Over 200 blessings are included: for candles, ashes, palms, holy water, homes, vehicles, farm animals, food, and against storms or pests. These benedictions weave a distinctly Catholic worldview—that all of creation can be sanctified by the priesthood of Christ.
It is the "priest’s field manual." It contains the rites for the seven sacraments as they were administered in their non-Solemn forms (Baptism, Matrimony, Extreme Unction, etc.), as well as a vast array of blessings, processions, and exorcisms. It is a book of pastoral care, used in the delivery room, the hospital bed, the battlefield, and the parish hall.
Rituale Romanum 1952 is the last editio typica (official model edition) of the Roman Ritual issued before the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council adoremus.org
While primarily for the Breviary, they offer links to the Ritual in PDF form as part of their liturgical library.
