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Catholics know the Blessing of herbs and horses and houses etc

on August 15 there will be the Blessing of the Herbs again .... on the day of the Assumption of Mary in heaven. 🌹
 
Rumpel said:
is his nick the name of a flower?

🌹🌹🌹🌻🌻🌻💁🪷🪷🪷
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Sorry, Rumpel...I don't think so...:giggle:

A bong is primarily used for smoking dried, shredded tobacco or cannabis. It's a water pipe that cools and filters the smoke through water before inhalation, offering a smoother, cooler experience compared to other smoking methods.
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Daisy said:
Sorry, Rumpel...I don't think so...:giggle:

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thanks for telling me! 👍
 
Rumpel said:
does @Chomsky know this blessing?

Or @Juin ?
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Pet Blessings​

Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, marks the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and the environment. To commemorate this observance, Archdiocese of Chicago parishes and shrines will host outdoor pet blessings over the weekend, beginning on Saturday, Sept. 28 and continuing through Saturday, Oct. 12, weather permitting.​

Furry, feathery, fluffy, slimy, and spikey friends of all shapes and sizes are welcome to the celebrations. Here are some highlights of the 2024 pet blessings.




www.archchicago.org

Pet Blessings - Archdiocese of Chicago

www.archchicago.org www.archchicago.org
 
Rumpel said:
does @Chomsky know this blessing?

Or @Juin ?
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Thanks for asking.

No idea about the herbs, but there was a custom in my Polish immigrant neighborhood of marking (with chalk) the houses front doorway frames with letters & symbols.

It was done during Christmas time, but would also be done after buying a new house.

My grandparents - originally from Europe - did it to their house and our house every Christmas. I was a kid then, and I don't remember the symbols, but they actually looked like an algebraic expression of sorts.

My parents never carried on the tradition after my grandparents died, and I remember when my grandparents were alive my parents couldn't do the inscription because they didn't know how. So, my grandparents did it.
 
Chomsky said:
Thanks for asking.

No idea about the herbs, but there was a custom in my Polish immigrant neighborhood of marking (with chalk) the houses front doorway frames with letters & symbols.

It was done during Christmas time, but would also be done after buying a new house.

My grandparents - originally from Europe - did it to their house and our house every Christmas. I was a kid then, and I don't remember the symbols, but they actually looked like an algebraic expression of sorts.

My parents never carried on the tradition after my grandparents died, and I remember when my grandparents were alive my parents couldn't do the inscription because they didn't know how. So, my grandparents did it.
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Nothing like some good old archaic symbols to chase away the bad ju-ju.
 
Juin said:

Pet Blessings​


Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, marks the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and the environment. To commemorate this observance, Archdiocese of Chicago parishes and shrines will host outdoor pet blessings over the weekend, beginning on Saturday, Sept. 28 and continuing through Saturday, Oct. 12, weather permitting.​

Furry, feathery, fluffy, slimy, and spikey friends of all shapes and sizes are welcome to the celebrations. Here are some highlights of the 2024 pet blessings.




www.archchicago.org

Pet Blessings - Archdiocese of Chicago

www.archchicago.org www.archchicago.org
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Ah, I thought @Rumpel was talking about using herbs in the inscribing of doorways during Christmas time.

Yeah, the Blessing of the Pets is done on St Frances Feast day - every Fall. It's done at most of the Parishes.

When I was in Grammar School, it was done during the school days in the morning. You brought your pet to school with you, and afterwards your parents brought it back home.

Now, it seems the blessing is done on weekends (again, at the Parishes).

Straight-up, the kids absolutely love it!
 
Chomsky said:
Thanks for asking.

No idea about the herbs, but there was a custom in my Polish immigrant neighborhood of marking (with chalk) the houses front doorway frames with letters & symbols.

It was done during Christmas time, but would also be done after buying a new house.

My grandparents - originally from Europe - did it to their house and our house every Christmas. I was a kid then, and I don't remember the symbols, but they actually looked like an algebraic expression of sorts.

My parents never carried on the tradition after my grandparents died, and I remember when my grandparents were alive my parents couldn't do the inscription because they didn't know how. So, my grandparents did it.
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maybe you chalked the letters CMB on the door?

the names of the 3 Magi?
 
bongsaway said:
Nothing like some good old archaic symbols to chase away the bad ju-ju.
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Crazy as it sounds, I love all those Catholic Rubrics. Kids get to see physical actions & items in their Faith, and the parents understand & appreciate the symbolism the kids are just getting to learn. It's all about the symbolism. In Catholicism every word, item, action, and object, has symbolic meaning.
 
I didn’t know about the herbs but so know about the houses and animals. Herbs make sense since we always offer up grace before eating.
 
Juin said:

Pet Blessings​

Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, marks the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and the environment. To commemorate this observance, Archdiocese of Chicago parishes and shrines will host outdoor pet blessings over the weekend, beginning on Saturday, Sept. 28 and continuing through Saturday, Oct. 12, weather permitting.​

Furry, feathery, fluffy, slimy, and spikey friends of all shapes and sizes are welcome to the celebrations. Here are some highlights of the 2024 pet blessings.




www.archchicago.org

Pet Blessings - Archdiocese of Chicago

www.archchicago.org www.archchicago.org
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yes, Francis is the saint who blessed animals 👍🏼👍
 
Rumpel said:
maybe you chalked the letters CMB on the door?

the names of the 3 Magi?
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There was a little more to it than that, but yeah - maybe.

My memory of this is dim, as I wasn't directly involved - and unusual for my parents - they didn't know how to do it either. It was my grandparents' thing.

As to blessing things, my God we blessed everything in sight! And so did the whole neighborhood! Not necessarily blessed by a Priest every time, but blessed with Holy Water we kept in the house. Even us kids would get blessed with a little Holy Water on the head, if there was something really big we were challenged to do!

Blessing of a new house is still something we all do into our extended family and those married-in. You schedule a Priest to come-out, and a service is done at the property. The Blessing itself takes only 15-20 minutes. No Mass is required.

Immediate and some extended family participates, and afterwards there's usually a meal - with the Priest if he can spare the time. It's generally done on Sundays, and the Priest stays as a celebrated guest.
 
Chomsky said:
Ah, I thought @Rumpel was talking about using herbs in the inscribing of doorways during Christmas time.
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I thought so as well, but the closest that came to my mind of blessings beyond humans was the blessing of pets. :)


Chomsky said:
Yeah, the Blessing of the Pets is done on St Frances Feast day - every Fall. It's done at most of the Parishes.
When I was in Grammar School, it was done during the school days in the morning. You brought your pet to school with you, and afterwards your parents brought it back home.
Now, it seems the blessing is done on weekends (again, at the Parishes).

Straight-up, the kids absolutely love it!
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I am not surprised the kids absolutely love it. Truth about it is the Catholic Church is full or rituals and pageantry that one cannot help but love. Even the regular mass impressed upon our senses as kids. I recall as a kid we would usually start chatting up when there's loud prayers and songs: on the shining chalice, the host, the priestly garments. I recall later as a teen taking a friend of mine along to Easter mass. It blew his mind: the Church goes dark as the lights are turned off; the Priest comes up the aisle with a long candle from which the rest of the candles are lighted...

We the kids looked forward to our first Communion. I think I was about 9 or 10. My whites were ready and on time :)
 
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