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2. Priestly Blessing - Wikipedia

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   The Priestly Blessing or priestly benediction (Hebrew: ברכת כהנים; translit. birkat kohanim), also known in rabbinic literature as raising of the hands (Hebrew nesiat kapayim), [1] rising to the platform (Hebrew aliyah ledukhan), [2] dukhenen (Yiddish from the Hebrew word dukhan – platform – because the blessing is given from a raised rostrum), or duchening, [3] is a Hebrew prayer ...

3. Altar cards - Wikipedia

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   Altar Card ("Lavabo" part). Probably from the end of the 19th century. Gothic revival style. Altar cards are three cards placed on the altar during the Tridentine Mass. [1] They contain certain prayers that the priest must say during the Mass, and their only purpose is as a memory aid, although they are usually very beautifully decorated.

4. Vesting prayers - Wikipedia

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   Vesting prayers are prayers which are spoken while a cleric puts on vestments as part of a liturgy, in both the Eastern and Western churches. They feature as part of the liturgy in question itself, and take place either before or after a liturgical procession or entrance to the sanctuary , as depends on the particular liturgical rite or use ...

5. Dismissal (liturgy) - Wikipedia

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   The Dismissal (Greek: απόλυσις; Slavonic: otpust) is the final blessing said by a Christian priest or minister at the end of a religious service. In liturgical churches the dismissal will often take the form of ritualized words and gestures, such as raising the minister's hands over the congregation, or blessing with the sign of the cross.

6. Blessing in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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   A Catholic priest blesses the Boston Marathon Bombing Memorials on Boylston Street. In the Catholic Church, a blessing is a rite consisting of a ceremony and prayers performed in the name and with the authority of the Church by a duly qualified minister by which persons or things are sanctified as dedicated to divine service or by which certain marks of divine favour are invoked upon them.

7. The Catholic Church’s Blessing of Same-Sex Couples, Explained

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   No one should write special prayers for such blessings, and priests are not to wear any liturgical vestments when imparting such a blessing. Blessings might be requested on pilgrimage, at shrines ...