Posted on 05/09/2015 7:44:31 AM PDT by RnMomof7
Millions of sincere Catholics wear the brown scapular thinking by doing so it will help them spiritually. They believed the report that Mary made and is backing a salvation promise in connection with the brown scapular hundreds of years ago based on their religious traditions. Over the years wearing the brown scapular has been perpetuated by sincere Catholic leaders, such as the one in this video, but it is in complete futility that it is worn. It is a false hope and a spiritual snare. 
It is not based on God’s truth and is, therefore, just as deadly for the sincere Catholic as it is for the Hindu who bathes in the Ganges River thinking his sins will be washed away in the water or for the Muslim who kisses the black stone of Kaaba to be forgiven! [The picture to the right is Mel Gibson, the director of the Passion of Christ, wearing a brown scapular as he smokes.]
I too once wore the brown scapular as an Ex Roman Catholic. I know what it is like to be taught something and accept it as truth to find out later it is not only unscriptural, but anti-scriptural. It hurts, but TRUTH is what we must stand on to be safe. It takes humility in such cases to turn.
NOTE: At about 2:23 time-wise into the video, the speaker is quoted below. How could anyone deny that Mary is deified in Catholicism? Surely, this rampant idolatry is grieving to the Lord Jesus Christ and God the Father. This is what Catholicism teaches about the brown scapular:
And so, wearing of the brown scapular reminds us, should remind us, of three things. First, that we are children of Mary. Second of all, that we need to work for our Lady. And finally, it should be a garment of humility and penance. First, by the brown scapular we profess ourselves to be children of Mary. The scapular of our Lady is a badge or a uniform so to speak by which we profess to whom we belong and who we serve. Likewise, our Lady in turn by wearing the brown scapular, she recognizes us as her children, as her special children. And because of that, she consequently protects us and watches over us. The brown scapular should also remind us that we need to work for our Lady because the scapular, which means shoulder garment, was originally that, it was a garment worn by religious in order to protect their habit, their religious habit that they wore on a daily basis during those periods of work to keep it from getting dirty, stained, from ripping, etc. and so therefore the scapular is a working garb. And so this should remind us that there’s no room for lazy piety. If we wear the brown scapular and we consider ourselves our Lady’s children, there’s no place for lazy piety but rather we should fill our lives with good works. This brown scapular should remind us the need to faithfully fulfill our daily duties, and to make another adaptation of Scripture, to labor as good soldiers of the Immaculate. Finally, the third place, the brown scapular is also a garment of humility and of penance. So in a spirit of penance, we should accept all the difficulties of our state of life and all the sufferings that our Lady may want to send us. And the scapular will give us the strength to do this. In all of our difficulties, we can always grab onto our brown scapular, remind ourselves of our Lady’s protection, her watchfulness, her presence and especially at the moment of death, when we can call to mind our Lady’s promise of salvation. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.
* Not a single word about Jesus was mentioned there.
* The brown scapular is 100% religious mythology and idolatry, as Mary is deified as a type of Savior.
* No Bible light shines from such brown scapular Catholic tradition.
First discredit God's word then you have an opening! Right StormPrepper?
AHHHH....someone got it!! :)
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Yep, oops there goes a billion kilowatt dam. 😂😅😎
You are correct reset. The fact, that people actually believe the false doctrines of the many different cults out there, makes me wonder if some people actually have sense enough to come in out of the rain.
This is like telling my goats to "SIT!" or "Roll Over!"
As if a MORMON cares...
Love keeps no record of wrongs...
The Book of MORMON contains hardly ANY LDS 'doctrine'.
It's a mere fanciful story with some bible stuff tossed in.
Any real DOCTRINE is found in the Doctrines & Covenants
I wonder why they don't give you a copy of THEM and ask you to 'pray about it'?
There is a lady in our church that went to his church when he was Indianapolis.
He wasn't nearly as weird back then.
I've found; when leading bible studies; that it is MUCH easier to teach folks what is in the bible; than it is to UNteach 'em what AIN'T!!
At a Bible study I attended at Laughlin AFB, TX, in the 70s, I met a retired USAF E-9. He was very learned in his knowledge of the Mormons. It was his opinion, that being as ole Joe Smith was a teller of tall tales. He thought Smith wrote the Book of Mormon, not to start a new religion, but to write a fairytale, with the idea of making money. I don't know, he may be right. None of us are able to get in Smith's head. My opinion is, Smith was a disagreeable person. People may very well have taken his fairytale seriously, and started a new religion, and Joe just went along for the ride. You talk about itching ears, ever learning, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
As far as your other point, I agree. When I left the Catholic Church, those guys never tried to unteach me about all the false doctrines I had. They just concentrated on showing the truth, and the false ideas came out by themselves. My dad told me there were many ways to reach Heaven. That is false, of course. I found out there is only ONE WAY to reach Heaven.
Bye.
Disrespecting Mary = disrespecting Jesus??????
Maybe in Catholic fantasy land.
Well, if you're waiting for someone to start bragging on their good works, then I won't expect to see you any time soon.
No offense towards you intended. But please don’t ping me to this topic unless and until the system is fixed.
It looks like they pulled your post where you quoted me any how. Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt. Oh well, they were warned.
And irony ain't just a way to make your shirts flat. Hell hath no fury like a Catholic slighted.
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