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  • The Scapular is a veil or cape, which covers the shoulders.

    Thirty Years In Hell Or, From Darkness to Light Bernard Fresenborg

  • Hi Regina --- I found your "What I do with old scapulars" post while looking for info on the Brown Scapular ... then I noticed that you are the author of Angel in the Waters!

    Rota-Tiller regina doman 2009

  • The Scapular, as part of the habit, is common to many religious Orders, but it is a special feature of the Carmelites.

    A Little Rock'n'Roll with our Elevenses John 2008

  • That is why the present feast is also known as the feast of the Scapular.

    A Little Rock'n'Roll with our Elevenses John 2008

  • Catholics should understand that medals, rosaries, and other sacramentals are useless unless the faithful strive to live up to what those trinkets represent: I have a Brown Scapular, a St. Benedict's Crucifix, a Miraculous Medal, and a blessed rosary on my person as I write this, but I understand these are worthless if I do not live the Gospel.

    B-Movie Catechist's Monthly Film Club: House on Haunted Hill 2008

  • St. Simon, soon after he was promoted to the dignity of general, instituted the confraternity of the Scapular, to unite the devout clients of the Blessed Virgin in certain regular exercises of religion and piety.

    Vocations John 2008

  • Obviously a signal of some kind, the other driver did the same with a Scapular hanging from his mirror.

    Maggie Van Ostrand: Bullfights Out. Ferdinand In. 2010

  • Catholics should understand that medals, rosaries, and other sacramentals are useless unless the faithful strive to live up to what those trinkets represent: I have a Brown Scapular, a St. Benedict's Crucifix, a Miraculous Medal, and a blessed rosary on my person as I write this, but I understand these are worthless if I do not live the Gospel.

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • Scapular fractures occur more often in young men aged 25-45 years because of the activities and trauma they encounter.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Ever had a dislocated shoulder? 2009

  • One evening, my grandmother gave me the Green Scapular and asked me to say the prayer "Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us, now and at the hour of our death" every evening before bed.

    The Green Scapular Marguerite 2007

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