The Kansas City Chiefs are the 2023 Super Bowl champions.
You’ve likely heard that by now, but what you may not know is just how dearly Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, who scored a field goal with less than 10 seconds in the game left to lift the Chiefs to a 38-35 win against the Philadelphia Eagles, is a man of faith.
Father Vierling, and self-reported Catholic priest, pointed out that Butker was wearing what he believes to be a symbol of faith during his big game — a scapular.
“In contemporary usage, a scapular (from the Latin for ‘shoulder blade’) refers to a sacramental object made of two small panels of woven wool (the required material), each roughly two inches by three inches, and connected by a loop of string,” Catholic Digest explained.
“The scapular is worn with one panel resting over the breast and the other in approximately the same position on the back.”
A scapular is more tied to the Catholic faith than the protestant, but it’s still a powerful outward sign of an inward transformation.