"Well, 'either one gives up the scapular or they give up immodesty'. The point is they cannot coexist."
By Mary's Secretary In my book The Practice of the Presence of Mary: To Live and Die with Mary , I dedicated Part II to Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Her scapular (fitting as Her feast is approaching), and I specifically mentioned how the scapular and spaghetti straps DO NOT go together. What I mean by that is I have noticed that those in the Church who DO NOT follow the Catholic dress code typically aren’t the ones wearing the scapular. I went on to say that modesty and the scapular go together and if you ever were immodest in dress, the scapular, being Our Lady’s sacramental that it is, gives one the grace to BECOME modest. I can attest to this in my own life. Only after I was enrolled in the scapular did I begin, little by little, become modest. It’s a process. Kind of like the rosary quote, “one either gives up the sin or they give up the rosary.” Well, “either one gives up the scapular or they give up immodesty”. The point is they cannot coexist. In fact...
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But you can't demonize them just for that; the Church says that they alone cannot be held responsible for the death of Christ, for example. And this is written in the Catholic Catechism, numbers 597 and 598. This catechism exemplifies a passage from St. Francis of Assisi: "The demons did not crucify; you are the one who crucified and continue to crucify him with them, delighting in vices and sin."
One cannot blame the Jewish people exclusively for all evil, for evil is not only among the Jewish people. And this refers primarily to sin.
This coherence is found in Our Lady's message at Fatima, for example, which speaks only of the need for the conversion of humanity. And there is no name of a specific group in the message, but of a country called Russia. Although Russian leader Putin is committed to the Jewish sect Chabad Lubavitch, Jews are not mentioned.
For reason says that it is the greater responsibility of those who know Our Lord in order to remain faithful to Him.
The Catholic must soften the fate that awaits him in these eschatological times.