Blessing Sentence Examples

He taught, also, that a friend is the greatest blessing that any one can have.

My blessing, and may Christ be with you in your great endeavor!

So you see what a blessing speech is to me.

On the contrary, they see that a manifest blessing has rested on women's preaching, and they regard its almost universal prohibition as a relic of the seclusion of women which was customary in the countries where Christianity took its rise.

Savonarola prayed with the two men, gave them his blessing, and exhorted them.

Finish it with my blessing.

With your blessing, I plan to ask Elisabeth to marry me.

The simplex is worn on Good Friday, and at masses for the dead; also at the blessing of the candles at Candlemas, the singing of the absolution at the coffin, and the solemn investiture with the pallium.

Violet vestments are also worn on days of intercession, at votive masses of the Passion, at certain other masses of a pronouncedly intercessory and penitential character, at intercessory processions, at the blessing of candles on Candlemas Day, and at the blessing of the baptismal water.

This great work of reconstruction was only one feature of the literary activity which marked the I7th and 18th centuries, when, under Tokugawa rule, the blessing of long-unknown peace came to the nation.

In Rome the pope gave way to popular clamour, granting one concession after another, and on the 8th of February he publicly called down Gods blessing on Italythat Italy hated by the Austrians, whose name it had hitherto been a crime to mention.

In the usage of the Catholic Church, both East and West, though the benediction as defined above has its place as between one Christian and another, it has also a special place in the sacramental system in virtue of the special powers of blessing vested in the priesthood.

It is to be remarked that the "laying on of hands," which in the Old and the New Testament alike is the usual "form" of blessing, is not used in liturgical benedictions, the priest being directed merely to extend his right hand towards the person to be blessed.

In the reformed Churches the word "benediction" is technically confined to the blessing with which the priest or minister dismisses the congregation at the close of the service.

Of these water is the commonest, and its efficacy is enhanced if it be running, and still more if a magical or sacramental virtue has been imparted to it by ritual blessing or consecration.

In general it is laid down (cap. i.) that the priest, in benedictions outside the Mass, shall be vested in surplice and stole, and shall give the blessing standing and bare-headed.

In the blessing of the holy water (cap. ii.), the essential instrument of all benedictions, the object is clearly to establish its potency against evil spirits.

The blessing of the Bread and Cup, as an incident in a feast of Christian brotherhood, is all that the Didache has in common with Paul and the Synoptists.

Alex and Carmen turned over the insurance money to her, with the blessing of the entire family.

Their loss strengthened their faith in God and soon realized that having children was a blessing.

The meteor shower changed the town landscape, leaving families wounded and forever altered, while blessing one childless couple, the Kents, with a son.

These fakes come about in a number of ways and sometimes with the actor's blessing.

Among the many miseries .nflicted upon Italy by the frequent changes of her northern rulers, this at least may be reckoned a blessing.

The power to bless in this ecclesiastical sense is reserved to priests alone; the blessing of the paschal candle on Holy Saturday by the deacon being the one exception that proves the rule, for he uses for the purpose grains of incense previously blessed by the priest at the altar.

Both by Catholics and by Protestants blessings may be applied to things inanimate as well as animate; but while in the reformed Churches this involves no more than an appeal to God for a special blessing, or a solemn "setting apart" of persons or objects for sacred purpoes, in the Catholic idea it implies a special power, conferred by God, of the priests over the invisible forces of evil.

Marr of the Grusian (Georgian) text, and he added to it (Leipzig, 1904) a translation of various small exegetical pieces, which are preserved in a Georgian version only (The Blessing of Jacob, The Blessing of Moses, The Narrative of David and Goliath).

The origin of the ceremony of blessing the palms is more obscure.

In the formulae of blessings that follow, the special efficacy against devils is implied by the aspersion with holy water; the benedictions themselves are usually merely invocative of the divine protection or assistance, though, e.g., in the form for blessing sick animals the priest prays that "all diabolic power in them may be destroyed, and that they may be ill no longer."

The children masquerade, and their parents are enjoined to drink wine until they cannot distinguish between blessing Mordecai and cursing Haman.

The elaborate system of education, culminating in the reconstituted, or new-founded, universities of Dorpat, Vilna, Kazan and Kharkov, was strangled in the supposed interests of " order " and of orthodox piety; while the military colonies which Alexander proclaimed as a blessing to both soldiers and state were forced on the unwilling peasantry and army with pitiless cruelty.

With a little more wit we might use these materials so as to become richer than the richest now are, and make our civilization a blessing.

The father and mother came into the room and gave the betrothed couple their blessing.

