Fivefold Scapular

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The Fivefold Scapular, also known as

Red Scapular of the Passion, and the White Scapular of the Most Holy Trinity. There are 17 total officially approved scapulars of the Catholic Church.^[1]

History

The Fivefold Scapular originally was a four-fold scapular (Brown, Black, Blue, and white), and is known as Redemptorist Scapular, since the Redemptorist Fathers were first granted special faculties, in perpetuity, by the Holy See to bless and invest the scapulars in 1803 and to enroll the faithful into the respective confraternities. In 1847, the Red Passionist Scapular was added to the other four to become the current form of Fivefold Scapular, and in 1886 Pope Leo XIII gave permission to bless and enroll the five scapulars cumulatively, and later the Church extended the faculty (to bless and enroll the Fivefold Scapular) to any priest.

The Brown Scapular

The Brown Scapular (also known as the Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, or simply as the Scapular) is the most popular scapular. It was given to Simon Stock by Our Lady of Mount Carmel, who promised him that "whoever dies clothed in this scapular shall not suffer the eternal flames." Later, she appeared to Pope John XXII as the Mediatrix of all graces, promising him that "whoever shall wear my Scapular faithfully, pray the Divine Office [various indults have applied in the past and apply today], and exercise chastity in their state of life shall not suffer Hell, and if they should go to Purgatory, I shall bring them to Heaven on the First Saturday after their death" (Sabbatine Privilege).

The Brown Scapular has been praised by numerous popes. Venerable

consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary" and that "the scapular is not superstitious... One is not saved from Hell merely by wearing it. No, for it is a sign that they must live their lives in total obedience to God and trust in him, through and with the Immaculate Heart of Mary." In 1917, the Virgin Mary appeared in Fátima, Portugal, as Our Lady of the Rosary, holding not only the Holy Rosary but also the Brown Scapular. Moreover, in her final apparition, during the Miracle of the Sun, one of the three seers, after known as Sister Lúcia, saw Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Furthermore, it was to Saint Dominic that the Virgin Mary appeared with the Rosary and the Brown Scapular, her arms outstretched (a gesture of prayer), saying, "One day by the Rosary and the Scapular I will save the world". Finally, the members of the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fátima wear the Brown Scapular as a sign of personal consecration to Our Lady of Fátima

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The Blue Scapular

The Blue Scapular (also known as the

graces through her maternal intercession. The Blue Scapular was highly praised by Pope Clement X

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The Black Scapular

The Black Scapular (also known as the

sanctified the Servite Order in 1255. Our Lady of Sorrows

had promised that whoever meditated upon her seven dolors would receive her special protection at the hour of death.

The Red Scapular

The Red Scapular (also known as the

Pius IX

sanctified the sacramental on June 25, 1857.

The White Scapular

The White Scapular (also known as the

Order of the Most Holy Trinity and is worn also by members of the Confraternity of the same Order (the Trinitarians). Saint John de Matha during his first Mass (around 1193) had a vision of Christ between two captives (http://www.trinitari.org

). The Christian captive had a staff with a red and blue cross on the top in the Greek form (+). From this vision he founded the Order of the Holy Trinity and Captives (the Trinitarian Order) whose charism was to liberate Christians taken into captivity by the Moors and to glorify the Holy Trinity. (Today it is still seeking the glory of the Holy Trinity and the liberation of captives).

References

^ Plese, Matthew. "The 17 Approved Scapulars of the Catholic Church". The Fatima Center. Retrieved 9 July 2023.

The Trinitarian Order by Fr. Andrew Witko 2007 Rome/Cracow
1925 Constitutions of the Third Order of the Most Holy Trinity
The White-Red-Blue Scapular Archconfraternity of the Most Holy Trinity Published by the Order in 1947

[1] Plese, Matthew. "The 17 Approved Scapulars of the Catholic Church". The Fatima Center. Retrieved 9 July 2023.

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