Does Consecrated Mean Blessed?

Consecration in the strict sense is distinguished from blessing, benediction, or dedication in that consecration effects an intimate transformation in the essence of the object and that it is permanent and can be neither revoked nor repeated.

What does it mean if you are consecrated?

1 : to induct (a person) into a permanent office with a religious rite especially : to ordain to the office of bishop. 2a : to make or declare sacred especially : to devote irrevocably to the worship of God by a solemn ceremony consecrate a church.

What is a Catholic consecration?

When something is consecrated it is declared to be sacred or holy. Many Catholics, for example, believe that bread and wine are consecrated, or made sacred during Holy Communion, becoming the body and blood of Christ. ... You might call a cemetery "consecrated ground."