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« St. Joseph's Day: Father's Day in Italy, with zeppole | Main | Do Italians eat meatballs? » March 20, 2006House BlessingsI walked out of my apartment building this morning and noticed that an announcement was posted on the main door. I stared at it for a minute, trying to translate whether the building would be without hot water or have a temporary power outage. None of that -- it was naming the date that a Catholic priest would be in the building to bless each residence with holy water for Easter. As I looked up and down the street, I saw that every door had the same sign posted. This caught me by surprise - I only know of priests coming to bless houses in exorcism horror movies! Apparently, this is a ritual that was traditionally done on the eve of Easter. Homes are blessed by the parish priest in memory of the angel who signed door-posts with lamb's blood in Egypt. Although Easter is a ways away, I suppose Rome is just too big for the priests to hit every house the day before Easter. Posted by Kelsea CommentsI loved your blog about the house blessing. The priest used to come to our house when Jan and I were little to bless it. He did it after Christmas - it had something to do with the Three Kings. I thought it was a Polish thing. I still have the candles and cross and holy water that Nana used to put out for the priest. Ask your mom if she Posted by: Beverly at March 22, 2006 10:16 AM |
Kelsea Brennan-Wessels is a sophomore at The American University of Rome |
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I loved your blog about the house blessing. The priest used to come to our house when Jan and I were little to bless it. He did it after Christmas - it had something to do with the Three Kings. I thought it was a Polish thing. I still have the candles and cross and holy water that Nana used to put out for the priest. Ask your mom if she
remembers.
Bev
Posted by: Beverly | March 22, 2006 10:16 AM