Wearing A Miraculous Medal/scapular/saint Medal Etc

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='Sacred Music Man' date='10 June 2010 - 01:59 AM' timestamp='1276149596' post='2126667']
Did wear a cross, Miraculous Medal and St. Cecilia medal....


but they fled from me
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A few weeks after I bought my first crucifix necklace (about a year before Catholicism entered my life), I woke up one morning and discovered that the corpus was missing. (It was one of those hematite beaded necklaces with a hematite cross and silver corpus.)

The first words out of my mouth that morning were a very panicked, "I'VE LOST JESUS!!!"

Then an exasperated, "Hey roomie, can you help me find Jesus? Please?"

Her response: Uh... suuure.

[Cherie]

[quote name='IgnatiusofLoyola' date='10 June 2010 - 12:12 AM' timestamp='1276143147' post='2126634']
This is one of my usual dumb questions......How do you keep a scapular from showing through your clothes? [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/think_head.gif[/img]
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Most of the time, you can't actually see the square fabric through your clothing...the problem is usually with the string peeking out on the sides. Mine has a long string, but it still sometimes peeks out around the neckline of whatever I happen to be wearing. Honestly, I don't mind it - and if anyone asks, "What's that?" (Which is a question I got a lot when I was in High School) it was a great opportunity to evangelize about the brown scapular.

To me, I think it's a beautiful thing to see someone's scapular string (of course, these are people wearing modest clothing, where the string sometimes shows by the collar or something) -- my old one that I wore in the convent broke a while ago, and there weren't any Catholic bookstores nearby, so I didn't get a replacement for a while. Then I saw a picture of one of my friends on Facebook, and you could see her scapular string -- and it really inspired me to travel the hour to the nearest Catholic bookstore and buy another one!

[aalpha1989]

[quote name='Tridenteen' date='09 June 2010 - 08:50 PM' timestamp='1276131009' post='2126531']
JMJ
Scapular, benedict medal, crucific, and guardian angel necklace. The scapular has a tiny iny benny medal and crucifix, so they don't make bumps under my shirt.
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Hey, my scapular has the same thing! I bet we have the same one...

[fides quarens intellectum]

[quote name='Ash Wednesday' date='09 June 2010 - 08:05 PM' timestamp='1276131900' post='2126538']
I used to wear blessed objects but my eczema worsened after I hit 30 and my skin decided to get overly-sensitive. I hate my allergies and skin so much.
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i don't know if it's eczema, but my left hand is allergic to my wedding ring. i never knew I had a skin allergy, and, i'm also over 30.


[quote name='CherieMadame' date='10 June 2010 - 09:02 AM' timestamp='1276178546' post='2126744']
Most of the time, you can't actually see the square fabric through your clothing...the problem is usually with the string peeking out on the sides. Mine has a long string, but it still sometimes peeks out around the neckline of whatever I happen to be wearing. Honestly, I don't mind it - and if anyone asks, "What's that?" (Which is a question I got a lot when I was in High School) it was a great opportunity to evangelize about the brown scapular.

To me, I think it's a beautiful thing to see someone's scapular string (of course, these are people wearing modest clothing, where the string sometimes shows by the collar or something) -- my old one that I wore in the convent broke a while ago, and there weren't any Catholic bookstores nearby, so I didn't get a replacement for a while. Then I saw a picture of one of my friends on Facebook, and you could see her scapular string -- and it really inspired me to travel the hour to the nearest Catholic bookstore and buy another one!
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I was thinking the same thing - a good opportunity to evangelize!

[CatherineM]

You can get plastic liners for wedding rings when that happens.

[Lil Red]

i usually wear my OLPH large medal. i stopped wearing the scapular for personal reasons.

[MissScripture]

[quote name='laetitia crucis' date='10 June 2010 - 09:52 AM' timestamp='1276177972' post='2126739']


A few weeks after I bought my first crucifix necklace (about a year before Catholicism entered my life), I woke up one morning and discovered that the corpus was missing. (It was one of those hematite beaded necklaces with a hematite cross and silver corpus.)

The first words out of my mouth that morning were a very panicked, "I'VE LOST JESUS!!!"

Then an exasperated, "Hey roomie, can you help me find Jesus? Please?"

Her response: Uh... suuure.
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My dad always wears a rather large crucifix, and he once shot Jesus across a restaurant, when he got the crucifix caught on the edge of a table.


[quote name='fides quarens intellectum' date='10 June 2010 - 02:12 PM' timestamp='1276193553' post='2126844']


i don't know if it's eczema, but my left hand is allergic to my wedding ring. i never knew I had a skin allergy, and, i'm also over 30.




I was thinking the same thing - a good opportunity to evangelize!
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SAD! And I thought it was depressing I couldn't wear a ring from my sister! Your wedding ring? I would CRY! A lot!


[quote name='CatherineM' date='10 June 2010 - 03:33 PM' timestamp='1276198418' post='2126915']
You can get plastic liners for wedding rings when that happens.
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Would they have those at jewelry stores or where would you get them?

[CatherineM]

[quote name='MissScripture' date='10 June 2010 - 03:51 PM' timestamp='1276203071' post='2126954']

Would they have those at jewelry stores or where would you get them?
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Jewelry stores that actually have a jeweler on site, or a Lapidary store should have them.

[IgnatiusofLoyola]

[quote name='fides quarens intellectum' date='10 June 2010 - 01:12 PM' timestamp='1276193553' post='2126844']
[img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/console.gif[/img]

i don't know if it's eczema, but my left hand is allergic to my wedding ring. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/sadwalk.gif[/img] i never knew I had a skin allergy, and, i'm also over 30. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/happy.gif[/img]

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How awful to be allergic to your wedding ring!!! Is it gold? Usually gold is good for allergies. I've never heard whether platinum is good for allergies or not. I'm allergic to silver, which is too bad because I like the color of silver.

I know this isn't ideal, but if you could find a non-allergic metal, you could always get a second wedding ring, have it blessed by your priest, and call it an anniversary ring (but wear it on your left hand as your wedding ring).

[Winchester]

"I am an Irish-Catholic; call a bartender."