Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

Cardinal Godfried Danneels vested in a humeral veil, holding a monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament

Benediction at a Carmelite friary in Ghent, Belgium

Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, also called Benediction with the Blessed Sacrament or the Rite of Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction, is a devotional ceremony, celebrated especially in the Roman Catholic Church, but also in some other Christian traditions such as Anglo-Catholicism,^[1]^[2] whereby a bishop, a priest, or a deacon blesses the congregation with the Eucharist at the end of a period of adoration.^[3]

^ Petiprin, Andrew (September 5, 2016). "Benediction is Good for the (Anglican) Soul". The Living Church.
^ "Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament". The Anglican Service Book.
^ Congregation for Divine Worship, Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharist outside Mass, 91

[1] Petiprin, Andrew (September 5, 2016). "Benediction is Good for the (Anglican) Soul". The Living Church.

[2] "Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament". The Anglican Service Book.

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