Is it wrong to sell a Blessed object?

[geocajun]

I agree, and a certain amount of common sense is needed here. If you say that a blessed object could never be sold, then what would happen if a priest walked into a shop full of rosaries, statues etc and blessed the lot. Would that mean the shop would have to give them all away?

think about how many of us have had our homes blessed (or blessed it ourselves), or our cars, etc... think about the churches that have been sold over time as well...

 

[Aaron-Aggie]

Can. 1190 §1. It is absolutely forbidden to sell sacred relics.
§2. Relics of great significance and other relics honored with great reverence by the people cannot be alienated validly in any manner or transferred permanently without the permission of the Apostolic See.
§3. The prescript of §2 is valid also for images which are honored in some church with great reverence by the people.

Cannon law mentions relics but dosn't apper to mention other blessed items

 

[poppinskw]

I bought a Rosary from Trade Me [like your ebay] it was of Irish horn, it was old and I am assuming blessed as the person that sold it to me said she was unsure of selling a blessed item. She collects Rosaries and religious items.

Would I need to get this Rosary blessed again to be sure?

 

[BrRichSFO]

I bought a Rosary from Trade Me [like your ebay] it was of Irish horn, it was old and I am assuming blessed as the person that sold it to me said she was unsure of selling a blessed item. She collects Rosaries and religious items.

Would I need to get this Rosary blessed again to be sure?

If you payed for it then it is no longer Blessed.

 

[King of the Nations]

If you payed for it then it is no longer Blessed.

Brother, where are you getting this idea from?

Greg

 

[King of the Nations]

I agree, and a certain amount of common sense is needed here. If you say that a blessed object could never be sold, then what would happen if a priest walked into a shop full of rosaries, statues etc and blessed the lot. Would that mean the shop would have to give them all away?

No, if my and Michie's understanding is correct, there would be no sin on the store owners part in selling the items anyway; the onus would fall on the priest who, in a sense, would have just "stolen" everything in the store.

That said....The point made about things like houses being blessed does make me second guess my earlier presumption....

Greg

 

[Angeldove97]

My boyfriend (a Protestant) and I both got our cross necklaces blessed by my priest last Sunday. He said that whoever wears the cross, may they be blessed... as part of the blessing. So do blessings carry over from person to person? I'm just a little confused.

 

[King of the Nations]

My understanding from what I was taught in Roman Seminary is you may sell it, but you may not charge for the blessing. If the item is valued at x dollars, you may sell it for x dollars, but you can't add on to that price for the blessing. The topic came up because of my selling icons, many of which were already painted and blessed when I sold them. If the icon is worth $300 then I can only charge $300 for it, and not tack an additional $25 on for the fact the priest blessed it.

Maybe this hits the nail on the head right here...

(The teaching coming from a seminary, one might think one could simply take it for granted as true, but these days....ya just never know....)

Peace,

Greg