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24th November 11, 09:12 AM
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Re: Goin' to a Kirkin'
I wanted to make a quick comment on MacLowlife's point:
clergy, who might object to the lack of "inclusivity"
Blessings can be more general and they can be very detailed and particular.
To proclaim God's blessing on a particular departed soul, is particular.
To proclaim God's blessing on "us" or the world, is more general.
When blessing water or salt, usually there is a detailed prayer, often recounting God's work in creation with something from biblical story etc before asking that the thing to be sanctified.
Concrete and particular blessin can help focus the intention of the folks present and also contextualize the thing being blessed; making connections between lets say salt and healing or purification.
Prayers that are particular blessings have a long history, the votice office ie for the dead, and votive Eucharist or Mass for healing or marriage as another example.
Though I have never presided at a Kirkin, I have played them in my younger years. The congregations were mixed in origins: Scots, English, German, Caribbean, African American, Japanese etc. together. My limited experience was that folks were glad to be part of blessing Scots and the likes, much like folks were glad to be part the "steel drum mass" or even the "jazz mass" or for that matter the more traditional "chant mass" and with prayers for particular peoples of particular heritage. In Austria many years ago at a mass on the 4th of July, there was a blessing of the ex-pat Americans.
Some two cents.
peace,
Fr. Justin
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