Get blessed by a robot priest

[sallybutler]

Sacramentals (Blessings)

usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/sacraments-and-sacramentals/sacramentals-blessings/

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church
CHAPTER FOUR - OTHER LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS
Article 1 - SACRAMENTALS

vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P58.HTM

{ What guidelines can lay persons use when blessing their families and is it OK to love your pets? }
askacatholic.com/_WebPostings/Answers/2006_09SEPT-APR2007/2007AprGuidelinesForLaityBlessings.cfm

Can Lay People offer Blessings?
catholicphilly.com/2014/10/think-tank/catholic-spirituality/can-laypeople-offer-blessings/

 

[Michael68]

Sacramentals (Blessings)

usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/sacraments-and-sacramentals/sacramentals-blessings/

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church
CHAPTER FOUR - OTHER LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS
Article 1 - SACRAMENTALS

vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P58.HTM

{ What guidelines can lay persons use when blessing their families and is it OK to love your pets? }
askacatholic.com/_WebPostings/Answers/2006_09SEPT-APR2007/2007AprGuidelinesForLaityBlessings.cfm

Can Lay People offer Blessings?
catholicphilly.com/2014/10/think-tank/catholic-spirituality/can-laypeople-offer-blessings/

You are speaking of Catholics correct? Do protestants even believe in blessing the way Catholics do? Whenever I tell protestants that my guitars, for example, have been blessed by my priest they laugh at me.

 

[sallybutler]

You are speaking of Catholics correct? Do protestants even believe in blessing the way Catholics do? Whenever I tell protestants that my guitars, for example, have been blessed by my priest they laugh at me.

Yes. People were suggesting that lay people couldn’t bless others.

 

[Vic_Taltrees_UK]

If it’s just an art installation, then I find it interesting, thought provoking, and clever.

If I were to walk into church and find it saying Mass or hearing confessions, then I would be very alarmed.

They’ve had those in the High Demand Movements for over 50 years!

 

[LVCIVS_DEI]

Yes. People were suggesting that lay people couldn’t bless others.

They can?

 

[dshix]

Yes. People were suggesting that lay people couldn’t bless others.

After reading some of the articles you posted, I now understand the cause for confusion.

We have not been making very many distinction between the different kinds of blessings. There are certain blessings that are only reserved for priests, or for bishops, etc, but others which can be asked for by any layperson.

It is true that anyone who is baptised can ask for a blessing for another person, and those blessings can still impart sanctifying grace; but blessings given by those who have spiritual authority over the person they are blessing are more efficacious.

Any layperson can ask God to give grace to another person. Any layperson can ask for a blessing upon the food he is about to eat. But that isn’t nearly as efficacious as a priest blessing his parish, a father blessing his son, or any other situation in which a person is asking for a blessing for something over which he has authority.