Declaration of the DICASTERY FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH On the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings

1. Fiducia Supplicans
On the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings

2. Declaration of the Dicastery
for the Doctrine of the Faith

3. “The great blessing of God is Jesus Christ. He is the great gift of God, his own Son.
He is a blessing for all humanity, a blessing that has saved us all. He is the Eternal
Word, with whom the Father blessed us ‘while we were still sinners’ (Rom. 5:8),
as St. Paul says. He is the Word made flesh, offered for us on the cross FS 1

4. I. The Blessing in the Sacrament of Marriage
Marriage …. is the “exclusive, stable, and indissoluble union between a man
and a woman, naturally open to the generation of children” … only in this context
that sexual relations find their natural, proper, and fully human meaning FS 4

5. the Responsum of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,
which states that the Church does not have the power to
impart blessings on unions of persons of the same sex FS 5

6. the Rite of the Sacrament of Marriage, this concerns not just any blessing but a
gesture reserved to the ordained minister. In this case, the blessing given by the
ordained minister is tied directly to the specific union of a man and a woman,
who establish an exclusive and indissoluble covenant by their consent FS 6

7. II. The Meaning of the Various Blessings
Blessings …lead us to grasp God’s presence in all the events of life
and remind us that, even in the use of created things, human beings
are invited to seek God, to love him, and to serve him faithfully. FS 8

8. For this reason, blessings have as their recipients: people; objects of worship
and devotion; sacred images; places of life, of work, and suffering; the fruits
of the earth and human toil; and all created realities that refer back
to the Creator, praising and blessing him by their beauty FS 8

9. The Liturgical Meaning of the Rites of Blessing
blessings are celebrated by virtue of faith and are ordered
to the praise of God and the spiritual benefit of his people FS 10

10. by an ancient tradition, the formulas of blessing are primarily
aimed at giving glory to God for his gifts, asking for his favors,
and restraining the power of evil in the world FS 10

11. those who invoke God’s blessing through the Church are invited to “strengthen
their dispositions through faith, for which all things are possible” and to trust
in “the love that urges the observance of God’s commandments FS 10

12. “there is always and everywhere an opportunity
to praise God through Christ, in the Holy Spirit,”
there is also a care to do so with “things, places,
or circumstances that do not contradict
the law or the spirit of the Gospel . FS 10

13. when a blessing is invoked on certain human
relationships by a special liturgical rite, it is
necessary that what is blessed corresponds
with God’s designs written in creation and
Fully revealed by Christ the Lord. FS 11

14. The Church has always considered only those sexual relations that are lived out
within marriage to be morally licit, the Church does not have the power to confer its
liturgical blessing when that would somehow offer a form of moral legitimacy to a
union that presumes to be a marriage or to an extra-marital sexual practice.FS 11

15. the unconditional power of God’s love …
forms the basis for the gesture of blessing FS 12

16. Blessings in Sacred Scripture - - Descending character -
May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make his face
shine upon you and be gracious to you. May the Lord lift up his
countenance upon you and give you peace” (Num. 6:24-26)

17. Blessing in this sense (ascending character) amounts to praising,
celebrating, and thanking God for his mercy and his faithfulness, for the
wonders he has created, and for all that has come about by his will: “Bless
the Lord, my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name (Ps 103,1)

18. Melchizedek, King of Salem, blesses Abram (cf. Gen. 14:19);

19. Rebekah is blessed by family members just before
she becomes the bride of Isaac (cf. Gen. 24:60),

20. Isaac blesses his son, Jacob (cf. Gen. 27:27).

21. Jacob blesses Pharaoh (cf. Gen. 47:10), his own grandsons, Ephraim
and Manasseh (cf. Gen. 48:20), and his twelve sons (cf. Gen. 49:28).

22. Moses and Aaron bless the community (cf. Ex. 39:43; Lev. 9:22).

23. The blessing found in the New Testament retains essentially the same
meaning it had in the Old Testament. We find the divine gift that
“descends,” the human thanksgiving that “ascends,” and the
blessing imparted by man that “extends” toward others.FS17

24. 1 - Zechariah, having regained the use of speech,
blesses the Lord for his wondrous works (cf. Lk. 1:64).

25. 2 - Simeon, while holding the newborn Jesus in his arms, blesses God
for granting him the grace to contemplate the saving Messiah, and
then blesses the child’s parents, Mary and Joseph (cf. Lk. 2:34).

