Tag: Blessings
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Extraordinary blessings in the Communion queue
What blessing should extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion give to those who request one?
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The Rite for the Blessing of a Child in the Womb – some questions
Does this rite assume that all births will be to healthy children? Does the birth of a child that is not healthy signify some flaw in our “rebirth one day”?
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Blessing for an unborn child
Set to appear by Mother’s Day, this new prayer was commissioned by the USCCB.
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Not even liturgists are immune to Royal Wedding fever
The Catholic Church has come up with its own version of the prayer, which, funnily enough, is more fervently royalist in tone than that of the Established Church.
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Flash Mob at Ash Wednesday Mass
While we were pondering the fine points of liturgical celebration…
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Lent Meets Bikers Week
A two-for-one with ashes?
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Dedicating, Blessing, and Consecrating the New
The incessant pounding of construction has finally come to a close at St Thomas More and at the vigil Mass Saturday evening our bishop dedicated, blessed, or consecrated quite an array of buildings: a 29,000 square foot parish center that includes a social hall and professional kitchen, a parish library, the St Lawrence fireplace, adult…
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Blessing the “Blessing” of Technology
“The Rev. Canon David Parrott blessed a symbolic heap of laptops and smart phones on the altar of London’s 17th-century St. Lawrence Jewry church Monday.”
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The Journey is One
Asking God’s protection on travelers is a traditional Catholic practice that has deep roots in the scriptural witness; it is also, as I discovered many years ago, a profoundly meaningful practice for our own lives.