So go, with God's blessing!

For many Christians, blessing same-sex partnerships would be the final nail in the coffin for " family values " in our society !

Emily moved to Las Vegas to pursue her career and build a relationship with a new boyfriend, all with her family's blessing.

You really must look at the positive side of things and what you have is a blessing.

In the future, robots will probably take a more intelligent and free-thinking approach to completing tasks, which can either be a blessing or a hindrance, depending on your opinion or robots.

One blessing is found in the fact oily skin tends to age more slowly than any other skin type.

The Catholic church has also recently embraced the Internet, giving it its "blessing" and urging individuals to use the World Wide Web as a "force for unity."

That is both the blessing and curse of JavaScript - while it can be quite useful and enriching, it can also be annoying and malicious.

The fact that the web is a truly global marketplace is both a blessing and a curse for web sites.

The open nature of the Dreamweaver Exchange is both a blessing and a curse.

They might at the outset either have let the trek Boers go, and given them their blessing and liberty, or they might have controlled the trek and ' Part of the territory thus reannexed was added to Cape Colony while the region between the Keiskamma and Kei was created a separate territory under the name of British Kaffraria.

In this incomparable work St Anne, pointing upward with her left hand, smiles with an intense look of wondering, questioning, inward sweetness into the face of the Virgin, who in her turn smiles down upon her child as He leans from her lap to give the blessing to the little St John standing beside her.

The custom of blessing the candles for the whole year on this day, whence the name Candlemas is derived, did not come into common use until the i 1 th century.

Methuselah asks Enoch's blessing before he departs, and to all his sons and their families Enoch gives fresh instruction.

He thus gained the blessing intended for the first-born, and Esau, on hearing how he had been forestalled, vowed to kill him.

The same mouth can pronounce a blessing or a curse.

The last day of any season is always a mixed blessing.

A praising, thankful heart is a blessing in itself.

He instances the blessing of the water of baptism, of the oil of anointing and of the baptizand himself, the use of anointing him with oil, trine immersion, the formal renunciation of Satan and his angels.

He also obtained the blessing of Pope Alexander II.

For these misgovernances the hearts of the people were turned from them that had the land in lule, and their blessing was turned to cursing.

Whatever be the truth in the assertion that death rather than sin is the enemy dreaded by Eastern Christianity, and immortality rather than forgiveness the blessing craved, it is difficult to take the talk about deification as anything more than rhetoric. Did they not start from belief in one God ?

Not even the acceptance of forgiveness as the central religious blessing is exclusively Ritschlian; still, it is a challenge alike to the 18th century, to the Church of Rome and to the modern mind.

Though bitterly disappoii_ted Balak still attempted to effect his purpose and took Balaam to the top of Pisgah, with the result that Israel received a second blessing.

Bruston maintains with reason that the Blessing, strictly so called, consists only of vv.

There are several difficulties in Jacob's blessing of the sons of Joseph (xlviii.).

The only insuperable barrier to a barragania was the previous marriage with the blessing, the full religious marriage, of the woman to another man.

Like the former, he believes in a supreme personal God, possessing all gracious qualities (saguna), not in the quality-less (nirguna) neuter impersonal Brahman of Sankaracharya; this Lord Himself once took the human form, and became incarnate, for the blessing of mankind, as Rama.

Among the charitable institutions are Blessing Hospital (1875), St Mary's Hospital (1867; in charge of the Sisters of the Poor of St Francis), the Woodland Home for Orphans and Friendless (1853), St Aloysius Orphans' Home (1865), and several homes for the aged and infirm.

As for Econ Scrutiny, we're doing nothing remotely illegal and have the blessing of your so-called big names.

Although the sextile aspect speaks of good opportunities up for grabs, I feel this might be a mixed blessing.

He created man to enjoy the bounty of His blessing.

Let us wait on God, in holy concord, and the blessing is sure to come.

And I also miss the final blessing by the Lilac Fairy in Act 3 after all the wedding divertissements in the Royal Ballet production.

The Lord give his blessing to make sacred truths effectual upon the souls of men.

The concert ended with an encore of " An Irish Blessing " a beautifully evocative air.

In the cave were found clay figurines invoking the blessing of children and women pregnant or giving birth.

You will become a gushing fountain of divine blessing.

It could therefore be that using a single gestalt throughout the execution could be a false blessing when novices are using the trace unaided.

Later we shared in the Peace and Blessing of Communion remembering the Last Supper and how Jesus shared this with his disciples.

Larry Stammer of the Los Angeles Times reports that Bishop Jon Bruno has said he will observe a personal moratorium on blessing same-sex unions.