26. 3 - Jesus blesses the Father in the famous hymn of praise and exultation he
addressed to him: “I praise you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth” (Mt. 11:25)

27. Jesus gave a final
blessing reserved
for the Eleven,
shortly before he
ascends to the
Father: “And
lifting up his
hands he blessed
them. While he
blessed them, he
parted from them
and was carried
up into heaven”
(Lk. 24:50-51)

28. A Theological-
Pastoral
Understanding
of Blessings
One who asks for a
blessing shows himself
to be in need of God’s
saving presence in his
life and one who asks for
a blessing from the
Church recognizes the
latter as a sacrament of
the salvation that God
offers FS 20

29. “when one asks for a blessing, one is expressing a petition for God’s assistance,
a plea to live better, and confidence in a Father who can help us live better.” FS 21

30. the blessing possesses a special power, which accompanies those who receive it
throughout their lives, and disposes man’s heart to be changed by God FS 27

31. III. Blessings of Couples in Irregular Situations
and of Couples of the Same Sex - recognizing themselves to be destitute and in need
of his help—do not claim a legitimation of their own status, … but who beg that all
that is true, good, and humanly valid in their lives and their relationships be
enriched, healed, and elevated by the presence of the Holy Spirit FS 31

32. the grace of God works in the lives of those who do not claim to be
righteous but who acknowledge themselves humbly as sinners FS 32

33. “Almighty ever-living God, who in the abundance of
your kindness surpass the merits and the desires of
those who entreat you, pour out your mercy upon us
to pardon what conscience dreads and to give
what prayer does not dare to ask” FS 34

34. one should neither provide for, nor promote a ritual for
the blessings of couples in an irregular situation FS 38

35. IV. The Church is the Sacrament of God’s Infinite Love
The Church continues to lift up those prayers and supplications that Christ
himself—with loud cries and tears—offered in his earthly life (cf. Heb. 5:7),
and which enjoy a special efficacy for this reason. In this way, “not only by
charity, example, and works of penance, but also by prayer does the ecclesial
community exercise a true maternal function in bringing souls to Christ FS 42

36. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
CHRIST
Resurrection – according to the gospels
Christ the King
Christ lives
Body of Christ - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Christ and his Kingdom
Sacred Heart 1 + 2 – bible and doctrine –
Haurietis aquas – the cult of the Sacred Heart
Vocation to beatitude
Vocation to evangelize with Christ
CHURCH
Divine Revelation
Priestly Ministry
Human Community
Church, Mother and Teacher
Signs of hope
youth synod
CULTURE and HISTORY
Columbus and the discovery of America
Confraternities and processions– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival of lights – Hindi feast
Football in Spain
President Trump
Russian Revolution and Communism 1, 2, 3
Sevilla's fair
Virgen del Pilar and Hispanicity
FAMILY, CHILDREN
Grandparents
Love and Marriage 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignity of women – John Paul II
God of Love (sex)
World Meeting of Families Rome 2022 – festival of families
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
GOD
Angels
Come Holy Spirit
God is Love 1,2– Benedict XVI
Man, image of God
Trinity
LITURGICAL YEAR
Advent and Christmas, 1 + 2
All departed souls
All Saints – Halloween for Christians
Carnival and Lent
Christmas – the birth of our Lord
Holy Week for adults
Holy Week for children 8+ years
Holy Week - drawings for children
Holy Week – Views of the last hours of JC – the passion
Sunday – Lord's Day – JP2
Thanksgiving
POPE FRANCIS – TRAVEL
Pope Francis in Africa
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in Bahrain 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Brazil WYD 2013
Pope Francis in Bulgaria and Macedonia
Pope Francis in Canada 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Central African Republic
Pope Francis in Chile 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Cyprus
Pope Francis in Colombia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Congo 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Cuba 2015
Pope Francis in Egype
Pope Francis in Slovakia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Europe – parliament
Pope Francis in Fatima
Pope Francis in Greece
Pope Francis in Holy Land,
- Israel, Palestine Jordan
Pope Francis in Hungary 2021 + 2023
Pope Francis in Iraq 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Ireland
– world meeting of families
Pope Francis in Kenya
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Kazakhstan 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Malta
Pope Francis in Mexico
Pope Francis in Mexico 2016
Pope Francis in Mongolia
Pope Francis in Morocco
Pope Francis in Panama – WYD 2019
Pope Francis in Peru
Pope Francis in Poland - Auschwitz
Pope Francis in Poland WYD 2016
Pope Francis in Portugal 2021 + WYD 2023
Pope Francis in Romania
Pope Francis in Sudan
Pope francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Thailand
Pope Francis in Uganda
Pope Francis in United Arab Emirates
MARIA
Fatima – History of the Apparitions of the Virgin
Mary and the Bible
Mary Doctrine and Dogmas
Medjugore pilgrimage
Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico – apparitions
Virgen de Pilar – Hispanic festival
Our Lady of Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explores Jupiter
Parker Solar Test
MORAL AND ETHICAL
Christian holidays - JP2
Conscience, human community,
human freedom and salvation
justification and grace, Life in Christ, merit and holiness
moral law, Morality of human acts, Passions, Sin, Sincerity
social justice, Social Life – participation, Virtue, vice
Vocation – www.vocation.org
Vocation to evangelize
Vocation to beatitude
Pope John XXIII – Peace on Earth
Pope Paul VI
Pope Juan Pablo II –
Redeemer of man,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Pope Benedict XVII - in Germany WYD 2005
POPE FRANCIS – DOCUMENTS
love and marriage - Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4 –
5.6
Christ lives - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8
LAUDATE Sii
1 – care of the common home
2 – gospel of creation
3 – The root of the ecological crisis
4 – integral ecology
5 – lines of action
6 – Ecological Education and Spirituality
LAUDATE DEUM
LUMEN FIDEI – chapter 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Face of Mercy
Dear Amazonia 1,2,3,4

