Blessing of throats at a Sunday Liturgy?

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Is it appropriate to have the blessing of throats on Saturday during the celebration of the anticipatory Sunday Mass?
 
I’ve never seen any Church documents that forbid the blessing of throats at Mass. Of course, it cannot replace any other part of the Mass.
 
My Parish usually has the blessing of the throats on St. Blaise’ Day and on Sunday closes to February 3rd after each Mass.
 
My parish has throat blessing after Mass is over, not during the Mass. They always have it on the Feast Day of St. Blaise and on the Sunday closest to the Feast Day.
 
water said:
we had the blessing today after the communion and prayer.
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Cool! The church I went to for Saturday Mass (timezone thing) didn’t do the blessing, though many churches around here did.

Hopefully they’ll do it today!
 
lak611 said:
My parish has throat blessing after Mass is over, not during the Mass. They always have it on the Feast Day of St. Blaise and on the Sunday closest to the Feast Day.
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This is our practice, as well.
 
Well…we never had the blessing of throats during or after Mass this evening. Of course…it seems we do not do much of what is done other places. Gosh…yesterday we had Eucharistic Adoration for a WHOLE 15 minutes. It almost makes you feel like you are being short changed. I go to another parish where they have Adoration weekly for one whole HOUR:confused:

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Our Church did individual blessing of the throats at Saturday morning Mass, and our Pastor said that at the Sunday Masses they will do general blessing (i.e. not individual)
 
We had the blessing of throats after Mass had ended by a wonderful deacon and in Latin. 🙂 Meanwhile Fr. was baptizing a baby in the back of Church (also in Latin - 1962 Missal). 🙂

James
 
The edition of the Book of Blessings approved for the U.S.A. has:

“1624 In the United States the annual blessing of throats is a traditional sign of the struggle against illness in the life of the Christian. This blessing is ordinarily given during Mass or a celebration of the word of God on February 3, the memorial of Saint Blase.”

It makes it clear that this includes Sunday Mass, even though a Memorial of a saint would not normally be celebrated on a Sunday:
“1628 If for pastoral reasons, each individual cannot be blessed in the manner described in no. 1627, for example when great numbers are gathered for the blessing or when the memorial of Saint Blase occurs on a Sunday …”.

I am not aware of anything permitting this ceremony of blessing throats in Mass in any other country.

Reference: Book of Blessings, Liturgical Press, Minnesota, 1989, ISBN 0-8146-1875-8, pages 611-612.
 
John_Lilburne said:
The edition of the Book of Blessings approved for the U.S.A. has:

“1624 In the United States the annual blessing of throats is a traditional sign of the struggle against illness in the life of the Christian. This blessing is ordinarily given during Mass or a celebration of the word of God on February 3, the memorial of Saint Blase.”

It makes it clear that this includes Sunday Mass, even though a Memorial of a saint would not normally be celebrated on a Sunday:
“1628 If for pastoral reasons, each individual cannot be blessed in the manner described in no. 1627, for example when great numbers are gathered for the blessing or when the memorial of Saint Blase occurs on a Sunday …”.

I am not aware of anything permitting this ceremony of blessing throats in Mass in any other country.

Reference: Book of Blessings, Liturgical Press, Minnesota, 1989, ISBN 0-8146-1875-8, pages 611-612.
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You mean doing the blessing at all, or doing it during Mass or during Sunday Mass? :confused:

I’m trying to think back, haven’t seen it done since I was a child. I believe it was always done after Mass.

Quite a few churches in my area did the blessing this year (though unfortunately not the one I went to on Saturday). I’m sure at least one of 'em would have done it during Mass, they’re fond of interpolating things into the Mass like that :rolleyes:
 
LilyM said:
You mean doing the blessing at all, or doing it during Mass or during Sunday Mass? :confused:
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I was answering the question about it being done in Mass. So my answer was about that. But I do not think the ceremony from this liturgical book should be used outside the USA, even in a Celebration of the Word. It is an additional blessing, only approved for use in the USA.

Another issue is the use of any blessing in the Book of Blessings in Australia. The 1984 Latin edition, De Benedictionibus, has been published by the Vatican and can be used anywhere. But Australia does not have an approved translation of it.

According to the 2002 Instruction Liturgiam Authenticam:
“83. As regards the editions of liturgical books prepared in vernacular languages, the approbation of the Conference of Bishops as well as the recognitio of the Apostolic See are to be regarded as valid only for the territory of the same Conference, so that these editions may not be used in another territory without the consent of the Apostolic See, except in those particular circumstances mentioned above, in nn. 18 and 76, and in keeping with the norms set forth there.”

My understanding is that the Apostolic See has not consented to the use of the USA’s Book of Blessings in Australia. The exceptions in nn. 18 and 76 do not apply.

Therefore none of the English translations in the Book of Blessings are alllowed to be used in Australia. The blessings in it can only be celebrated in Latin.

Liturgiam Authenticam includes:
“73. Whenever a Latin editio typica of a given liturgical book is promulgated, it is necessary that it be followed in a timely manner by the preparation of a translation of the same book, which the Conference of Bishops is to send, after having duly approved it, to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, to whom it pertains to grant the recognitio according to the norms set forth in this Instruction, and also in keeping with others established by the law. …”.

Unfortunately 23 years after the Latin publication, this has not happened with De Benedictionibus or Caeremoniale Episcoporum. Another liturgical book awaiting translation is the Roman Martyrology.
 
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