Wall Crucifix Rules/Traditions Confusion For in Home Area of Prayer/Study/Contemplation

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I am a newly returning Catholic that left the Church in the 3rd Grade. I returned in July after 35 years. I am new to all things religious and Catholic.

I would like to buy a wall crucifix for a part of my home that I set aside for my daily prayers and study. Some people told me to make sure that the feet on the corpus are right over left. The crucifix needed to be on a wall facing east. I realized that I have no idea what I am doing

I’d like to avoid doing anything that is against Church teaching. Any helpful advice and/or feedback would be greatly appreciated.
 
Never heard those things before.

Just buy a crucifix that means something to you. Something that hits your heart.

Put it where you want to put it! 👍

God bless you
 
I think you’re over-thinking things. First, before you hang any crucifix up, it really should be blessed by a priest using the Church’s blessings, most of which can be found in the Roman Ritual.

Aside from that, it doesn’t matter too much as to the direction of the wall, or how the feet are crossed, etc.

Traditionally a crucifix is placed over one’s bed, and above each door of a room to help fight off demons (hence why it’s ideal to get your crucifix blessed).
 
WJeffrey said:
I am a newly returning Catholic that left the Church in the 3rd Grade. I returned in July after 35 years. I am new to all things religious and Catholic.

I would like to buy a wall crucifix for a part of my home that I set aside for my daily prayers and study. Some people told me to make sure that the feet on the corpus are right over left. The crucifix needed to be on a wall facing east. I realized that I have no idea what I am doing

I’d like to avoid doing anything that is against Church teaching. Any helpful advice and/or feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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I’ve never heard of such things! 🤷

As others have said, buy a crucifix you like (and can afford) and hang it wherever you like. It took me years, but I now have a crucifix in nearly every room, and the garage 👍
 
Thank you for all of the feedback. I appreciate it. You put my mind at ease. How does a person get a Priest to bless something? Is there a formal process, or is it just a matter of asking after Mass.
 
I don’t know if they still make them, but you might want to get a crucifix with holy water and candles stored in the back.

Although I’ve never seen anyone actually utilize those sacramentals.

If someone is lying in bed and they take a turn for the worst, don’t priests have their own kits if someone is in need of the last rites and they make a house call?
 
WJeffrey said:
Thank you for all of the feedback. I appreciate it. You put my mind at ease. How does a person get a Priest to bless something? Is there a formal process, or is it just a matter of asking after Mass.
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I just ask the priest after Mass to bless it. Remember to bring some holy water so he can use it.
 
Well let me tell you, I have Cross in the kitchen, in the hallway three of them and one above my bed ,a big one,I have a total off six threw out m y home,and they are pointing east and north and west,O I forgot the one around my neck I wear daily, it,s about two Inch long,I put more but my landlord might think I,am crazy or he might think he,s in a holy plaace off worship, and that don,t count the piturce,s of Jesus and MaryI ahve aroundmy place, my son,said,s dadwhy all the Crosss and piturces,I saidI want people to know how much I love, Jesus…
 
Kielbasi said:
I don’t know if they still make them, but you might want to get a crucifix with holy water and candles stored in the back.

Although I’ve never seen anyone actually utilize those sacramentals.

If someone is lying in bed and they take a turn for the worst, don’t priests have their own kits if someone is in need of the last rites and they make a house call?
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Yes - they’re called sick call crucifixes. We have 2 - one I bought & one that belonged to my mother-in-law. They’re helpful because often a priest doesn’t come to the home to bring communion, a lay person does. It’s a nice idea to at least light a candle when communion is brought to someone in the home.

Even priests don’t carry candles. And in a hospital setting it might be dangerous to light candles.
 
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There’s holy water at church.
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I just suggested to bring holy water because the priests that I asked to bless something for me were outside and were inconvenienced to have to walk through the crowd to get to the font inside. They were much happier when I brought my own bottle.
 
seagal said:
The priest doesn’t need holy water to bless something.
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That’s true, but all the priests I have asked show a very strong preference for using it. One priest even re-blessed my rosary when he saw that I had holy water. Others wouldn’t bless my things without it.
 
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