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History of Catholic Blessings A blessing (from to bless, Old English bleodsian or bletsian) originally meant "sprinkling with blood" during the pagan sacrifices, the Blóts (reference: AHD).

1. Any priest may confer the blessings of the Church, except those reserved to the Pope, to bishops, or to others.