Since they have been established as a kind of imitation of the sacraments, blessings are signs above all of spiritual effects that are achieved through the Church's intercession.- Book of Blessings Approved for Use in the Dioceses of the United States of America. (New York, NY: Catholic Book Publishing, 1989), §10 p.XXV.
This brief statement packs in several topics important to my thesis. That sacramentals cause spiritual effects. That this is achieved through the Church's intercession, and that this can be understood by an analogy between the sacraments and sacramentals.
The preanotanda cites Sacrosanctum Concilium article 60 here.
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