Priest blessing a necklace of St. Gerard??

Question

OK SO JUSt recently found out i was preggers/... This is the 3rd time the 2nd pregancy ended with a miscarriage.. Now my question is i got the necklace of St gerard to wear to have a lil more help and faith and my grandma in law said the father of our church can bless it??? HAS anyone ever had anything blessed like this and what does he do??? I AM IN THE RCIA program and soon to be confirmed and baptized in March.. Thanks for all the anwsers and God bless Also what is a good time to take it to the priest ?? After mass or before mass ???

Answer 1

Yes....after Mass is a good time.

I'd do it...but I don't know where you live.

I use this form (or one like it)

Let us pray to the Lord:

Kyrie eleison.

O Lord our King, Sovereign of the heavenly and earthly, Father of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ,

Who did command Moses Your servant to place the images of the Cherubim in Your holy tabernacle upon either side of the Mercy Seat,

Vouchsafe, we beseech You, O our King to send the grace of Your Holy Spirit and Your Angel upon this medal; and of Your Fatherly goodness to bless (+) and sanctify it, mindful of the mystery which it represents.

And that it may kindle devout affection and increase holiness of life;

Endow it with the aid of Your protection against all snares of the enemy,

Make it to be a protection of soul and body,

Through the grace and compassion and love of Your Only‑Begotten Son, our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, and of Your All‑Holy, Good and Life‑creating Spirit, One God; both now and ever, and unto ages of ages: Amen.

The Priest, blessing the medal with Holy Water, says:

This image is hallowed through the Grace of the Holy Spirit, through the sprinkling of Holy Water: in the Name of the (+) Father, and of the (+) Son, and of the (+) Holy Spirit: Amen.

Answer 2

Will pray for a successful pregnancy and delivery! Take your St. Gerard medal to your priest at any time and ask him to bless it. He will say a short prayer of blessing over the medal, and then with the Sign of the Cross, will bless it in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. If he has Holy Water handy, he'll sprinkle it as well. It is a solemn, yet informal act that may take about 7 seconds.

Jim Cosgrove
http://www.PrayTwice.Com

Answer 3

I have a St. Jude necklace and it was already blessed when I bought it. They put part of a cloth on the back that has touched the shrine or an existing relic of the saint.

I just really like St. Jude for some reason. He is actually the saint of desperate cases.

Answer 4

Yes, you can ask a priest to bless your medal, which adds meaning to it. You can call the church and ask when it would be convenient for a priest to bless it for you -- usually, they will say "after Mass" but it's best to leave it to them to decide. If a priest conducts your RCIA sessions, he might prefer to do it before or after class one night.

Answer 5

when you want something blessed you usually take it round to the manse on a weekday evening and leave it with the housekeeper (with a note if you need to).

maybe your parish works differently, but i wouldn't give a priest anything right before mass. he has other stuff on his mind and he would likely lose it.

i wish you success in your new pregnancy. i have known lots of women who had a miscarriage which left no lasting ill effect.

Answer 6

i think of it relies upon on the priest - some will bless it some won't! yet to be honest i don't somewhat comprehend why you decide on your necklace blessed, or are even donning a cruicifix necklace like some type of assertion in case you have in basic terms in basic terms recovered your pastime in God! it is not approximately what you place on or the failings you have - this is approximately ideals and a fashion of existence and so on. in case you opt to circulate back to chapel - in basic terms locate out what time a service is on and circulate! it is not comparable to they have bouncers on the door that are going to offer up you! and there is that school of theory approximately God rejoicing over one repentant sinner (that's what you would be considered given you abandoned your faith for sixteen years), so in basic terms come across a chapel, get the situations, and circulate! you may continually ask to fulfill with the priest after in case you opt to better communicate issues with him!

Answer 7

Be strong. Your faith is an encouragement to many. Talk to your priest and confide in him. S. Gerard is an important focus of your faith life and trusting in his example and iconography will only bring you strength. God bless you.

Answer 8

just ask him after mass. i have a feeling he'll offer some prayers for you too!!! God bless and keep you. May you be as blessed as our Beloved Lady was during and through her pregnancy with our Saviour Jesus!!!

Answer 9

How should the practice of venerating relics and images of “saints” be viewed?

The New Catholic Encyclopedia admits: “It is thus vain to seek a justification for the cult of relics in the Old Testament; nor is much attention paid to relics in the New Testament. . . . [The Church “father”] Origen seems to have regarded the practice as a pagan sign of respect for a material object.”—(1967), Vol. XII, pp. 234, 235.

It is noteworthy that God buried Moses, and no human ever found out where his grave was. (Deut. 34:5, 6) But Jude 9 informs us that the archangel Michael disputed with the Devil about Moses’ body. Why? God’s purpose to dispose of it in such a manner that humans would not know where to find it was clearly stated. Did the Adversary want to direct humans to that body so that it might be put on display and perhaps become an object of veneration?

Should we venerate “saints” as intercessors with God, perhaps using images of them as aids in our worship?

Acts 10:25, 26, JB: “As Peter reached the house Cornelius went out to meet him, knelt at his feet and prostrated himself. But Peter helped him up. ‘Stand up,’ he said ‘I am only a man after all!’” (Since Peter did not approve of such adoration when he was personally present, would he encourage us to kneel before an image of him? See also Revelation 19:10.)

John 14:6, 14, JB: “Jesus said: ‘I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one can come to the Father except through me. If you ask for anything in my name, I will do it.’” (Jesus here clearly states that our approach to the Father can be only through him and that our requests are to be made in Jesus’ name.)

1 Tim. 2:5, JB: “There is only one God, and there is only one mediator between God and mankind, himself a man, Christ Jesus.” (There is no allowance here for others to serve in the role of mediator for the members of Christ’s congregation.)

Answer 10

HA!! I doubt that he could even bless his own supper. dont fall for that stuff its B.S. its about your faith in GOD thats what its all about.