Do parents have special blessing abilities?

[Bohm_Bawerk]

We know that priests can bless items, demonstrating that the given item has the full backing of the Church, and the power bestowed on it by the LORD Himself. We know that us “average Joes” can bless items by virtue that we are baptized, although not in the same capacity as priests and those who have been called to the realm of Holy Orders.

But within the set of “average Joes”, the subset “parents”…do they have special blessing abilities? In the Old Testament throughout, parents blessed their children, and it seemed that their blessing(s) carried a lot of weight. Is this still true today?

Thank you,
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk

 

[Corki]

While most blessings are reserved to the clergy, there are a few blessings specifically allowed for lay Catholics. Parents blessing their children is one of those. Catechists blessing their students is another.

I don’t know if I would call it a special “ability” however. More a special responsibility.

 

[mom2em]

Yes, I don’t know so much that it is an ability either. I make sure to make the sign of the cross on my daughter after her nightly prayers and ask God to bless her. Or some times when I’m leaving the house and she is staying home, I’ll do the same. Oddly enough she’s taken to returning the favour at bed time.

My youngest sister calls our mother every night to hear my mother say “good night and God bless.” Every night! My sister is almost 30.

I don’t know a whole lot, about this or well really anything sometimes, but I do know that I like to practice this. I like to remind my daughter, that God is always there. Always watching over her. I don’t want her to let him ever fade away into the background noise like I did.

(Sorry if this isn’t too helpful.)

 

[thomas_jd]

We know that priests can bless items, demonstrating that the given item has the full backing of the Church, and the power bestowed on it by the LORD Himself. We know that us “average Joes” can bless items by virtue that we are baptized, although not in the same capacity as priests and those who have been called to the realm of Holy Orders.

But within the set of “average Joes”, the subset “parents”…do they have special blessing abilities? In the Old Testament throughout, parents blessed their children, and it seemed that their blessing(s) carried a lot of weight. Is this still true today?

Thank you,
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk

Blessings are a sacramental normally reserved to clerics.
The local ordinary can allow the laity the use of some sacramentals.
The answers is yes , parents can and most importantly should bless the children!
See the" Book of Blessings."