Mount Carmel and the Brown Scapular - Living Divine Mercy TV Show (EWTN) Ep. 44

Who is Our Lady of Mount Carmel and what is her message? What is the Brown Scapular and what is Church teaching surrounding its wearing and the promises/graces attached to it? In anticipation of the celebration of the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Fr. Chris Alar, MIC shares the story traditionally associated with its existence and the promises extended to those who wear it by Our Lady.
Watch Fr. Chris Alar and the Marian Fathers and Brothers from the National Shrine of Divine Mercy on our new show Living Divine Mercy airing every Wednesday at 6:30pm EST on EWTN. Through teaching segments, Bible and St. Faustina Diary excerpts, as well as real-life examples of people who are living Divine Mercy in their lives, you will learn why Jesus said Divine Mercy is mankind's last hope of salvation! Episode 44: Mount Carmel and the Brown Scapular
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[@marybailey6254]

Thank you Father Chris for your continued instruction on Our Faith 🙏🏻🙏🏻🕊🕊🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@CS-cp5io]

Thank you for clearly articulating the role, history, and requirements of the Brown scapular.

[@sac1303]

Another educational video. Thank you and God bless you, Fr. Alar

[@DivineMercy_Official]

U2

[@parysethibodeau9474]

Our Lady of Mount Carmel pray for us 🤎💙🙏

[@jodieelizabeth4905]

Amen 🙏

[@karenzalenski8589]

Amen....Dear Sister love and Prayers💖💖✝

[@ophieyaleahsarmiento9374]

Amen 🙏. Thank you very much Fr. Chris. 🙏

[@JW-ip9bd]

Fr. Chris, thank you for clarifying the wearing of the scapula and that a medal is acceptable.

[@amery9727]

Happy Feast Day to us.Thank you for sharing.

[@nitafields9629]

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, please intercede on behalf of my husband to Your Son Jesus to restore his overall health and mobility and conversion to Catholicism. Amen 🙏

[@delittlecajun]

May God and Holy Mary answer your prayers. Amen 🙏🙏🙏

[@relentlessrhythm2774]

This channel is educational in a relaxing, spiritual way.

[@rosalinasantos5401]

You are truly God-sent Fr Chris. With your powerful reflections on any topic about faith, you've touched my slumbering faith. At 76 I've thought I knew enough but listening to you the more I hunger for God's Divine Truth. I am a devotee of the Brown Scapular. God's anointing be always upon you Fr Chris. God be praised!

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you for joining us and God bless you

[@emmagarza8563]

MOTHER MARY,,YOU ARE A LADY OF GRACE,I COME TO YOU FOR MY SPOUSE,,MY CHILDREN,MY FAMILY,,HAVE MERCY US AND THE WHOLE WORLD,,AMEN

[@lb3161]

Fr Chris thank you for explaining the feast of Mount Carmel and the scapular!! So appreciate your talks!

[@mistyviolet3825]

OUR 👑LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL🤎- please help us…. 💙

[@toniorta3691]

Amen

[@giarose6493]

God bless you Father Chris 💯🙏☘️🌹

[@richardcastro1276]

120 miles!!!!! Yikes!!!! Congrats on the accomplishment.

[@floriancenzon3801]

Thank you Fr Chris for this episode. I will wear it from now on. Our Lady of Mount Carmel intercede for us. God bless you Fr Chris, your family, MIC and everyone♥️🙏❤️

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Awesome 😇

[@annegraf3672]

I love Our Blessed Lady of the Brown Scapular.I have worn it for decades,wearing it day and night. Today 16 July is special "this special Feastday".

