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A friend is giving me a statue of Mary and how should it be blessed? I have holy water should I throw some on it? How would such a blessed object be disposed of if needed?
 
How big is the statue? If you can carry it, bring it to a priest to have it blessed. If not, bring the priest to the statue 🙂
 
billcu1 said:
A friend is giving me a statue of Mary and how should it be blessed? I have holy water should I throw some on it? How would such a blessed object be disposed of if needed?
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Have a priest bless it and put holy water on it (you or the priest). I’m pretty sure deacons can give the appropriate blessing now, too.

I had a large statue of Our Lady once that got damaged in a house flood. A family member offered to bury it, which is the proper custom. From what I understand, out of respect we are supposed to bury blessed objects which we are unable to repair, or give them to someone with the resources to repair them.

Hope this helps. 🙂

Yours in Jesus through Mary,

Tom
 
Nigel7 said:
A priest has to bless it.
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I just found this from another thread:

"The Book of Blessings (published by Congregation for Divine Worship) decrees that deacons may bless certain sacramentals. The Congregation for the Divine Worship lists out those sacramentals that a deacon may bless.

It states that deacons may bless rosaries (BOB §1465). Other items that Deacon’s can bless include “medals, small crucifixes statues or pictures that will be displayed elsewhere than in a church or chapel, scapulars, rosaries, or other articles used in religious devotions” (BOB §1442)."
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=280140

After having read this, it looks like they can. If someone else has other documentation, please provide. Thanks again.

Yours in Jesus through Mary,

Tom
 
It is my understanding that if an article has not been blessed it can be discarded any way, a blessed article should be buried.
 
I believe a blessed article can be broken in pieces and then discarded. It looses its blessing when it is broken up and no longer recognizable and beyond repair. Break it up with a hammer, then put it in a bag and discard it. Some may have heartburn over hitting a statue, but there is nothing wrong for the intention is good.

Just a suggestion.​

“I will never forget you my people, I have carved you on the palm of my hand.”
(Hymn from Isiah 49)
 
If the article is flammable (say, if the statue is made of wood), you could also burn it.
 
tequirk said:
I just found this from another thread:

"The Book of Blessings (published by Congregation for Divine Worship) decrees that deacons may bless certain sacramentals. The Congregation for the Divine Worship lists out those sacramentals that a deacon may bless.

It states that deacons may bless rosaries (BOB §1465). Other items that Deacon’s can bless include “medals, small crucifixes statues or pictures that will be displayed elsewhere than in a church or chapel, scapulars, rosaries, or other articles used in religious devotions” (BOB §1442)."
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=280140

After having read this, it looks like they can. If someone else has other documentation, please provide. Thanks again.

Yours in Jesus through Mary,

Tom
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Is there am online version of the BOB?
 
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