Having things blessed on an important Feast Day

[PazzoGrande]

Does it make a difference if I have an image of a saint blessed on that saint’s feast day?

I ask because Jesus told Saint Faustina that the Divine Mercy Image should be blessed on the Feast of Divine Mercy.

Is having images of saints blessed on their feast days also desireable? If it imparts a special blessing if it’s done on the saint’s feast day, what makes the blessing special?

It’s good to know so that when I get things blessed, I could know if I should get them all blessed at the same time or wait until relevant feast days.

If you could provide sources I could read that answer this, that would help a lot. Thanks!

 

[Leon_Bloy]

There is nothing in the current books about this in terms of non-liturgical blessings, but sometimes I ask for this done, myself, just because I enjoy the symbolism, etc. of it (like I had an icon of a saint that I waited to ask to be blessed on his day). I think it’s a neat idea and a neat way to celebrate a feast, but typically this is not an issue or concern, and there is no added blessing for doing something on a particular day.

There are liturgical blessings only done by the Church on certain days, though - Epiphany water and chalk, Easter holy water, a special blessing for candles on Candlemass/Feast of the Purification, ashes for Ash Wednesday, palms on Palm Sunday, St. Blaise throat blessign on his feast day, etc.

I think the Divine Mercy blessing being done that day is meant as part of the public devotion and has a “teaching” purpose behind it.

But yeah, typically it doesn’t make a difference unless it’s a liturgical blessing reserved for a special feast, like those I mentioned above.

 

[PazzoGrande]

Thanks, that helps. I buy a lot of religious items and if I keep waiting till their feast days, I’d be asking a priest to bless things often and I’d become a bit of a nuisance.

 

[Leon_Bloy]

Thanks, that helps. I buy a lot of religious items and if I keep waiting till their feast days, I’d be asking a priest to bless things often and I’d become a bit of a nuisance.

Haha, it is good you are very devout, though, and love the saints.

But yeah, again, the only things that are special to a particular liturgical day are usually things that the Church provides to you (ashes, palms, water, etc), and not that you bring forward to be blessed (with the exception of candles on the Purification/Presentation, however!).