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What is the purpose of blessings, ie. saying before confession, bless me father for I have sinned, or having a priest round to bless your house or rosary.
 
A blessing is a sacramental of the Church.

EWTN’s Fr. William Saunders has written a good article about blessings and the purpose of the sacramental:
Blessings come under the category of sacramentals. A sacramental is a special prayer, action or object which, through the prayers of the Church, prepares a person to receive grace and to better cooperate with it.
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Blessings are categorized into two types: invocative and constitutive. In an invocative blessing, the minister implores the divine favor of God to grant some spiritual or temporal good without any change of condition, such as when a parent blessed a child. This blessing is also a recognition of God’s goodness in bestowing this “blessing” upon us, such as when we offer a blessing for our food at meal time. In blessing objects or places, a view is also taken toward those who will use the objects or visit the places.
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A constitutive blessing, invoked by a bishop, priest or deacon, signifies the permanent sanctification and dedication of a person or thing for some sacred purpose. Here the person or object takes on a sacred character and would not be returned to non-sacred or profane use. For example, when religious Sisters or Brothers profess final vows, they are blessed, indicating a permanent change in their lives. Or, when a chalice is blessed, it becomes a sacred vessel dedicated solely to sacred usage.
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The whole article.
 
Well, It is sadly true that Catholic priests in a church in Soho, London, are blessing same sex unions.
 
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Well, It is sadly true that Catholic priests in a church in Soho, London, are blessing same sex unions.
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Shameful. Well, may God bless their souls. That is a perilous place for a priest to place himself. A priest doing that puts himself in the danger of hell. By the grace of God, I hope they change their ways.
 
Yes, isn’t it shocking, and to top it all Archbishop Nichols knows about it. 😦 He is Englands head of the Catholic Church. I feel like petitioning the Holy Father, but don’t know how to.
 
Well, first I suggest having a petition made out for the archbishop. If he does nothing, you should then go to the Holy Father.

You’ll have to pass it up the chain of command, so to speak.
 
We ask for a Blessing before Confession so that we may recieve the Graces of Reconcillation and be able to repent our sins. It is this very Blessing that Satan and his fallen angels can not recieve in order to repent and gain Reconcillation. In exorcism dialogues one often may hear a demon lamenting their evil choice and even acknowledging the consequences of their evil choices. However they are frozen and never will recieve the Graces of Reconcillation; so they are condemned forever.
The same is true of human Soul if a person dies in the state of mortal sin. We should rejoice that we have the Sacrament of Reconcillation where we are promised our sins will be forgiven and promised that we recieve the Graces to Repent.
 
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