භාග්‍යවන්ත ධූරයට එසවීම

Beatification (from beatus, "blessed") is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name (). Beatification is the third of the four steps in the process. A person who is beatified is in English given the title "Blessed".

පූර්ව අවුරුදු 400 තුලදී එතුමන්ගේ පූර්වප්‍රාප්තිකයන් විසින් සිදු කලාට වඩා බොහෝ විශ්වාසකයින් දෙවන ජුවාම් පාවුළු පාප්වහන්සේ විසින් භාග්‍යවත්ධූරයට ඔසවනු ලැබුණු අතර, එතුමන්ගේ මරණයෙන් වසර හයකට පසුව එතුමන්ව භාග්‍යවන්තධූරයට ඔසවනු ලැබුවේ 2011 වසරෙහි ඉරුදිනදීය.

History

Since the Catholic Church reform of 1983, one must be believed to have taken place through the intercession of the person to be beatified, though the medical investigations of the Church are privately conducted and therefore subject to speculation about their methods.

The requirement of a miracle is not necessary for those who have died a , as their sanctity is already evident because they were killed distinctly out of hatred for the faith ("odium fidei"). More about the process can be found in the article on .

The for a Blessed person is not universal, but is celebrated only in regions where the person receives particular . For instance, Saint was honored in the United States of America and Canada during her time as Blessed. The person may also be honored in a particular religious order. For instance, veneration of is found in the , Germany, and among the and other places. Similarly, veneration of the Blessed is particular to the movement, and also demonstrates that, contrary to popular opinion, beatification may take place within a short time after the death of an individual (in this case, just twenty years).

Beatification practices under the Popes

(18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) markedly changed previous Catholic practice of beatification. By October 2004, he had beatified 1340 people, more than the sum of all of his predecessors since (1585–1590), who established a beatification procedure similar to that used today. John Paul II's successor, , removed the custom of holding beatification rites in the with the Pope presiding; they can now be held where the subject lived with the Prefect of the designated to preside over the ceremony as Papal Delegate. The Pope himself can still preside, as happened on 19 September 2010, when Benedict XVI beatified in , , on the last day of his visit to the United Kingdom. Benedict XVI also personally celebrated the Beatification Mass for his predecessor, John Paul II, at St. Peter's Basilica, on the Second Sunday of Easter, or Sunday, on 1 May 2011, an event that drew more than a million people.

Cultus confirmation

Cultus confirmation is a somewhat different procedure, where the church recognizes a local cult of a person, asserting that veneration of that person is acceptable. Such a confirmation is more an official sanctioning of than an active step in a canonization procedure, but the object of the cult may equally be addressed as "Blessed."

Notes

1. Foster, Peter (5 September 2007). "Mother Teresa 'miracle' patient accuses nuns". The Daily Telegraph.
2. "Pope paves way to beatification of John Paul II". BBC News. 14 January 2011.
3. There have, however, been occasions where instead a Cardinal from the local region was put in place.
4. "Patron Saints Index Definition: Cultus Confirmation". Catholic-forum.com. සම්ප්‍රවේශය 2013-03-26.

References

• Vatican website, with new procedures
• "The Process of Becoming a Saint" – article from the Arlington Catholic Herald explaining the history of the process of becoming a saint
• "Beatification and Canonization". .
•  "The Blessed". . New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. 
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:  . New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. 

External links

• List of all Blesseds in the Catholic Church 2014-02-04 at the Wayback Machine by GCatholic.org.