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Elzee
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I’ve struggled with this for quite a while, have tried to read about it on New Advent and a few other sites, but I am still confused.
What exactly does it ‘mean’ when we have something blessed - like a rosary or crucifix. My priest told me it makes it ‘holy’ (which I knew), but what EXACTLY does that mean? In our parish we have a yearly blessing of all sorts of things - motorcycles, cars, new homes, etc. What does ‘blessing’ these things ‘do’ for them or the people who own them? A non-Catholic friend of mine asked me this, and I told her I didn’t understand it fully, but would get back to her (using the good advice of John Martignoni from the Bible Christian Society )
Thank you!
What exactly does it ‘mean’ when we have something blessed - like a rosary or crucifix. My priest told me it makes it ‘holy’ (which I knew), but what EXACTLY does that mean? In our parish we have a yearly blessing of all sorts of things - motorcycles, cars, new homes, etc. What does ‘blessing’ these things ‘do’ for them or the people who own them? A non-Catholic friend of mine asked me this, and I told her I didn’t understand it fully, but would get back to her (using the good advice of John Martignoni from the Bible Christian Society )
Thank you!