sacramentals

>definition
"'...sacred signs which bear a resemblance to the sacraments.'"
- ccc 1667 (sc 60; cf. CIC, can 1166; dded, can 867)

>effects
"'...men are disposed to receive the chief effect of the sacraments, and various occasions in life are rendered holy.'"
- ccc 1667

"...by the church's prayer, they prepare us to receive grace and dispose us to cooperate with it."
- ccc 1670

>examples
bessings of persons, meals, objects, and places
ex: persons
- blessing of the abbot or abbess of a monastery
- consecration of virgins and widows
- rite of religious profession
- blessing of certain ministries of the church (readers, acolytes, catechists, etc.)
(- ccc 1671)
- exorcism (ccc 1673)

ex: objects
- dedication or blessing of a church or an altar
- blessing of holy oils, vessels and vestments, bells, etc. (ccc 1673)