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**jeaccatty** · 01-23-2008, 01:56 AM

When we bless cars, houses, animals, etc the blessing is received by ourselves for God-pleasing use of these things.
If I am wrong on this, somebody please correct me.

This is not how the blessing is worded in the trebnik. The prayers say "O Lord, bless this (thing) ..." or "This (thing) is blessed by the sprinkling of holy water..." They do not say "bless your servant N as he uses this (thing)" or "bless the use of this (thing) by your servant N" The prayers and blessings are quite specific that the thing itself (whether it be animal, house, barn, car, whatever) is blessed.

Fr David Moser

01-23-2008, 01:56 AM	#21
jeaccatty Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 587 Senior Member	When we bless cars, houses, animals, etc the blessing is received by ourselves for God-pleasing use of these things. If I am wrong on this, somebody please correct me. This is not how the blessing is worded in the trebnik. The prayers say "O Lord, bless this (thing) ..." or "This (thing) is blessed by the sprinkling of holy water..." They do not say "bless your servant N as he uses this (thing)" or "bless the use of this (thing) by your servant N" The prayers and blessings are quite specific that the thing itself (whether it be animal, house, barn, car, whatever) is blessed. Fr David Moser
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