Could the Easter Day Blessing with Holy water bless my Miraculous Medal?

[Pythagoras]

Usually during Easter Sunday, the catholic priest blesses the lay faithful during Mass with holy water . My question is could the priest’s Easter Day Blessing with Holy water bless my Miraculous Medal so as to say to my friends that my miraculous medal has been validly blessed already?

 

[peter26]

You mean because you were wearing it at the time and it was blessed by he Holy Water. Probably. When you see companies advertising merchandise “blessed by the Pope” they simply take it along to the weekly audience. Seems to be the same principle.

 

[FrDavid96]

You mean because you were wearing it at the time and it was blessed by he Holy Water. Probably. When you see companies advertising merchandise “blessed by the Pope” they simply take it along to the weekly audience. Seems to be the same principle.

That’s different from the Easter Vigil because the Holy Father intends to bless all the items that people bring with them and request such a blessing.

For a medal to be blessed, one has to take it to a priest or deacon who does a blessing and has the intention to bless that medal (or other items, the quantity doesn’t matter).

I do that on some feast days. After Mass I ask people to come forward and bring all their medals, statues, etc. I bless them all at once. The important point is that I intend to bless them. In contrast, the sprinkling with the Easter Water at the Vigil is not a ritual of blessing objects.

 

[AngelusDomini]

No, articles of devotion must be blessed with the intention of them being used to bring the faithful closer to God. Holy water may be used for this but is not essential. The Pope, at the general audiences, has the intention of blessing the faithful, their families, and any articles of devotion they have with them.

The Asperges, which often takes place during the Easter Sunday Mass, (which I presume is the rite you are referring to) isn’t so much a blessing as a means of bringing to mind our baptism. NewAdvent.com says of it: “Its object is to prepare the congregation for the celebration of the Mass by moving them to sentiments of penance and reverence suggested by the words of the fiftieth psalm, or by impressing on them that they are about to assist at the sacrifice of our redemption as suggested in the psalm used at Easter time.”

It is easy to get your medal blessed though, simply ask a priest to bless it for you. It only takes a few moments (I’ve asked my parish priest to bless rosaries for me on my way out of church after Mass).

 

[Irishmom2]

It is easy to get your medal blessed though, simply ask a priest to bless it for you. It only takes a few moments (I’ve asked my parish priest to bless rosaries for me on my way out of church after Mass).

I do this too. I usually linger until most people have greeted or spoken to the priest on the way out already as not to hold people up. They are always happy to oblige!

 

[deaconjohnO]

Probably. When you see companies advertising merchandise “blessed by the Pope” they simply take it along to the weekly audience. Seems to be the same principle.

Selling blessed objects is called Simony. The blessing does not travel with the object through sale.

You can sell a rosary or medal but you cannot sell a blessing that comes with it.

Additionally your medal should be blessed by a priest. Why don’t you just ask a deacon or a priest to bless the object.

 

[John_Lilburne]

The USA Book of Blessings has the ceremony for blessing medals in Chapter 44.

“1442 The present order is used to bless medals, small crucifixes, statues or pictures that will be displayed elsewhere than in a church or chapel, rosaries and other articles used for religious devotions.”

There are three versions of the ceremony.

1. Full
2. Shorter Rite.
3. Short Formulary

It has: “1445 When a single religious article is to be blessed, the minister may use the shorter rite provided at the end of this chapter, nos. 1458-1461, or in special circumstances, the short formulary given in no. 1462.”

To outline the full ceremony:
Introductory rites: Sign of the Cross, Greeting and response, introductory words.
Reading and Psalm
Homily (optional)
Intercessions (optional)
Prayer of Blessing
Concluding Rite: prayer, blessing.
Concluding Song (optional)

The Short Formulary is:
“1462 In special circumstances, a priest or deacon may use the following short blessing formulary.
May this (name of article) and the one who uses it be blessed,
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, + and of the Holy Spirit.
R. Amen.”

 

[porthos11]

Usually during Easter Sunday, the catholic priest blesses the lay faithful during Mass with holy water . My question is could the priest’s Easter Day Blessing with Holy water bless my Miraculous Medal so as to say to my friends that my miraculous medal has been validly blessed already?

No. It’s not the Holy Water that blesses, but the prayer of the priest along with his intention. If he did not intend to bless any religious articles, they are not blessed.

Getting any religious article blessed is a simple matter. Just approach the priest. Whether he uses Holy Water (which is customary) or not does not affect the blessing.

 

[Faith1960]

That’s different from the Easter Vigil because the Holy Father intends to bless all the items that people bring with them and request such a blessing.

For a medal to be blessed, one has to take it to a priest or deacon who does a blessing and has the intention to bless that medal (or other items, the quantity doesn’t matter).

I do that on some feast days. After Mass I ask people to come forward and bring all their medals, statues, etc. I bless them all at once. The important point is that I intend to bless them.

That’s nice of you. Our priests don’t do that but seem happy to bless something if I ask them after Mass.

 

[FrDavid96]

That’s nice of you. Our priests don’t do that but seem happy to bless something if I ask them after Mass.

I’ve noticed that on certain feast-days, people tend to bring a lot of religious articles to be blessed. I realized that I could either have a long line of people waiting for individual blessings or I could say “everyone who has rosaries, come forward and I’ll bless them.”

The point I’d like to make, though is “after Mass.” I say again, “after Mass.”

Since the topic here is the Easter Vigil, I’d like to remind readers here that a priest is very very busy before the Easter Vigil Mass. Also, there is no Holy Water before the Easter Vigil (yes, there might be some bottle somewhere, but generally it’s not available), so it’s better to wait until after the Mass is over to ask for blessings on objects.