[@annegraf3672]

Our Blessed Lady I pray that our son will resume wearing the Brown Scapular AMEN

[@rubyjohnson4218]

Our Lady of Mount Carmel pray for us 🙏🏻

[@rybryb9808]

thank you lord🙏🙏🙏

[@ofeliacaballero5857]

This is a very touching episode for me: Mount Carmel and the Brown Scapular, thank you for making this beautiful presentation, Fr. Chris. It’s leading me back to my many and rich experiences as a Carmelite Nun and my fruitful fresh memories of Jesus’ footprints in Israel. From April 6 - 16, 2015, I was in a pilgrimage to the Holy Land of 5 persons including 2 priests, mostly under the guidance of the older priest. One of the places we visited was Mount Carmel and nearby stands the huge statue of St. Elijah… and the biblical story. Our Lady of Mount Carmel and her brown scapular bind us all to her dear heart as a loving mother, giving us the love, care and protection no one else could ever do. Thanks again, Fr. Chris and all who supported with their wonderful experiences on this episode. God bless all the children of Mary and the Marian family.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Wow Ofelia God bless you and thank you for sharing that

[@alwaysmisskaryn]

Hi Ofelia, thank you for another thoughtful and historical presentation of your faith filled and grace filled life. After this presentation, I ordered the brown scapular presented in the 7/13 LDM episode from EWTN with Our Lady of Guadalupe and St Jude, plus the St Benedict medal. I always sit in the side Our Lady of Guadalupe chapel, when I attend Mass. My parish priest, who is also a third order Carmelite, did a beautiful blessing and enrollment and exorcism ( St Benedict) for me on Monday (7/18/22). The brown scapular is just one more blessing I’ve been blessed to learn about since joining the Marian family a few short months ago. God bless you Ofelia.

[@ofeliacaballero5857]

@@alwaysmisskaryn Thank you,Karen Ann, for sharing your beautiful journey in the spiritual life. With your openness, love and dedication, the heavenly hosts will always be there in your life to assist you to reach the eternal kingdom of true love, peace and joy. God loves you.

[@alwaysmisskaryn]

@@ofeliacaballero5857 ❤️🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@nievaconsing3344]

Hi, Fr. Chris! In the Philippines anyone who has the Brown Scapular imposed on him has the obligation of saying the rosary every day. God bless you, the MIC, and the Marian Helpers. ❤🥀

[@nievaconsing3344]

🕊 Its more of a love offering to our Blessed Mother than an obligation. ❤🥀

[@PCarmen26]

Our Lady of Mount Carmel🌹 ora pro nobis and God Bless!🙏Thank you for explaining our faith in such a wonderful way!

[@tlng9466]

Fr Alar, if you & our Marian Fathers lead a Walking Pilgrimage as such, from state to state- watch how many thousands of us would follow you. Imagine how powerful that would be. ♥️ But I dream. ♥️JMJ USA 🇺🇸

[@suzannephillips6236]

Gee, don't you think he's busy enough:) ?

[@BarbieG777]

@@suzannephillips6236 God bless our Marion Father's. Amen 🕊️🙏🕊️

[@amelitaomandam6302]

Thank you Fr. Chris Alar for the information!!! God bless, protect and guide you and your family always!!! Praise be Jesus!!! 😇😇😇😍😍😍

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you and God bless

[@pilgrimspen]

Reviewing this. I'm back again with my Carmel (TOC) family. Pls pray for me Fr.Chris that I may persevere. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, pray for us!

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Yes

[@pilgrimspen]

@@DivineMercy_Official Thank you!

[@lachellecab4236]

Beautiful! So inspiring! May the Lady of Mt Carmel continue to intercede for your personal intentions Fr Chris and all MIC Fathers, brothers, seminarians and staff. God bless the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy.

[@toniorta3691]

AMEN 🙏

[@pinchelavergaguey]

yy

[@sallyfernandez3665]

Very inspiring episode, I wish I could go on to some pilgrimage someday. I too have the brown scapular. Thank you so much Fr. Chris, it is always a great pleasure in listening to you. God bless all.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you Sally for watching with us and God bless you

[@sallyfernandez3665]

@@stefandieter4044 I am okay. Thank you.