37. SAINTS and MARTYRS
Martyrs of Albania
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of Libya
Martyrs of Japan
Martyrs of Uganda
Martyrs of Vietnam
Martires North American
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori
Saint Ambrose of Milan
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Anthony of the desert (Egypt)
Saint Bruno, founder of the Carthusians
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Clement of Rome, Pope and Martyr
Saint Ciyil y Methodius
Saint Columbanus 1,2
Saint Daniel Comboni
Saint Dominic de Guzman, Dominican founder
Saint Dominic Savio
Saint Stephen, proto-martyr
Saint Philip Neri
Saint Francis of Assisi 1,2,3,4
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis Xavier
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint Joaquin and Saint Ana
Saint Joseph, worker, husband, father
Saint John Bosco, founder of the Salesians
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint John of Damascus
Saint John of the Cross
Saint John Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
Saint John Henry Newman, Cardinal
Saint John N. Neumann, Bishop of
Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Leo the Great
Saint Luke the Evangelist
Saint Mark the Evangelist
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Nazarius and Celsus
Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus)
Saint Paul, 1 + 2
Saint Padre Pio of Pietralcina
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saint Perpetua and Felicity
Saint Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint James the Apostle
Saint Simon and Judah Thaddeus, apostles
Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops, martyrs
Saint Zacharias and Elizabeth,
- parents of John the Baptist
Saint Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Valentine
Saint Vincent of Paul
Saint Zacharias and Saint Elizabeth
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Saint Brigid of Ireland
Saint Catherine of Alexandria,
- virgin and martyr
Saint Catherine of Siena
Saint Cecilia
Saint Faustina and divine mercy
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Saint Lucia, virgin and martyr
Saint Margaret of Scotland
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalene
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine
Saint Rita of Cascia
Saint Teresa of Avila
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Saint Therese of Lisieux 1 + 2
Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
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38. LISTA de PRESENTACIONES en ESPAÑOL
CRISTO
Resurrección – según los evangelios
Cristo Rey
Cristo vive
Cuerpo de Crito - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Cristo y su Reino
Sagrado Corazón 1 + 2 – biblia y doctrina–
Haurietis aquas – el culto del Sagrado Corazón
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Vocación a evangelizar con Cristo
IGLESIA
Revelacíon Divina
Ministerio sacerdotal
Comunidad humana
Iglesia, madre y maestra
Signos de esperanza
Sinodo jovenes
CULTURA Y HISTORIA
Colón y el descubriento de America
Confraternitdades y processiones– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival de luz – Fiesta Hindi
Futbol en España
Presidente Trump
Revolución y el Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Feria de Sevilla
Virgen del Pilar y Hispanicidad
FAMILIA, HIJOS, NIÑOS
Abuelos
Amor y Matrimonio 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignidad de la mujer – John Paul II
Dios de Amor (sexo)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias - Roma 2022 – festival de ls familias
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
DIOS
Angeles
Ven Espiritu Santo
Dios es Amor 1,2– Benedicto XVI
El hombre, imagen de Dios
Trinidad
AÑO LITURGICO
Adviento y Navidad 1 + 2
Todos las Almas
Todos los Santos– Halloween para Cristianos
Carnival y Cuaresma
Navidad– el nacimiento del Señor
Semana Santa para adullos
Semana Santa para niños 8+ años
Semana Santa – dibujos para niños
Semana Santa– Vistas de las ultimas oras de JC – La Pasión
Domingo– Dia del Señor – JP2
Accion de Gracias - Thanksgiving
MARIA
Fátima – Historia de las Aparitciones de la Virgen
Maria y la Biblia
Maria Doctrina y Dogmas
Medjugore peregrinación
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico – aparitciónes
Virgen del Pilar –festival hispanica
Nuestra Señora de Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explora Jupiter
Parker Sonda Solar
MORAL Y ETICA
Vacaciones Cristianos - JP2
Conciencia, Comunidad Humana, Libertad Humana y
Salvacion
Justificación y gracia, Vida en Cristo, Merito y Santidad, Ley
moral
Moraliidad de actos humanos, Pasiones, Pecado ,
Sinceridad
Justicia social ,Vida Social– participacion,Virtud
Vocación– www.vocation.org
Vocación a evangelizar
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Papa John XXIII – Paz en la tTerra
Papa Paul VI
Papa Juan Pablo II –
Redentor del hombre,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Papa Benedicto XVII – en Alemania JMJ 2005
PAPA FRANCISCO – DOCUMENTOS
Amor y matrimonio- Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4
– 5.6
Cristo vive - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8 (somos todos hermanos)
LAUDATE Sii
1 – cuidado de la casa común
2 – evangelio de la creación
3 – la raiz de la crisis ecologica
4 – ecologia integral
5 – lineas de acción
6 –Educación y Espiritualidad Ecological
LAUDATUM DEUM
LUMEN FIDEI – capitulo 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Rostro del Perdón
Querida Amazonia 1,2,3,4
PAPA FRANCISCO – VIAJES
Papa Francisco en Africa
Papa Francisco en America
Papa Francisco en Bahrain 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Brazil WYD 2013
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria and Macedonia
Papa Francisco en Canada 1,2,3
Papa Francisco en Central African Republic
Papa Francisco en Chile 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Chipre
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Congo 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba 2015
Papa Francisco en Egypto
Papa Francisco en Eslovaqiia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Europa – parliamento
Papa Francisco en Fatima, Portugal
Papa Francisco en Grecia
Papa Francisco en Tierra Santa, Israel, Palestine Jordan
Papa Francisco en Hungria 2021 + 2023
Papa Francisco en Iraq 1,2,3
Papa Francisco en Ireanda – encuentro mundial de familias
Papa Francisco en Kenia
Papa Francisco en Japón
Papa Francisco en Kazaquistan 1+ 2
Papa Francisco en Malta
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco en México 2016
Papa Francisco en Mongolia
Papa Francisco en Panama – JMJ 2019
Papa Francisco en Peru
Papa Francisco en Polonia- Auschwitz
Papa Francisco en Polonia – JMU - 2016
Papa Francisco en Portugal 2021 + JMJ 2023
Papa Francisco en Romania
Papa Francisco en Sudan
Papa Francisco en Suecia
Pope Francis en Tailandiia
Papa Francisco en Uganda
Papa Francisco en United Arab Emirates

39. SANTOS Y MÁRTIRES
Mártires de Albania
Mártires de Corea
Mártires de Libia
Mártires de Japón
Mártires de Uganda
Mártires de Vietnam
Mártires de Nortd America
San Alberto Magno
San Alfonso Maria Liguori
San Ambrosio de Milan
San Andrés, Apostol
San Antonio de Padua
San Antonio del desierto (Egypto)
San Bruno,
- fundador de los cartujos
San Carlos Borromeo
San Ciril and Metodio
San Clemente de Roma, papa y martir
San Columbanus 1,2
San Daniel Comboni
San Domingo de Guzman,
-fundador de los Dominicos
San Dominic Savio
San Esteban, proto-martir
San Felipe Neri
San Francis co de Asís 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
San Francisco Xavier
San Ignacio de Loyola
San Joaquin y Santa Ana
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Bosco, fundador de los Salesianos
San Juan Crisostom
San Juan Damascene
San Juan de la cruz
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
San Juan E. Newman, cardinal
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Filadelfia
San Juan Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
San Juan, Apostol y Evangelista
San Leon el Grande
San Lukas, Evangelista
San Marcos, Evangelista
San Martin de Porres
San Martin de Tours
San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista
San Maximiliana Kolbe
San Nazareo y Celso, martires
San Nicolas (Santa Claus)
San Pablo, 1 + 2
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio de Irlanda
San Pedro Claver
Santa Perpetua y Felicidad
San Roberto Bellarmino
Santiago, Apostol
San Simon y Judas Tadeo, apostoles
Santos Timoteo y Tito, obispos, mártires
San Zacharias e Isavel,
- padres de Juan el Bautista
San Tomás Beckett
San Tomás de Aquinas
San Valentino
San Vincent e de Paul
San Zacharias y Santa Isabel
Sant’ Agueda, virgen and martir
Santa Bernadita de Lourdes
Santa Brigid a de Irlanda
Santa Caterina de Alexandria, virgen y martir
Santa Caterina de Siena
Santa Cecilia, virgen e martir
Santa Faustina and divine mercy
Sant’ Agnes of Rome, virgen y martir
Sant’ Isabel de Hungria
Sant’ Inés, virgen y martir
Santa Lucia, virgen y martir
Santa Margarita de Escocia
Santa Maria Goretti
Santa Maria Magdalena
Santa Marta, Maria y Lazaro
Santa Monica, madre de San Augustine
Santa Rita de Cascia
Santa Teresa deAvila
Santa Teresa de Calcutta
Santa Terese de Lisieux 1 + 2
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