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Blessed, The There are at present two ways in which the Church allows public worship to be paid those who have lived in the fame of sanctity or died as martyrs. Of these some are beatified, others are canonized. (See BEATIFICATION AND CANONIZATION). Beatification is a permission for public worship restricted to certain places and … Continue reading “Blessed, The”

Blessed Sacrament, Visits to the By this devotional practice, which is of comparatively modern development, the presence of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Eucharist is regarded in the same light and honoured with the same ceremonial observance as would be paid to a sovereign who favoured any place in his dominions by taking up his … Continue reading “Blessed Sacrament, Visits to the”

Blessed Sacrament, The Since Christ is present under the appearances of bread and wine in a sacramental way, the Blessed Eucharist is unquestionably a sacrament of the Church. Indeed, in the Eucharist the definition of a Christian sacrament as “an outward sign of an inward grace instituted by Christ” is verified. The investigation into the … Continue reading “Blessed Sacrament, The”

Blessed Sacrament, Sisters of the One of the most recent congregations of religious women in the Catholic Church and one of entirely American origin, founded by Miss Katharine Drexel at Philadelphia, Pa., in 1889, for missionary work among the Indians and coloured people of the United States. The formal approbation of the Holy See was … Continue reading “Blessed Sacrament, Sisters of the”

Blessed Sacrament, Reservation of the The practice of preserving after the celebration of the Liturgy a portion of the consecrated elements for the Communion of the sick or for other pious purposes. The extreme antiquity of such reservation cannot be disputed. Already Justin Martyr, in the first detailed account of Eucharistic practice we possess, tells … Continue reading “Blessed Sacrament, Reservation of the”

Blessed Sacrament, Exposition of the Exposition is a manner of honouring the Holy Eucharist, by exposing It, with proper solemnity, to the view of the faithful in order that they may pay their devotions before It. We will speak later of the conditions which constitute proper solemnity, but something must first be said of the … Continue reading “Blessed Sacrament, Exposition of the”

Blessed Sacrament, Devotion to the Among, the various devotions to the Blessed Sacrament may be mentioned: Adoration, Perpetual Benediction Exposition Forty Hours , and Visits to the Blessed Sacrament each of which is treated under its own article in this document. Amongst the most beautiful and inspiring of devotions to the Blessed Sacrament are processions … Continue reading “Blessed Sacrament, Devotion to the”

Blessed Sacrament, Congregation of the An enclosed congregation of nuns, a reform of the Dominican Order , founded in France by Father Anthony Le Quieu, for the perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. The first house was opened at Marseilles, 1659 ; another at Bollene shortly afterwards. Marseilles, the original mother-house, was suppressed during the … Continue reading “Blessed Sacrament, Congregation of the”

Blessed Sacrament, Benediction of the A popular Eucharistic devotion in the Catholic Church of the Latin Rite. In the more solemn form of this ceremony the officiating priest is vested in surplice, stole, and cope. The consecrated Host, enclosed in the ostensorium, is placed on the altar or in a niche above, and is incensed … Continue reading “Blessed Sacrament, Benediction of the”

blessed palms A sacramental of the Church, blessed and distributed to the faithful on Palm Sunday, to bring to mind the triumphal entry of Our Lord into Jerusalem, when He was met by a multi- tude bearing palms. Their use originated in the “miracle plays” of the early Middle Ages, and they are mentioned by … Continue reading “blessed palms”