[@jcru7866]

Fr. I came to the faith at 45 after self help and new age... into protestant church. One day I saw the Divine Mercy Image and inquired. I read Faustina's diary. Have watched your videos. I can't tell you how much you've helped me, provided me with wisdom, and apologetics to share with nonbelievers and protestant friends. But most importantly, you deliver the truth with love. Something I am trying to emulate. God bless you and I 'm praying for you.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you so much and God bless you for taking the time to be with us and prayers for you on your spiritual journey

[@lonlon686]

Lord bless our family

[@ritadahn1882]

God bless you, Fr. Chris for giving more knowledge and understanding relating to Our dear Heavenly Mother, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. You are such a treasure of our Catholic Church! May God make you exceedingly happy in your priesthood and reward you for your tireless giving to Him and to us!!!

[@ceciliazaldivar6087]

Thanks you father Chris. God bless you always

[@DivineMercy_Official]

You too

[@sharonstout7802]

You are such a blessing.

[@michaelhaywood8262]

I live only about 35 miles from Aylesford, Kent, England where St Simon Stock was the first Prior. The shrine was desecrated at the reformation and restored in 1949. Since then it has been a place of pilgrimage and organised pilgrimages take place between April and October each year and private pilgrimages or visits can be made any time of year. The shrine has a guest house where pilgrims may stay.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you for sharing that and God bless you

[@Irelandgal]

Beautiful! ❤️🕊🤍🇺🇸

[@ojie285]

Oh wow! Our former parish priest in Dagenham, Fr. Stephen, led us on a pilgrimage to Aylesford. Such a blessed experience! Ave Maria! Jesus, I trust in You.

[@user-vu6gg8gy9x]

Our Lady of Mount Carmel pray for me 🙏🏾

[@ginasabella3378]

Hello po Fr. Chris. From Cebu City, Philippines. We were Pilgrims in Carmelites Monastery in Mabolo during its 2nd Day of Novena last Monday. That is why I searched the story of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. How magnificent it is to know more about Mama Mary of Carmel. Thank you Fr. Chris. May God bless you always and the rest of the Clergy all over the world along with Pope Francis. 🙏🙏🙏

[@lindaserrano8835]

Lord Jesus please heal me of my anxiety Please free me from stress. Thank you.

[@suzannephillips6236]

I've been wearing mine for 8 years. I take it off once in a while for a day or two, thinking I'm really tired of wearing it, but then I miss my saints medals, cross and Miraculous Medal. I love it it's sort of mysterious to non-Catholics, and makes me feel unique, but millions wear it actually:)

[@mamolefemalatji2436]

As for me I wear all of them, my Medal and my Scapula at the same time. I take it out only when im taking the bath

[@j2muw667]

How do you wear both the scapular and miraculous medal? When I tried, the brown scapular cord and metal chain just get tangled up. I just wear a small brown scapular now.. but would like to also wear some holy medals...

[@erniebarnes6660]

@@j2muw667 try attaching the medals to the scapular

[@pushpavasuniya2767]

Thanks lords for everything

[@marekkuczynski5749]

In Poland we have many pilgrimages to Jasna Góra from all around Poland. In August I'm going on one with my daughter. 13-day walk in a big group with prayer, sermons etc.

[@imadzakharia]

Thank you Fr. Chris & God bless you!

[@DivineMercy_Official]

You too

[@aidahenry2728]

Jesus I Trust in You, tqvm Rev Fr Cris..God Bless..

[@gerimagala2839]

Great idea & action of pilgrimage to Divine Mercy Shrine!!

[@stuartrodgers3783]

All glory to Jesus

[@pipilnipaolo]

I wear my brown scapular daily with a St Benedict’s medal and Notre Dame de la Bonne Garde medal as a sacramental. I do pray the sabbatine prayer daily. I hope Fr. Alar, you can enroll people during the Feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel at the Shrine. It’s hard to find a priest who knows how to do it. God bless!

[@j2muw667]

Our parish priest enrolled all children when they made their first communion.

[@chinjumathew1933]

Our Lady of Mount Carmel please intercede us all🕯️🙏🛐🛐🛐

[@marieo9106]

Thank you Fr. Chris. Our Lady of Mount Carmel, intercede for us.🙏🙏🙏

[@maryconnor432]

Thank you Fr. Chris so much for this episode. I wear my brown scapular all the time. 🥰🙏✝️💒Our Lady of Ount Carmel pray for us🙏✝️

[@BarbieG777]

Amen!🕊️🙏🕊️

[@almeggs3247]

Awesome pilgrimage! Amen 🙏🏻

[@normajovero8742]

Thank you Fr. Chris for sharing this video. I have been wearing my Scapula of our Lady of Mt. Carmel and it’s been a part of me. I always learn something new about our faith and I am very grateful to you. May God bless you always.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

God bless you

[@xavier736]

Thank you Fr Chris and team for today’s episode. Keep up the good work Kelsey I always wear the brown scapular at all times I also keep St Benedict medal in my pocket I have put St Benedict medals on all sides of my house. I buried them in the ground outside. Pray for the protection of all priests nuns and religious God bless Fr Chris and team

[@DivineMercy_Official]

You too

[@evangelinehortense]

God bless us Amen.

[@mazikode]

Thank you father Chris! Wonderful I have learned so much from this and God bless you.

[@carmenmaryducat6105]

Thank you Fr. Chris Alar , it is very well expressed & explained & more devoted to Mother Powerfull names The Mother of our Lady of Carmel .. MABUHAY , LONG LIVE !! HAPPY 😊 FAITHFULL CATHOLICS !!!

[@stevegryka4964]

Amen!❤

[@joannachew2775]

Thank you Fr. Chris. Blessed weekend 🙏

[@LisaGemini]

What an informative and entertaining show. Kudos to you, Father Chris, and all the staff who helped you produce it. I have seen Kelsey as a lector for Catholic TV masses. It's lovely to see a young woman who's so devoted to the Lord! God bless y'all from Clearwater, FL.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you for joining us and God bless you

[@amiewestlake3805]

Thank you Father Chris . I always learn so much from these videos

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you for joining us and God bless you

[@corazonrafael514]

Thank you Father Chris I join the third ordeng of the Broun Scapular I always weather it asa devotion to Mother Mary

[@marianhowlett297]

Wonderful, thankyou for all that was contained in this teaching 🙏God bless 🙏

[@michellebaker1974]

I have an appointment tomorrow with my priest to be enrolled in the brown scapular. I can't wait !

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Awesome

[@cherylstevens4302]

Thank you for showing me how and why l should wear the brown scapular on the 16th. Bless you

[@davidvascones3190]

Thank you, Father. Please also consider doing a video on the Blue Scapular of the Immaculate Conception. I know that it’s promoted by the Marian Fathers. It’s a beautiful devotion, but there are very few resources available online to learn more or grow in understanding of the blue scapular.

[@pamelasingh8493]

This session on Our Lady Of Mount Carmel was very enlightening. I learnt a great deal today. Thank you very much Rev.Fr.Chris. I have the brown scapular and will wear it tomorrow the Feast Day. God bless you Rev.Fr.Chris and your Congregation always Amen Bangalore India

[@BarbieG777]

Pamela. You wear the brown scapular every day, right?💗

[@antoniahouston5805]

Thanks Fr. Chris. I have been wearing the brown scapular with morning prayer with brown scapular. I have so much grace from the brown scapular: go to confession immediately & trying to avoid sins. God bless you, Marian Fathers, and Marian Helpers. Thanks again.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you and God bless you

[@markcayao7751]

Fr Ihave a miracle in my brown scapular last month. After the blessing of the Priest over my brown scapular. My brown scapular get a red blood stain. And I don't know where it came from because I'm not exposed to any red color, nor using any red clothes, and I have no wounds in that time, until today I'm still thinking where it came from, and also I washed it but the red stain cannot be erased, and the red stain shaped like a letter J or tau cross. Many times I washed it but the red stain cannot be erased until today, and the red stain is not an ordinary stain, but a stain of blood. The red stain appeared after the Priest blessed my scapular, but before the blessing there is no red stain appeared. The greatest miracle that I ever experienced.

