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brian
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Posted: Sat Apr 5th, 2008 08:14 am |
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I thought I have learned that blessed items are special and can not be thrown out, but normally are burned or buried if they are disposed of. But then again it seems that homes and cars are exceptions for some reason and you could sell a blessed home or car?
Anyway, they blessed an Easter basket and gave it to me as a gift full of foods at my church. What exactly is blessed and what is he proper way to treat it?
I mean, every time I at some of the blessed bread or sausage, I have to leave some crumbs or throw away some parts that I could not eat, and soon it will go bad and I wil need to get rid of it? Can I just throw it away? What about the basket it came in or the tin oil and plastic things were wrapped in or the little candies? i do not even know where these are anymore.
I assume it is expected that with blessed food there will be crumbs and holy water wll fall to the floor quite regularly.
I am assuming that it is okay to dispose of the food and materials it came in as I see fit? But what exactly was and was not blessed and how should it be treated?
Brian
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David W. Emery
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Posted: Sun Apr 6th, 2008 01:43 am |
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They blessed an Easter basket and gave it to me as a gift full of foods at my church. What exactly is blessed and what is he proper way to treat it?
I’ve noticed that Eastern Christians tend to approach blessed items in a different manner than some Western Christians. They are not so squeamish about just using them. So if it’s food, you eat it. If it’s a house, you live in it — kids, dog and all. God takes care of the rest, I guess.
It’s like when you ask God to bless the food before you at table. You eat the food, and what do you do with the crumbs or that piece that fell off your fork?
So if you have crumbs left over from your blessed bread or the core or pit of a blessed fruit, what do you do? It’s not the Eucharist, you know. Once you have eaten, you might say that you have “used” the blessing, so what’s left is not important as far as the blessing goes.
As you say, it’s like holy water. If it’s sprinkled, it gets all over things. Some falls on the floor. Well, it’s not the Eucharist. You don’t worry about it. You got some of the sprinkles, and that was enough. The blessing did its job. Leave the rest to the angels.
As to what gets blessed: When the priest blesses holy water, he does not bless the container it is in. Equally when an Easter basket is blessed, it does not include the decorations, wrapping or basket. Just the items of substance, that they may serve you sa God intended. It’s the same as when you say grace at dinner. You’re not blessing the napkins.
Yes, if you sell a blessed item, it loses its blessing. But if you give it away, the blessing remains. The idea here is that one should not traffic in spiritual goods.
David
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