Question:
What does the Catholic Church mean by "blessed"?
Answer:
As a verb, blessed (pronounced as one syllable) is the past tense of “to bless,” which means to make or declare holy.
As an adjective (pronounced as two syllables) it means it means holy as in the blessed Virgin Mary or as in the Canticle of Zachariah: “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel . . .”
As a noun, it refers to the souls in heaven; the blessed (two syllables). It is also the last designation for a holy person before being designated a saint.
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