[@lucystephanieproperties]

Wow. Maybe you can bring it to your parish priest and have it investigated.

[@lauries2858]

We are so blessed to have the Sacraments,but sad for those who had left the faith thus need to pray harder for them and all non believers Salve Maria 😂🙏🙏🙏

[@hippolytemaria6357]

Amen

[@prayingtherosaryJM]

Our God is not a God of luck, but of plans, goals, struggles and blessings

[@almeggs3247]

Amen!🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻

[@johnnicholas1488]

Mary saved me. She is full of love, kindness , and sympathy. If you pray to her every day, soon you will feel her presence every minute, like right now. Go to her my brothers and sisters, and she will join you like your shadow in sun light. I thank her with every breath . She can join you with others in a loving portable community. Join us right now. Lets journey together. Come sit next to me. Hop on board.

[@alonareyes37]

Amen😇🙏💖🌹🌹🌹

[@julietspaghetti]

I believe the scapular promise

[@stellasampong7326]

Amen.

[@donnieincebu9132]

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam

[@starofdavid4378]

💖

[@NoryJaneChristine]

Had my scapular blessed and enrolled. However, the websites I read year 2015 said that it is a must for enrolled to wear it and pray either a rosary or little office of Our Lady *everyday.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

You only need to enroll once

[@j2muw667]

Is the pilgrimage shown here a regular thing for anyone to join? Is there a list of regular pilgrimages? There’s one in my diocese- the Chaplain Emil Kapuan pilgrimage every June - 4 days with tent sleeping overnight. And generous people feeding the pilgrims as they travel. Would be nice to see other regular pilgrimages though!!

[@michaelmallal9101]

I need my health restored after heart failure and stroke; seem to be improving. I'm vegan.

[@josephlario5395]

Pray That I Will Keep The Ten Commandments Forsake Confess My Sins Flee Evildoers Places Of Wickedness Pray The Rosary Seek Righteous Companions Godly Friends All My Priest Friends For The Pope Poor Souls In Purgatory Prayer In Schools That My Property Belongings Possessions Will Be Blessed

[@Lovi1839]

❤❤🤗

[@patrickmcginley4356]

Hi God Bless you , I live in Glasgow Scotland U.k , and I want to purchase a DIVINE MERCY CATHOLIC BIBLE ,can you please tell me if there’s a place in The United Kingdom where I can purchase this,many thanks and keep up the good Work Of Our good Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ’s.

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you Patrick and God bless you. Please contact Peter at [e-mail]. God bless

[@busakhumalo5632]

You might want to read Jeremiah 44:1- 30

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Since Jeremiah was written in 600 BC, it obviously isn't referring to Mary. The term "Queen of Heaven" was used to refer to various pagan deities. First, the mother of Jesus cannot be pagan and secondly, no Catholic teaching treats her as a diety. Jeremiah was referring to every pagan pantheon that had a ruling deity called "King of Heaven." Was that king of heaven Jesus? No. And neither is the Queen of heaven, the corresponding female pagan deity, Mary. He was referring to the Canaanite pagan goddess Astoreth, the wife of Baal, who they called Queen of Heaven. He was condemning worship happening in his own day, so how can that be Mary? She wasn't born yet. You might want to read it as 2,000 years of the Church have. God bless.

[@Irelandgal]

Special intention …… Agnes Everson 🙏🕊

[@LindaMarieToday]

O Beautiful Flower of Carmel, most fruitful vine, Splendor of Heaven, holy and singular, that brought forth the Son of God still ever remaining a Virgin! O Star of the Sea, help and protect us. Show us that thou art our Mother. Amen

[@LindaMarieToday]

@@stefandieter4044 I am doing fine. I was able to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel at our very special shrine of St. Therese in Rhode Island.

