Different Rosary Blessings?

[Xandria]

Today I went to mass and asked the priest afterwards if he could bless my rosaries. I have done this before at other parishes and each time the priest used a more or less long prayer from the book of benedictions (I believe that’s how it’s called) and used holy water. This time the priest just said a short prayer without the book and holy water. Is this okay, too? Are the blessed all the same?

 

[cameron_lansing]

Today I went to mass and asked the priest afterwards if he could bless my rosaries. I have done this before at other parishes and each time the priest used a more or less long prayer from the book of benedictions (I believe that’s how it’s called) and used holy water. This time the priest just said a short prayer without the book and holy water. Is this okay, too? Are the blessed all the same?

There is a short formulary of the blessing that is easily committed to memory. Because priests and deacons are frequently asked to bless rosaries, especially when time is pressing, most have it memorized. The use of holy water is not the constitutive part of the blessing. Nothing prevents it from being used though.

 

[Bookcat]

Today I went to mass and asked the priest afterwards if he could bless my rosaries. I have done this before at other parishes and each time the priest used a more or less long prayer from the book of benedictions (I believe that’s how it’s called) and used holy water. This time the priest just said a short prayer without the book and holy water. Is this okay, too? Are the blessed all the same?

Yes…all are blessed.

One could though argue that a blessing from a more holy priest can be well …better in a certain sense.

And of course a blessing of a Bishop or the Pope is different. In fact there is a plenary indulgence attached in the case of a rosary, scapular, medal or crucifix or cross (to be gained on the Solem. of Sts Peter and Paul).

A priests blessing or that of the Pope etc …also attaches a partial indulgence for the use of these particular kinds of sacramentals (rosary, scapular, medal or crucifix or cross)…at any time…

and the use of holy water can be very good for him to use when blessing …for the holy water is blessed in a particular way with particular prayers…

in any case he can even not say a word and just make the sign of the cross over it it is blessed.