everything else is for my benefit. The coat of arms, the crucifix and the scapular are there to remind me of who I claim to be - a devout Catholic, a child of God. I find that this world, the things I see, some of the people I meet can pull me away from my determination to live this devout life. I find that in stressful situations I have the scapular in my hand. I think that Mary is reminding me of my decision to follow her son.
 
Ring around the collar 😛

Actually, a crucifix, wood with a metal Christus, on a simple chain. The chain is short, so it rides high on my throat and is visible almost all the time.
 
Another question would be why do we wear these things.
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I wear my medal because it has been blessed. I wear it underneath my clothing, however, because it’s rather large and might give the impression that I’m “showing off” my religion. I do however wear a small crucifix pin on my collar. I love it, because you have to look closely to see that it’s a crucifix. It gives me an extra nudge for talking about my faith, because most people who see it will say “I like your cross”, to which I’ll reply, “Thanks, but it’s actually a crucifix”, and then go from there. 🙂
 
A crucifix blessed by Pope John Paul II when we were visiting Rome during the Jubilee Year. It is one of my most treasured possessions! Over these past four years I’ve misplaced it three times but it has always returned to me. What a blessing!!!
 
I wear a scapular and cross…I was enrolled to wear the Brown Scapular many years ago by a priest. This also enrolls you in the Confraternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel which is affiliated to the Carmelite Order and thus you share in all of the daily Masses, prayers, and good works of the members of the Carmelite order. Enrollment by a priest also means that your subsequent Brown Scapulars do not have to be blessed - you just put them on. It should be worn at all times, even in the bath/shower. It has many privileges attached to its devotion, but one should not assume that it will protect them if they are not faithful to the will of God. And my cross, well, I was presented with my cross on my wedding night and coincidently, I presented my husband with a cross very similar in design. Talk about devine providence!
Good luck with your poll and God Bless,
mustardseed
 
Hi Thepeug:
The Medal of the Immaculate Conception is the true title of this medal. It became commonly known as the Miraculous Medal because of all the miracules that came through the intersession of Our Lady. St. Catherine Laboure, in 1830 received an apparition of Our Lady and a medal was cast depicting Our Lady as she saw her. Our Lady told her to have a medal struck or cast after the model. All who would wear it would receive great graces. St. Catherine also saw the back of the medal. This is just a sketchy outline. For more info go to [www.amm.org/medal](http://www.amm.org/medal) and you can read much more.
 
I wear a scapular and occasionally a St. Benedict medal. If I have the scapular on, I carry St. Benedict in my pocket- he doesn’t mind!
 
I wear a medal with Our Lady of Guadalupe that I gave my mother(her favorite since they were both from the same city) for Christmas and took it back and have worn it every day since she passed away.

A Crucifix to remind me of the Love He has for me and of His sacrifice

And a Miraculous Medal all on the same chain
 
Super Mom,

Thanks for the link! Regarding apparitions, though: I’ve heard a lot lately about apparitions of the Virgin Mary. People see apparitions almost every day, it seems. How do you know which ones are genuine and which ones are the result of a desire for attention, mental illness, or drugs? For instance, last semester I read a tract by Margery Kempe, an anchoress in the 16th (?) century who recorded apparitions of Jesus and Mary. She also claimed to have had sexual relations with Jesus as well as Satan. Many Christians at the time lauded her as one who was truly blessed to have seen such visions. Today, doctors have determined that she was suffering from severe schizophrenia. In other words, to what extent can “private revelations” be trusted?

God bless,

Chris
 
I wear a Scapular and on it I have 3 medals, Miraculas Medal, St. Jude and St. Marie Goretti. I used to have St Michael and St. Benedict in the past. 🙂
 
Hi again Thepeug; I’ve never heard of that 16th century visionarry. Are you sure that “tract” wasn’t using that as an example of the Catholic Church not being what she is? I can’t imagine anyone in the Church lauding any women claiming to have sexual relations with Christ.bigyikes That’s what makes me think that that story was made up. Always check the sources.🙂

We don’t have to believe in private revelations because everything was completed with Our Lord’s resurrection. Nothing more can be added. to the deposit of faith.
Usually by their fruit you will know them. Especially obedience to the Chruch even when the Bishop tells them to stop speaking about it, or stop going to the place where the vision is happening. You obey the Church before any vision. If it's from God, He will want you to obey first and He will come to you if He really has a work for you to do for Him. This has been proven again and again in the lives of various saints, St. Pio and St. Faustina coming to mind.
 
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