[@sazzyjaque]

Can you do an episode about the miraculous medal? Or have you ?

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Yes we have on our explaining the faith series on saturday. Thank you for watching and God bless you

[@antero.jrsarreal8116]

ÀMEN🥰👃

[@yasmingarcia9629]

What does it mean when father says : (time stamp 10:23) “So if you wish to wear the brown scapular, you need to be invested into the confraternity by any priest.” ?

[@rcavanaugh8302]

Fr. Alar, what is "the second edition with the revision to paragraph 2267 by Pope Francis" and what is difference?.

[@nt3926]

Where can I find the metal?

[@marywong4308]

Father, how is the children going to wear it? They might entangled the strings and it’s dangerous if they strangled themselves by pulling the strings without actually know the danger of it? I want to give my daughter to tell her to let her children wear? Sh will not agreed,bcos of the strings

[@MariumCarmo]

Hello Mary Wong, my mother made herself a little pouch, small cloth bag, and inside places all her blessed medals, including the scapular substitute, and pins the little bag to her clothes, on the inside. Maybe you can try something similar for your daughter.

[@j2muw667]

Where I’m from children are enrolled when they make their first communion. They are old enough the cords aren’t an issue. Babies are innocent enough to not need a scapular.

[@jesusmariajosephmariaimmac9325]

PRAYER TO MARY, QUEEN OF THE ANGELS [ August Queen of Heaven Prayer ] An Indulgence of 500 days. (S. C. Ind., July 8, 1908; S. P. Ap., Mar. 28, 1935) August Queen of Heaven and Mistress of the Angels, thou who hast received from God the power and the mission to crush the head of Satan: we humbly ask thee to send to us thy heavenly legions so that, under thy command, they may pursue the demons let loose upon the earth, fight them everywhere, vanquish their audacity, and drive them back into the abyss. “Who is like unto God?” O good and tender Mother, thou shalt ever be our love and our hope. O divine Mother, send the Holy Angels to defend us [me] and repel far from us [me] the cruel enemy. Holy Angels and Archangels, defend and keep us. Amen. THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PRAYER [Please Read] The faithful are asked to say this prayer frequently and fervently. It is of great importance given the following remarkable background: [1] The prayer was dictated by the Blessed Mother herself to the holy and venerable priest, Fr. Louis-Édouard Cestac, on January 13, 1863 as a means to combat the powers of Hell. [2] An exorcism prayer in itself, this is a formidable prayer for “spiritual battle” especially needed for our times when the ravages caused by the fallen angels are everywhere conspicuous and unrelenting. [3] It is a prayer approved by the Church: It was recommended to the faithful by Pope Pius IX, and later indulgenced by both Popes Leo XIII and Pius X. Note on this Transla

[@gapfenix]

*THE IMMUTABLE LAW OF GOD* *I* I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me. *II* You shall not make for yourself a carved image-any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. *III* You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. *IV* Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. *V* Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you. *VI* You shall not murder. *VII* You shall not commit adultery. *VIII* You shall not steal. *IX* You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. *X* You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s. Exodus 20:2-17

[@DivineMercy_Official]

Thank you but the Commandments are not numbered in the Bible

[@DivineMercy_Official]

The Commandments are not numbered in the Bible. They come from Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5, but neither clarifies how to divide them, as they are not numbered in the Bible. Catholics use St. Augustine’s version and Protestants use that of the Greek Fathers. The two forms have slightly different numbering, but maintain exactly the same meaning. For example, it is said that Catholics eliminated the second commandment not to worship graven images. But that is included in the 1st commandment of not having any false Gods. According to Ex 20, graven images are not forbidden by God (God commanded Moses to carve images for the Ark of the Covenant) but it is the WORSHIP of them that is forbidden, and we Catholics do not do that. We still must follow the 10C’s today because they were written ‘with the finger of God’ rather than by Moses like the other parts of the Jewish law, which Jesus fulfilled. That is Church teaching.