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Question - Blessing a place where someone died

  • 03-07-2010 10:05pm
    #1
    marty1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 788 ✭✭✭


    I just have a quick question that I'm sure some of you guys can clarify for me.

    In Catholicism, is it customary for a priest to bless the place where someone has died? For example, if someone died suddenly in a bar, would it be normal for a priest to want to say some prayers there and do a blessing of the place where the person died? The reason I ask is that I heard about someone dying, a priest actually, and other priests wanted to bless the place where he died but were refused access as it was a private business. I'm not sure if it's correct at all, I found it a little hard to believe so I just thought I'd ask you guys.


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  • #2
    lmaopml
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,080 ✭✭✭lmaopml


    Hi Marty1985,

    No I don't think this is customary at all...

    Sometimes a priest may bless your home if he visits and you ask him to do so, but other than that they don't generally bless places where a Catholic has passed away...

    ..sounds odd indeed!


  • #3
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,663 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    As the poster above said, this is not standard practice. Praying for the dead is.


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