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== Benedictions == | == Benedictions == | ||
Is there a more trustworthy source than random tips from the Internet, though? I’m not sure how many churchgoers really listen to what the priest says during the ceremony | Is there a more trustworthy source than random tips from the Internet, though? I’m not sure how many churchgoers really listen to what the priest says during the food-blessing ceremony, but the blessing formulas he recites specify the food products that are actually being blessed. And explains why these and not others to boot! Bread and other baked goods are the first to be sprinkled with holy water. | ||
[[File:Święcenie jadła pod figurą.jpg|thumb|upright|Blessing of food outdoors, under a cross<br>{{small|By Jan Feliks Piwarski (1859)}}]] | [[File:Święcenie jadła pod figurą.jpg|thumb|upright|Blessing of food outdoors, under a cross<br>{{small|By Jan Feliks Piwarski (1859)}}]] | ||