Just a couple comments to round out the wonderful Brown Scapular devotion...
1. Ever since 1910, both the Holy See and the Carmelite Order have approved the use of a scapular medal in place of the brown cloth scapular ,with the decision of which form of this devotion to use being left up to the individual. The medal carries the same meani…
Just a couple comments to round out the wonderful Brown Scapular devotion...
1. Ever since 1910, both the Holy See and the Carmelite Order have approved the use of a scapular medal in place of the brown cloth scapular ,with the decision of which form of this devotion to use being left up to the individual. The medal carries the same meaning and spiritual blessings as the cloth. It is a easy to get medal with the image of Jesus with his Sacred Heart on one side and an image of Our Lady on the other.
2. Re: The "after-death & salvation promises" of the Brown Scapular. As pointed out in the article the origin of the scapular vision and alleged promises are more legend than historical fact. As far back as 1613 the Holy See declared these to be historically unfounded and instructed the Carmelites to cease and desist on this matter. Sadly, most Carmelites did not comply. And sadly, this gave rise to a borderline superstitious flavor to an otherwise beautiful devotion to Jesus through Mary. The Church's and Carmelite's official catechesis on devotion of the brown scapular can be found in a handy small manual on Amazon https://a.co/d/dn3gRik
Just a couple comments to round out the wonderful Brown Scapular devotion...
1. Ever since 1910, both the Holy See and the Carmelite Order have approved the use of a scapular medal in place of the brown cloth scapular ,with the decision of which form of this devotion to use being left up to the individual. The medal carries the same meaning and spiritual blessings as the cloth. It is a easy to get medal with the image of Jesus with his Sacred Heart on one side and an image of Our Lady on the other.
2. Re: The "after-death & salvation promises" of the Brown Scapular. As pointed out in the article the origin of the scapular vision and alleged promises are more legend than historical fact. As far back as 1613 the Holy See declared these to be historically unfounded and instructed the Carmelites to cease and desist on this matter. Sadly, most Carmelites did not comply. And sadly, this gave rise to a borderline superstitious flavor to an otherwise beautiful devotion to Jesus through Mary. The Church's and Carmelite's official catechesis on devotion of the brown scapular can be found in a handy small manual on Amazon https://a.co/d/dn3gRik
The Catechesis is also made available online for free by the Carmelites at https://www.carmelitefriarsocd.org/blog/brown-scapular