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Hello everyone. Once again, I dont know if im posting this in the right place. If not im so sorry. Im still trying to get used to the place and become familiar with all the forums.

I was wondering whether their are any kind of simple Blessings that I could perform. (Blessings Lay people can perfrom?). Thank you so much everyone. God Bless.
Jacob
God Bless
 
Jacob21 said:
Hello everyone. Once again, I dont know if im posting this in the right place. If not im so sorry. Im still trying to get used to the place and become familiar with all the forums.

I was wondering whether their are any kind of simple Blessings that I could perform. (Blessings Lay people can perfrom?). Thank you so much everyone. God Bless.
Jacob
God Bless
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Canon Law does not appear to allow lay people to give blessings.

Can 1169:

§2 Any priest can impart blessings, except for those reserved to the Roman Pontiff or to Bishops.

§3 A deacon can impart only those blessings which are expressly permitted to him by law.
 
I know this is an old thread, but I felt compelled to post.

from the CCC:

1669 Sacramentals derive from the baptismal priesthood: every baptized person is called to be a “blessing,” and to bless. Hence lay people may preside at certain blessings; the more a blessing concerns ecclesial and sacramental life, the more is its administration reserved to the ordained ministry (bishops, priests, or deacons).
 
what about carmelites? when you bless the scapular, can’t third order carmelites bless them too?
 
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what about carmelites? when you bless the scapular, can’t third order carmelites bless them too?
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I’m not exactly sure…

Here’s a quote from a carmelite website

"Who may invest people with the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel?

According to the Rite for the Blessing and Enrolment in the Scapular of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, approved by the Holy See in 1996, any priest or deacon has the faculties for blessing the scapular A person given authority to act in the name of the Order may receive people into the confraternity of the scapular. The official ritual provided by the Holy See makes no provision for someone other than a priest or deacon to bless the scapular."

carmelites.ie/Periodicals/citw2004.1.htm
 
Lay people can’t, as has been established, perform the sort of blessing that is reserved to priests and deacons alone - although I vaguely remember reading somewhere that parents may bless their children (this is scriptural - remember Isaac blessing Jacob who in turn blessed his grandchildren).

However, I don’t see any reason why a layperson can’t pray for God’s blessing upon another in the following words of scripture (which I have sung as part of a choir) -

“The Lord bless you, and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine on you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.” (Numbers 6:24-26)
 
question: why don’t we kneel anymore for blessings? Not just for bishops and the Holy Father, but whenever a blessing is given at the end of mass or whatever reason, the person being blessed would kneel (at least prior to Vatican II). Why don’t we do that now?
 
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