Bell consecration
A bell-ordination is in the Catholic Church after the completion of a church or after a Neuguss one or more bells of a celebrant made. The consecration of a bell is initially the task of the local bishop , who can, however, delegate this task. The Benedictional for the Roman rite contains blessings for casting bells and the bell consecration.
The dispensing of this sacramental begins after the liturgical opening and the reading with the chanting of the 150th Psalm ( Ps 150 EU ), which can be followed by a homily . Then the celebrant says the praise and the blessing prayer . The bell is sprinkled with holy water , the incense with incense and the anointing of the bell in four places with chrism . Through prayer, God's blessing is sought for the service of the bell.
Pope John XIII consecrated bells for the first time in Rome in 968 . According to other traditions, the origin of the custom is older, as Charlemagne tried to ban the consecration of bells as early as 789 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Benediktionale, Freiburg 1991, pp. 160–162.
- ↑ Benediktionale - study edition for the Catholic dioceses of the German-speaking area , Einsiedeln 1978, 158–166.
