Blessing the St Benedict medal

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I had a st. Benedict crucifix with medal blessed a few weeks back, then I heard this must be done in a specific way. The priest that blessed the item did not use the specific blessing to be used for this medal, is it blessed correctly or should I have it done the way the medal is suggested to be done? Do I get those blessings or grace if it’s not done correctly? Thank you.
 
I wondered about this too. I recently took a St. Benedict medal (the one on my brown scapular) to a Benedictine priest at a nearby parish and asked him to bless it, and he told me to hold it out in front of me while he prayed that God would let it serve the use that I desired it to. I don’t even think he used holy water to bless it.
 
Here is the Blessing for the Medal.

**BLESSING OF THE MEDAL OF ST. BENEDICT **

***Medals or any St. Benedict sacramental,may be blessed by any priest. ***

**Our help is in the name of the Lord. **

**Who made heaven and earth. **

**In the name of God the Father + almighty, who made heaven and earth, the seas and all that is in them, I exorcise these medals against the power and attacks of the evil one. May all who use these medals devoutly be blessed with health of soul and body. In the name of the Father + almighty, of his Son + Jesus Christ our Lord, and of the Holy + Spirit the Paraclete, and in the love of the same Lord Jesus Christ who will come on the last day to judge the living and the dead, and the world by fire. Amen. **

**Let us pray. Almighty God, the boundless source of all good things, we humbly ask that, through the intercession of St. Benedict, you pour out your blessings + upon these medals. May those who use them devoutly and earnestly strive to perform good works be blessed by you with health of soul and body, the grace of a holy life, and remission of the temporal punishment due to sin. May they also, with the help of your merciful love, resist the temptations of the evil one and strive to exercise true charity and justice toward all, so that one day they may appear sinless and holy in your sight. This we ask through Christ our Lord. Amen. **

***The sacramentals are then sprinkled with holy water. ***
 
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