It's a blessing that such a curious and fragile pop oddity can exist in this blustery and busy modern world.

It was the first time that John Paul II had failed to deliver the Angelus blessing in his 26-year pontificate.

A blessing was a prayer to God to make someone prosperous.

His left hand is raised in blessing, while in his right hand he is holding a scepter.

Sometimes even tho it might make you feel a bit self-conscious, let people pour blessing on you!

The midday sunshine can be a mixed blessing look for dappled shade for best results.

His comfort, his success, his reputation, his joy, his fulfillment, his blessing are her delight, utterly unselfish.

It must not be supposed, however, that the Catholic idea of a sacerdotal blessing has anything of the vague character associated with a benediction by Protestants.

The present entrance to the Palacio Arabe, or Casa Real (Moorish palace), is by a small door from which a corridor conducts to the Patio de los Arrayanes (Court of the Myrtles), also called the Patio de la Alberca (Court of the Blessing or Court of the Pond), from the Moorish birka, " pond," or berka, " blessing."

Upon reaching land, the Pope went into raptures about the rescue and said I give you my blessing for your brave actions.

The copper ' peg ' acted as a record for posterity and to receive the god 's blessing.

Do you rejoice more in the blessing that comes to others than you do in that which comes to you?

Now the remission of sins is a blessing not to be missed.

Rogation Day Ceremonies, with their blessing of the fields, is probably a Christianisation of such activities.

Sometimes even tho it might make you feel a bit self-conscious, let people pour blessing on you !

Blessing sorry out of stock A sweet, harmonious incense containing cleansing ingredients like lavender and blessed thistle for spirituality.

For parents who have maintained reasonable expectations of the infant stage and are ready to adapt, a newborn baby will be a consummate blessing.

International Adoptions are one more avenue people use to welcome the blessing of children into the family.

While this may be a blessing, it can also compound the emotional turmoil that parents are already going through.

For certain infant personalities, a swing is a tremendous blessing since it functions as a nap aid.

Perform a House Cleansing or House Blessing - Burn Sage, incense or candles after someone in your family has been ill, after an argument or any other type of emotional upset.

Be sure to have your dentist's blessing before taking it upon yourself to bleach your teeth with any type of tooth whitening product.

The Internet is a blessing to those who are seeking the best travel deals, and perhaps a small nightmare to the traditional brick-and-mortar travel agencies.

The title "My Blessing" is adorned with a daisy and set against a pink gingham background.

Most importantly, your graduation prayer should include a blessing over not just the graduates themselves, but their future.

Actually, long hair can sometimes be a blessing or a curse.

Some places, such as Hawaiian Wedding Shop and A Traveler's Blessing, specialize in beach wedding, travel, and casual wear.

A Traveler's Blessing sells beach and cruise wear, including pretty silk sarongs and sarong skirts.

Wedding Tips has samples of vows from different religious traditions, including a blessing of the Apaches and an explanation of a handfasting ceremony.

Knowing the union has the blessing of those most important to them will make new spouses feel truly welcomed into their new family.

After each blessing, the groom will take a sip of wine.

As I have often said, I learn something new every day, which is a blessing because this strengthens both the bonds and the relationships I share with my dogs.

We read that it cannot be grafted, which is a blessing, as the natural way of producing it is much better.

Blessing jewelry designs includes necklaces, rings and bracelets.

All of this type of jewelry uses the word blessing in some form.

Some charms depict Jesus blessing the food.

St. Patrick drew a Christian Latin cross through a Druid circle symbol for the sun, blessing it and explaining Christianity to them in terms they understood through a familiar symbol.

While it can be hard to transition into a retirement home or a senior housing community, this situation can often be a blessing in disguise.

Many seniors will resist being admitted into a nursing home, but the higher level of care can be a great blessing.

For many enthusiasts, video game importers are an absolute blessing, because it is through them that you can get your hands on a variety of titles and accessories that you may not otherwise have access to in your home country.

The young man is asking his girlfriend's father for his blessing in marriage.

In some ways this was a blessing, because it meant that a great variety of dance forms and creativity was spread throughout Europe.

While having a baby is a blessing, it can take a toll on the family's finances.

Skimpy bikinis are a blessing to some and an annoyance to others.

And while times have changed, having more dress options in the work force has been something of a mixed blessing.

Having a way to slow down the fan is truly a blessing when you're trying to watch a movie or program on television.

Wicca magic (or magick) can be done for any need, whether it is a blessing for a new baby or to ward away suspected evil intentions.

