like this to "bounce off" (whether or not individuals agree or disagree with the points made). People can find these documents online here and here . Blessings. Bosco, re your question about blessing buildings I have no problem with blessing as such and a space for divine worship almost implies blessing. yet some of the most significant masses I have assisted at have been in hospital rooms and private houses. As the eucharistic meal is significant to me- to the surprise of many acquaintances- naturally I expect them to be blessed, although I prefer consecrated.. But what the consecrated elements become I leave as a mystery. I note that "bless" originally probably meant mark or consecrate with blood which takes us into a wider sense of religion than just Christianity. As blood could well have meant the essence of life this makes significant sense. Of course being used to translate "Benedicare" it rather narrowed even down to give thanks I'm back of deck, well sort of, and a bit embarrassed about the punctuation in my last post...sorry. it is awful, but the topic really fired my imagination. I wanted to add one more thing to this discussion...I think there is a huge conversation to have about what 'sacred' is and what this means in terms of setting apart our churches and parts within our churches. In some places the altar and small sanctuary are enclosed in a cupboard like affair and only opened when church occurs. the nave is used