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Sgt Sweaters said:
Cool!
Um… you don’t have to be confirmed before you can get enrolled in the scapular. Just baptized. It’s a pretty straightforward process, actually, to get enrolled in a scapular. You can simply bring one to any priest (after Mass is a great time to snag a priest) and he’ll enroll you on the spot. Takes maybe a minute or two for him to hold the scapular and while you stand in front of him he blesses the scapular and says the words to enroll you. You put on the scapular and… well… wear it always.
O’course, read up on whichever scapular you want to be enrolled in. The brown scapular is one of the most frequent versions of the scapular out there that I know of.
See New Advent website page where it talks about scapulars, what they are, and what they mean.
newadvent.org/cathen/13508b.htm
You’ll get a whole LOT of info about what a scapular is. Wearing a scapular requires you to know what it actually means to wear one – it also requires action on your part for how you live your life once you’re enrolled.
There’s a book out titled “Swimming with Scapulars.”
Yes. I’m not kidding. It’s kinda deep, actually. Got a great cover on it, too.
catholicfamilygifts.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=3034&HS=1
amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/082942072X/qid=1122777164/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_ur_2_1/104-8717523-9147125
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review.
As personal faith stories go, Lickona’s is a breath of fresh air, thoughtfully written and happily absent of platitudes and pious moralizing. A 30-year-old husband, father of four and writer for the San Diego Reader, an alternative weekly, Lickona lives a Catholicism that is orthodox, but also dynamic and relevant to modern culture. He reads Salon and the Onion and gleans life lessons from contemporary film and fiction even as he embraces beliefs and traditions rejected by his parents’ generation. He admits to being a virgin when he married, and he and his wife practice natural family planning in keeping with their church’s ban on artificial birth control. Lickona also wears a scapular, fasts during Lent and has a statue of St. Joseph in his front yard. In writing about these beliefs and practices, he explains how he came to accept them, often after a period of questioning. As he navigates the realm of Catholic faith in the 21st century, Lickona reflects candidly on his failures, foibles and doubts. He confesses to “parish-hopping” in search of a Mass that will not disturb his peace of soul, to personal struggles with “constant wanting” and anger and to his weakness in communicating his faith. Most readers will disagree with Lickona’s assessment that he is a poor communicator and will find themselves captivated by this winsome story of a soul. (Apr.)
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Book Description
Dave Eggers meets G. K. Chesterton in this funny, wise, and acutely perceptive memoir by a precocious young Catholic. For a wine connoisseur and fan of Nine Inch Nails, 30-year-old Matthew Lickona lives an unusual inner life. He is a Catholic of a decidedly traditional bent.
