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I wear a brown scapular...

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During the early Middle Ages, the laity began to associate themselves with various monastic orders and formed Confraternities, secular oblates that would receive the scapular to wear upon death, as a sign of great honor. Eventually, this tradition transformed into the small sacramental scapulars of today that are worn daily under or over regular clothing as an open sign of devotion. The four oldest scapulars originated from four confraternities, the Carmelites, Servites, Trinitarians, and the Mercederians. Today there are many more kinds of scapulars, and not all of them associated with a particular confraternity.

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A small scapular must consist of two wool squares of cloth, connected by two strings (of any material), so that one segment rests on your chest and the other on your back. If you would like, you can wear more than one scapular at a time, so long as each scapular is complete. Once you have your scapular it is important to have it blessed by a priest and, if necessary, to become invested in the confraternity associated with it (a further blessing that can be granted by an authorized priest).

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Once you have your scapular blessed, it must be worn at all times in order to share in the indulgences and privileges of the particular scapular. Should you remove the scapular for any period of time you are no longer eligible for its associated blessings, however, as soon as you resume wearing the scapular you are reinvested in its indulgences. Should your scapular wear out, you may replace it with a new scapular, as the indulgences are invested in the devotion of the wearer, not the object. Although the initial scapular investment prayer is recited only once and is bound to the wearer, each new scapular that replaces a worn or lost one can be blessed by a priest.

Types of Scapulars

Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Brown Scapular)

Scapular of Conversion (Green Scapular)

Scapular of the Immaculate Conception (Blue Scapular)

Scapular of the Passion (Red Scapular)

Scapular of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Scapular of Our Lady of Ransom (Ransom)

https://www.catholiccompany.com/content/how-to-use-the-scapular#

How to understand highlighted stuff:

Folks making up their own rules.

Hard and fast rule.

Not so hard and fast.

You didn’t cite a source for your information in the main part of your response. The links at the bottom for “The Catholic Company” (whose parent company owns my former employer, TAN Books), are largely dead, or just link to pages to buy a scapular.

Your descriptions of various scapulars is largely correct, but not universally.

The Brown Scapular is by far the most widely worn scapular among Catholics. It does NOT have to be blessed to be efficacious (though you certainly CAN get it blessed). What is necessary is for the person wearing it to be enrolled (very short ceremony).

You can take your scapular off when showering, laundering, etc.

The roots of the Brown Scapular are based on a private revelation. From https://www.carmelites.com/history-of-the-scapular/ :

“Tradition tells us that in 1251, Our Lady appeared to the Prior General of the Carmelite Order, St. Simon Stock at Aylesford, England. In this apparition, Our Lady gave him what we call the brown Scapular… a garment that has become the symbol of the bond between Our Lady and the Order of Carmel.” [ . . . ]

“Our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, is very devoted to Our Lady and has a special place in his heart for the Scapular: “Through the Scapular, those devoted to Our Lady of Mount Carmel express their desire to mold their existence on the example of our Mother, Patroness, Sister, Most Pure Virgin, to accept God’s word with a purified heart and devote themselves to the zealous service of others.”

We wear Our Lady’s Scapular as a loving response. a “YES”! to her desire that we keep Jesus as the center of our lives and bring Him to others.”

No Catholic is obliged to believe in any private revelation (revelation after the death of St. John, the last Apostle living on earth). There is nothing in the private revelation against Church teaching.