Catholic Blessings of Items
Catholic Blessings of Items
Catholic blessings of items make them sacramentals. They are no longer ordinary. God works through them to prepare our hearts for the graces we will later receive in the Sacraments.
About Blessed Catholic Items
Devotional Item Blessings
The Pope, a bishop, a priest, or a Catholic deacon can bless devotional items. We can ask them to bless our Rosaries, Crucifixes, Chaplets, or something meant for prayer. They can be new or already in your home.
Sacramentals
Once blessed, items become sacramentals. They are no longer ordinary and God will work through them. Blessed objects inspire devotion and prayer. They can help us obtain spiritual or temporal favours, or graces. God prepares our hearts for the graces we will later receive in the Sacraments.
With Reverence
We treat blessed items with reverence because they are for holy use. We treat them in a special way because they are more than ordinary beads or decorations. They are sacred objects meant for prayer. For example, an act of reverence would be kissing a rosary after we dropped it on the floor. Or we can stop to say a prayer as we glance at a blessed Crucifix.
What if it Breaks?
Combined Blessings
- ROSARY: In 1569, Pope Pius V approved the Dominican Rosary that we are so familiar with today. It is an indulgenced prayer with special blessings.
- CRUCIFIX: Prayer to Jesus Crucified – Pope Pius XI granted it an indulgence on February 2, 1934.
- DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET: On June 13, 2002, Saint (Pope) John Paul II granted it indulgences.
- ST. MICHAEL CHAPLET: Pope Pius XIII granted it an indulgence on May 18, 1890.
- OTHER CHAPLETS: Several more of our chaplets contain indulgenced prayers: The Holy Family 33-Bead Chaplet, the St. Hubert of Liege Chaplet, St. Philomena Cord, and Beads for the Dead, to mention a few.
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IN REVIEW
Catholic blessings of items make them sacramentals. They inspire devotion and prayer. They are no longer ordinary because God works through them to prepare our hearts for the graces we will later receive in the Sacraments.
The Pope, a bishop, a priest, or a Catholic deacon can bless devotional items. We can ask them to bless our rosaries, Crucifixes, or something meant for prayer. They can be new or already in your home.
We treat blessed objects with reverence because they are for holy use. They are sacred objects meant for prayer. For example, an act of reverence would be kissing a rosary after we dropped it on the floor.
Options:
- Get it repaired.
- Disassemble it and bury or burn it (to avoid desecration).
- Donate it.
When a prayer, like the rosary or Divine Mercy, has an indulgence, we receive combined blessings when we pray with a blessed rosary or chaplet.