Using a candle holder with a design, scripture or blessing unique to your faith adds to the beauty of the moment.

A gorgeous limited edition porcelain votive holder featuring the Native American artwork of Lee Bogle on one side and a traditional blessing on the reverse side.

Secondly, you will want the letter to come from someone official - a pastor, the church bookkeeper, an elder - someone who is informed as to what is going on in the church and gives their full blessing to seek funds for the need.

From a blessing for the Christmas tree to prayers to say before opening gifts, these prayers remind the listener of the meaning in the season and to be thankful for God's blessings.

Being pregnant on Halloween is a blessing in its own right because it's the only time maternity Halloween costumes can be creatively worn.

What's more, the virtually unlimited selection of Renaissance costumes for children is a blessing for parents who don't enjoy hunting for must-have clothing and accessories for kids determined to imitate authentic Renaissance villagers.

The Internet provides the ability to be anonymous, which can be a blessing for those that are particularly shy at meeting new people.

The awareness can also be a blessing if you are willing to ask yourself a few tough questions.

As for being a virgin, think of this as a blessing.

This blessing will be no different for your partner.

Virgo's tendencies to avoid conflict are both a blessing and curse.

General Hospital spoilers are the blessing and the curse of fans.

At the end of the fourth and last season, with Matt's blessing and assistance, Kris and Junior are finally married.

However, that is a mixed blessing - not all of the books are accurate, and at the very least, finding the right book to meet parents or teachers' needs can be a challenge in and of itself.

The adage, 'a blessing in disguise', may not sit well when there are bills to pay and rapidly dwindling funds.

Wishing you every blessing as we celebrate the birth of Jesus - our Lord, our Savior, our all.

Especially those women who participate in gymnastics, figure skating, tennis, dance, or any other sport where tight clothing is often required, the low rise thong can be a huge blessing.

This is a blessing for the host because rather than focusing on heavy barbecue, your summer solstice dinner menu can feature lighter, brighter flavors.

The Bat Mitzvah recites a blessing over the Torah, the Jewish holy book, and reads a passage to the gathered congregation.

Blessing the temple required an abundant supply of oil, but there was only enough for one day's burning.

Add some lucky pennies to scratch the tickets with, and include a traditional Irish blessing for luck.

They state that they believe each child is a blessing and that having this many kids is God's plan for them.

When you want a baby so bad, the first morning of sickness is a blessing.

In Cade's case, that was probably a blessing at times.

Her brain tumor never seemed like a blessing before now.

You have my blessing.

He said they weren't going to get his blessing, so it was highly unlikely.

If you can rope her into getting married, you've got my blessing.

The Norman conquest of England was at the moment a curse; the Norman conquest of Sicily was at the moment a blessing.

The other form, which was probably a relic of the conception of Yahweh as the author of natural fertility, was that part of the fruits of the earth should be offered to God in acknowledgment of His bounty, and that what was so offered was especially blessed and brought a blessing upon both those who offered it and those who afterwards partook of it.

But according to the proverb of my country, ` where blessing can accomplish nothing, blows may avail.'

The blanched fronds are also sold in large quantities for the processions of Palm Sunday, and after they have received the blessing of the priest they are regarded throughout Spain as certain defences against lightning.

The pastoral staff is carried in the left hand, in order that the right may remain free to give the blessing.

But though by some the benediction has thus been brought into connexion with the supreme means of grace, the sacrifice of the Mass, the blessing does not in itself confer grace and does not act on its recipients ex opere operato.

The second of these brings the act of benediction into contact with the principle of consecration; for by the formal blessing by the duly constituted authority persons, places and things are consecrated, i.e.

At an earlier date the prophet Haggai had taught that the people could not expect Yahweh's blessing while the Temple lay in ruins.

After Prometheus had stolen fire from heaven and bestowed it upon mortals Zeus determined to counteract this blessing.

On Saturday the 8th of June he was able, with the help of one of his monks, to ascend a little hill above the monastery and to give it his farewell blessing.

On the 12th of May, at Strafford's request, the archbishop appeared at the window of his cell to give him his blessing on his way to execution, and fainted as he passed by.

For we offer to God the bread and the cup of blessing (€ Xoyia), thanking him for that he bade the earth produce these fruits for our sustenance.

The gesture described was probably the same as that with which a Christian priest averts demonic influences from the heads of his congregation in the act of blessing them.

On opening the door he welcomed the new arrival with a blessing - Benedicite.

At the end of the mass the cleric, clad in chasuble and stole and bearing a linen bag on one arm, comes before the pope or bishop and receives a blessing.

