Assertion: blessing | /r/HasProperty | sacramental
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Source sentences:
text: They are sacramentals and, as such, they are held to produce the following specific effects:
text: Blessings are called "sacramentals" because they prepare us to receive the grace of the sacraments and help us to grow to be more like Christ (see Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 1670).
text: They are sacramentals and, as such, produce the following specific effects: (I) Excitation of pious emotions and affections of the heart and, by means of these, remission of venial sin and of the temporal punishment due to it; (2) freedom from power of evil spirits; (3) preservation and restoration of bodily health; (4) various other benefits, temporal or spiritual.