Special Blessings for Benedictine Medals, Crucifix's

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Does Benedictine medals, crucifix’s , rosaries require this special blessing from a Priest? Thanks, Tim

Approved Blessing
of the Medal of St. Benedict
Medals of Saint Benedict are sacramentals that may be blessed legitimately by any priest or deacon – not necessarily a Benedictine (Instr., 26 Sept. 1964; Can. 1168). The following English form may be used.

V. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
R. Who made heaven and earth.

In the name of God the Father + almighty, who made heaven and earth, the seas and all that is in them, I exorcise these medals against the power and attacks of the evil one. May all who use these medals devoutly be blessed with health of soul and body. In the name of the Father + almighty, of the Son + Jesus Christ our Lord, and of the Holy + Spirit the Paraclete, and in the love of the same Lord Jesus Christ who will come on the last day to judge the living and the dead, and the world by fire.
Amen.

Let us pray. Almighty God, the boundless source of all good things, we humbly ask that, through the intercession of Saint Benedict, you pour out your blessings + upon these medals. May those who use them devoutly and earnestly strive to perform good works be blessed by you with health of soul and body, the grace of a holy life, and remission of the temporal punishment due to sin.

May they also with the help of your merciful love, resist the temptation of the evil one and strive to exercise true charity and justice toward all, so that one day they may appear sinless and holy in your sight. This we ask though Christ our Lord.
Amen.

The medals are then sprinkled with holy water.
 
TOP said:
Does Benedictine medals, crucifix’s , rosaries require this special blessing from a Priest? Thanks, Tim
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Hello Tim,
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     Required ?  No..our parish gift shop has a priest on hand to bless holy articles of all kinds and he regularly blesses St Benedict medals, crucifixes and so on with his usual blessing. BTW, he was the one who told me the history of the medal. Interestingly, during that era, some monasteries were build on hills or mountains for a reason.. the monks became defenders of the population during invasions by barbarians. There is much more..I have seen at least 3 booklets in english that explain the medal.

    JMJ,

          Ricardo
PS I like the prayer in your post… I will print it out and ask our priest to use it to bless a Benedictine medal for me. Thank you.
 
Ricardothere said:
Hello Tim,
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     Required ?  No..our parish gift shop has a priest on hand to bless holy articles of all kinds and he regularly blesses St Benedict medals, crucifixes and so on with his usual blessing. BTW, he was the one who told me the history of the medal. Interestingly, during that era, some monasteries were build on hills or mountains for a reason.. the monks became defenders of the population during invasions by barbarians. There is much more..I have seen at least 3 booklets in english that explain the medal.

    JMJ,

          Ricardo
PS I like the prayer in your post… I will print it out and ask our priest to use it to bless a Benedictine medal for me. Thank you.
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Thanks for the response Ricardo. I wear a Benedictine crucifix and have just ordered my first rosary. I’ve been using a free plastic one for two years and it is falling apart. The rosary I ordered is a Benedictine rosary with medals on the Our Father beads and I want to make sure it is blessed correctly. I got this blessing online, but was made aware of it in a booklet like you described. For some reason , I am very attracted to St. Benedicts jubilee medal and his story, esp. about the poisoned cup as it reminds me of the chemotherapy treatments I did. There is just something about this medal, the cross, the exorcism, the poisoned cup that really hits home. Thanks again, Tim
 
I had my St Benedict Cross blessed by a priest. He had a special book with blessings for all sacramentals. It was nice the way he did it.
 
TOP said:
The rosary I ordered is a Benedictine rosary with medals on the Our Father beads and I want to make sure it is blessed correctly. I got this blessing online, but was made aware of it in a booklet like you described. For some reason , I am very attracted to St. Benedicts jubilee medal and his story, esp. about the poisoned cup as it reminds me of the chemotherapy treatments I did. There is just something about this medal, the cross, the exorcism, the poisoned cup that really hits home. Thanks again, Tim
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Hello Tim,
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 Sorry to hear you were in Chemo... BTW..St Benedict is such a great choice; he is considered the father of monasticism and many thousands of men and women have lived and died by his <<Rule>>. At our parish one of the priests recommends the Benedictine cross when asked about a good choice in crucifixes. The jubilee medal holds a great attraction for many..myself included. 

 This thread has me wanting to read some writings by or about St Benedict.

Thank you for starting this topic and may the medal bring you many blessings.

JMJ,

   Ricardo
 
A concise but informative page on the Medal…

sancta.org/medal.html

‘’ Often it is placed in the fields, the foundations of buildings or attached to automobiles to call down God’s blessing and the protection of St. Benedict. No particular prayer is prescribed, as the devout wearing itself is a continual silent prayer…
The Medal of Saint Benedict is one of the Sacramentals of the Church ‘’ from Sancta.org.
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                     JMJ,

                          Ricardo
 
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The Benedictine Medals are special in this regard: they may be blessed with an exorcism blessing. The Benedictine Crucifix has the medal, so it can have the same blessing.

Please see osb.org/gen/medal.html and read it thoroughly. You’d be amazed at what all the letters in the medal stand for. I particularly like “Begone Satan! Never tempt me with your vanities! What you offer me is evil. Drink the poison yourself!” But I think the original language may be stronger than the translation.

If the medal is blessed by a priest the same way as other medals are normally blessed, then it is a blessed object. But it would lack the exorcism blessing.

The exorcism blessing may be done legitimately by any Roman Catholic priest or deacon.

