This Book of Blessing is 4"x6". It is small enough to fit in your front pocket, or can be stored in the glove compartment ready for use. This compact book of blessing includes blessings and rituals for Rite of Anointing a Sick PersonViaticum and Apostolic Pardon, Sacrament of AnointingCommendation of the Dying Graveside/Burial Servicesick persons Blessings of Married Couples on their anniversaryFather's Day BlessingMother's Day BlessingBlessing of a Baptized ChildBlessing of ChildrenBlessing of a Woman before and after the birth of a childBlessing of Elderly PersonsBlessing of the SickBlessing of TravelersBlessing of a New HomeBlessing for Vehicles, Cars and Trains, Blessing of the RosaryBlessing of a ship or boatBlessing of Images for DevotionsBlessing of WaterBlessing of AnimalsLitany of the Saints

Book of Blessings: Roman Catholic Ritual

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This book contains the Roman Catholic Ritual for the Mass of Christian Burial. Also included is the Rite of Committal or Graveside Service at the Cemetery. This book is in a simplified format to help guide the priest/celebrant/deacon during the Mass. The size is only 5.25"x 8". It also includes two sample generic homilies to help the celebrant guide the people in the grieving process and the celebration of life. Also included are inspirational quotes from the Catechism, Popes, Saints and holy men and women.

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One of the first matters to be addressed by the Second Vatican Council was the question of how to reform the sacred liturgy of the Church. This had been a matter of widespread concern for decades, not only among “progressive” clergy and theologians, but throughout the general rank and file of those entrusted with pastoral duties. This concern was not confined to the rite of the Mass, but extended to sacraments, sacramentals, prayers, music and art. While it was inadmissible to alter any of the ancient doctrines pertaining to the form and efficacy of the sacraments, there was nonetheless a generally perceived need to reform the cultural modes by which the Church’s graces are administered. More concretely, the exclusive use of the Latin language in liturgy posed an obstacle to the active participation by laity. Masses often became occasions for private devotion, so that there was a disconnect between the nominally public liturgy of the Church and the prayer experience of the laity. Even when prayers were translated into the vernacular, they included terms and concepts that were scarcely intelligible to most modern people, so that prayer effectively was little more than rote recitation. There was a need, therefore, to make the Church’s treasury of prayer more accessible to the modern mind, without compromising the revealed truths and mysteries to which prayer directs the soul. As the Church in the twentieth century had expanded well beyond Europe and the Americas, liturgical forms grounded in Latin culture sometimes posed an obstacle to the propagation of the faith. The universality of the Church should preclude confining its message to a Latin European cultural manifestation, but instead it should be permitted to adapt its presentation according to various local cultures. For centuries, missionaries had been given special dispensations in the administering of sacraments in order to accommodate local cultural circumstances. What was now needed was universal flexibility in liturgical presentation, to adapt to an ever more culturally diverse and ethnologically changing Church. Even in the traditional Christian countries, Catholics found that the culture in the liturgy was alien to the culture of their daily lives. The liturgy, therefore, needed to be adapted to man as he is found in this age, not as he was centuries ago. The key concepts of this liturgical reform program are inculturation and renewal. Inculturation means allowing existing human culture to inform the liturgy, as in fact happened when the ancient Greek and Roman rites were developed. Over time, to protect against abuses, and out of respect for ancient tradition, liturgical rites came to have an increasingly fixed form, to the point of being nearly inalterable. Meanwhile, the rest of human culture changed at an increasingly rapid rate, so that it was practically impossible for most modern Catholics to have the same appreciation of their liturgical heritage as their medieval predecessors. Art and music similarly tended to stagnate into relatively fixed baroque styles. The whole feel of Catholic liturgy was backward-looking on a cultural level, when in fact the purpose of liturgy is to point to the presence of Christ now in this age.

Sacrosanctum Concilium: Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy

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Book of Blessings: Roman Catholic Ritual

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Sacrosanctum Concilium: Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy