Chalices

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two little questions for you guys.
  1. does a “common” chalice, that is one used for the distribution of the preious blood by the deacon or extrodinary ministers of communion, need to be blessed in the same way the preist’s personal chalice does (bishop rubs chrism on the interior)? and if they must be blessed in the same manner, can the preist bless the chalices?
  2. why is the blessing not destroyed on a preist’s chalice if the inside is regilded, as the interior meatral is not the same as that which was blessed.
 
Yes all chalices that contain the Blood of Christ must be blessed for that purpose. A blessing of a physical object like a chalice is a spiritual blessing it has nothing to do with the physical make up of the item. For instance if you wear a religious medal or scapular and after several years it wears out and you replace it. The new medal does not need to be “re-blessed”.
 
I don’t have a canon Law book right here. But I would guess that a priest could bless a chalice himself.
 
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