“The medal is a prayer of exorcism against Satan, a prayer for strength in time of temptation, a prayer for peace among ourselves and among the nations of the world, a prayer that the Cross of Christ be our light and guide, a prayer of firm rejection of all that is evil, a prayer of petition that we may with Christian courage “walk in God’s ways, with the Gospel as our guide,” as St. Benedict urges us.”

“Blessing of Saint Maurus over the Sick with the Medal of Saint Benedict invokes the power of the Cross and the healing of the Holy Spirit.”

So please make sure your St. Benedict Medals are correctly blessed with the exorcism blessing. They then become among the most powerful medals (sacramentals) the Church has (when properly used).

jmm08
 
jmm08 said:
      • IMPORTANT * * *
The Benedictine Medals are special in this regard: they may be blessed with an exorcism blessing. The Benedictine Crucifix has the medal, so it can have the same blessing.

Please see osb.org/gen/medal.html and read it thoroughly. You’d be amazed at what all the letters in the medal stand for. I particularly like “Begone Satan! Never tempt me with your vanities! What you offer me is evil. Drink the poison yourself!” But I think the original language may be stronger than the translation.

If the medal is blessed by a priest the same way as other medals are normally blessed, then it is a blessed object. But it would lack the exorcism blessing.

The exorcism blessing may be done legitimately by any Roman Catholic priest or deacon.

“The medal is a prayer of exorcism against Satan, a prayer for strength in time of temptation, a prayer for peace among ourselves and among the nations of the world, a prayer that the Cross of Christ be our light and guide, a prayer of firm rejection of all that is evil, a prayer of petition that we may with Christian courage “walk in God’s ways, with the Gospel as our guide,” as St. Benedict urges us.”

“Blessing of Saint Maurus over the Sick with the Medal of Saint Benedict invokes the power of the Cross and the healing of the Holy Spirit.”

So please make sure your St. Benedict Medals are correctly blessed with the exorcism blessing. They then become among the most powerful medals (sacramentals) the Church has (when properly used).

jmm08
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That is a good link.👍 It’s the same prayer that was used on mine by the priest. I didn’t know they could be used in the healing over the sick.
 
St_Gabriel said:
That is a good link.👍 It’s the same prayer that was used on mine by the priest. I didn’t know they could be used in the healing over the sick.
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Me neither. I wonder where the specific details are.

jmm08
 
I was able to get the Benedictine exorcism/blessing done on my new Rosary last Sat. by my Priest. My two oldest sons did the responses with me. It was very nicey done and I now have a very powerful sacramental. Tim
 
TOP said:
I was able to get the Benedictine exorcism/blessing done on my new Rosary last Sat. by my Priest. My two oldest sons did the responses with me. It was very nicey done and I now have a very powerful sacramental. Tim
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My children were present with me as well when the priest did the blessing. It must be powerful, since it survived the washing machine.
 
St_Gabriel said:
My children were present with me as well when the priest did the blessing. It must be powerful, since it survived the washing machine.
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I have at least one rosary that has gone through the washing machine (with bleach). Now the one rosary looks like it had been used quite a bit. I had a few beads on it replaced as well.

Your Rosary has a St. Benedict medal in it (or in its cross)? Some Rosaries are like that (I gave one like that to my wife some time ago).

jmm08
 
TOP said:
I was able to get the Benedictine exorcism/blessing done on my new Rosary last Sat. by my Priest. My two oldest sons did the responses with me. It was very nicey done and I now have a very powerful sacramental. Tim
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Greetings Tim,

The priest who blesses at the Oratory gift shop says there are some good ideas from the exorcism-blessing which could be part of ongoing daily prayers. He didn’t say which ones, however I read the blessing-explanation card and can see how some of the text could become a regular prayer.

I don’t have a Benedictine rosary… however I have attached a blessed Benedictine medal to the wood and rope rosary I use.
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JMJ,

Ricardo
 
Ricardothere said:
Greetings Tim,

The priest who blesses at the Oratory gift shop says there are some good ideas from the exorcism-blessing which could be part of ongoing daily prayers. He didn’t say which ones, however I read the blessing-explanation card and can see how some of the text could become a regular prayer.

I don’t have a Benedictine rosary… however I have attached a blessed Benedictine medal to the wood and rope rosary I use.
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JMJ,

Ricardo
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Thanks Ricardo, I’ll review the blessing and seek the prayers you described. I’m suprised by the medal’s role in the blessings of the sick. Not something normally attributed to it. But another reason for me to keep it close by. I’ll have to closely consider St. Benedict’s intercession’s in my life, which I haven’t done, by learning more about the Saint. Tim
 
No. Mine is not a rosary and not just the medal. Mine is actually the St. Benedict Cruxifix. The medal is embeded in the cross. It’s black and silver. It was originally attached to a thin brown rope. I used to wear it around my neck with the rope, but the string would always come appart. So now I keep it in my pocket and place it under my pillow before I go to sleep. I’m always losing it, but I always find it or someone else finds it and gives it back to me. I especially like it when someone else finds it.
 
I have to tell a story my grandma told me once (it probably came from one of the saints).

One day a priest held up a cruxifix to 2 men. The first man, quickly ran up and kissed it like crazy. The second man did nothing and just watched. The priest was surprised at the second man’s reaction because he knew he had great love for the Lord and a devote faith. So he asked him why he did not kiss the cross. The man replied, " How could I, the devil was slobbering all over it and wouldn’t let me near it!"
 
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