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July 23, 2003 7:35 PM

Blessing of the Cars. This Saturday, at at Hansen Dam in Los Angeles, there will be a mass blessing of cars by a Catholic priest, followed by individual blessing of each vehicle.
posted by xowie (7 comments total)

blessing of the bikes

actually, the 'lakeshore' blessing is an upstart, the 'real' blessing occurs near baldwin, mi in late may.
posted by quonsar at 7:52 PM on July 23, 2003

woo hoo! the link has some shag art in the top left corner.
posted by asterisk at 12:43 AM on July 24, 2003

Hooray for Shag art. :)
posted by jca at 1:18 AM on July 24, 2003

True Belivers. Would somebody please bless my laptop?
posted by hoskala at 2:38 AM on July 24, 2003

Not as cool of a website, but hindus do car puja all the time.
posted by goethean at 8:02 AM on July 24, 2003

Like I'd let a catholic priest near my car. Hey! Get your hands off the upholstery buddy!
posted by mecran01 at 8:16 AM on July 24, 2003

...in Los Angeles, there will be a mass blessing of cars by a Catholic priest, followed by individual blessing of each vehicle

and then immediately followed by the Blessing of the Smog:

"O Lord, we beseech Thee, bless Thou this Holy Brown Smog of the City of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels, so that those who breathe it, those whose eyes water from it, those whose lungs close up from it may cough and weep and make snot for the greater glory of Thee; that these blessed vehicles may contribute to Smog Alert the First Stage, Smog Alert the Second Stage and Smog Alert the Third Stage, mirroring Thy Holy Trinity; and may the Big Brown Bilious Blob blanket and obscure the view of Thy glorious city ... in Thy mercy. Amen."
posted by chuq at 12:58 PM on July 24, 2003