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Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, also called Benediction with the Blessed Sacrament or the Rite of Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction, is a devotional ceremony, celebrated especially in the Roman Catholic Church, but also in some other Christian traditions such as Anglo-Catholicism, [1][2] whereby a bishop, a priest, or a deacon ...
The Catholic University of America, November 1931. Its History and Present Status 1. In its origin, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament is closely associated with the feast of Corpus...
Oct 18, 2024 · Benediction, from the Latin for “blessing”, is a service of exposition and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, concluding with a blessing with the Sacrament. It is peculiar to the Western Catholic tradition.
In some Christian Churches, there is according to Wikipedia, a devotional ceremony known as Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The question is when and how did this ceremony arise within the Catholic Church and what is the theological basis for it?
BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT. Historically, benediction probably developed from the showing of the Host at the various stations of the Corpus Christi procession. The first known example of benediction similar to that common today was at Hildesheim in the 15th century.
One of the most generally popular of Catholic services is Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, known in France as Salut and in Germany as Segen . It is ordinarily an afternoon or evening devotion and consists in the singing of certain hymns, or litanies, or canticles, before the Blessed Sacrament, which is exposed upon the altar in a ...
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The idea of exposing the Blessed Sacrament for veneration in a monstrance appears to have been first evolved at the end of the thirteenth or the beginning of the fourteenth century.
