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Expert: - 5/16/2007


Question
BESIDES THE BROWN SCAPULAR, WHICH I HAVE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT I SHOULD WEAR THAT HAS THE SAME NECCESITY?

DO EXORCISMS OUTSIDE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAVE ANY VALUE?

WHY IS THE SAINT MICHAEL PRAYER ONLY SAID AFTER LOW MASS?

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1) No scapular is a "necessity."  They are sacramentals, just like Holy Water, the Mea Culpa, Gregorian chant, and many others.  To treat a scapular as an "amulet" would be a sin against the First Commandment.

2) No.  And within the Church they are rare.

3) It is a principle of traditional liturgy that extra prayers are added only in low-rank feasts or low-privilege Masses.  

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