Six hundred acres, the "Ten Hills Farm," were granted here in 1631 to John Winthrop, who built and launched here in that year the "Blessing of the Bay," the first ship built in Massachusetts.

Originally Caleb alone was exempt and for his faith received a blessing; later tradition adds Joshua and in Deut.

The Anglican Church retains only the Biblical symbolism of " the blessing of the hand."

In the American Prayer Book the office of Commination is omitted, with the exception of the three concluding prayers, which are derived from the prayers and anthems said or sung during the blessing and distribution of the ashes according to the Sarum Missal.

The Spanish conquistador and his descendants have not been a blessing to the basin of the Orinoco.

In their older rituals we find a rite for blessing a painted church, but no word of statues.

In the Pontificale Romanum, the old Ordo Romanus and the manual or Common Prayer Book in use in England before the Reformation forms for the blessing or consecration of new knights are included, and of these the first and the last are quoted by Selden.

Fortunately the phosphorus, turned from a curse into a blessing, develops by its oxidation the needed temperature, though the fact that this requires at least i.

The earliest record in the West of the blessing of the palms and the subsequent procession is the liber ordinum of the West Gothic Church (published by Fhrotin, Paris, 1904, pp. 178 sqq.), which dates from the 6th century; this shows plainly that the ceremonial of the procession had been borrowed from Jerusalem.

The blessing of the palms and the procession were, however, abolished at the Reformation, and the name "Palm Sunday," though it survives in popular usage, is not mentioned in the Book of Common Prayer.

The modern revival, in certain churches of an "advanced" type, of the ceremonies of blessing the palms and carrying them in procession has no official warrant, and is therefore without any significance as illustrating the authoritative point of view of the Church of England.

This was prescribed by the Church order (Kirchenordnung) of 1540, but without the ceremony of blessing the palms; it was abolished by the revised Church order of 1572.

When they had crossed the master desired the disciple to ask some parting blessing.

But papal interests were on the side of Charles; and he went forth with the blessing of the church to win back his lost kingdom.

The complete service (missa ad integrum), the bishop goes on to say, cannot be had at home by reading and prayer, but only in the house of God, where, besides the Eucharist, "the divine word is preached and the blessing is given to the people."

Ferdinand and Maria Carolina had continued to reign in Sicily, where the extravagance of the court and the odious Neapolitan system of police espionage rendered their presence a burden instead of a blessing to the island.

The perfect man thus described will not be angry with the wrongdoer; he will only pity his erring brother; for anger in such a case would only betray that he too thought the wrong-doer gained a substantial blessing by his wrongful act, instead of being, as he is, utterly ruined.

Certain it is that though the unprejudiced must admit that exclusion has not been at all an unmixed blessing, yet the consensus of opinion is that a large population, non-citizen and non-assimilable, sending - it is said - most of their earnings to China, living in the main meanly at best, and practically without wives, children or homes, is socially and economically a menace outweighing the undoubted convenience of cheaper (and frequently more trustworthy) menial labour than the other population affords.

From 1835 to 1861 many leading Virginians defended slavery as a blessing and as part of a divinely established order.

Political troubles and the unhappy condition of the Jews probably furnish the explanation; hence also the abundance of Palestinian haggadic literature in the Midrashim, whose " words of blessing and consolation " appealed more to their feelings than did the legal writings.

As to the blessing of candles, according to the Liber pontificals Pope Zosimus in 417 ordered these to be blessed, 8 and the Gallican and Mozabaric rituals also provided for this ceremony.9 The Feast of the Purification of the Virgin, known as Candlemas, because on this day the candles for the whole year are blessed, was established - according to some authorities - by Pope Gelasius I.

That even in the 7th century the blessing of candles was by no means universal is proved by the 9th canon of the council ofiToledo (671),;" De benedicendo cereo et lucerna in privilegiis Paschae."

When only the central one is left it is taken clown and carried behind the altar, thus symbolizing the 1 All three conceptions are brought out in the prayers for the blessing of candles on the Feast of the Purification of the B.V.M.

Quebec was not long to enjoy the blessing of peace.

Beating the bounds had a religious side in the practice which originated the term Rogation, the accompanying clergy being supposed to beseech (rogare) the divine blessing upon the parish lands for the ensuing harvest.

Do you know what the Aaronic benediction and blessing is in Numbers chapter 6 and verses 23 through to 27?

Greater participation in the outside labor market is not necessarily an unmixed blessing for women.

He must pass on his blessing, and with his blessing God's covenant blessing to his son.

The cooling breezes across the decks are a blessing.

Think of it now, and let it make every blessing brighter because your dear Father sends it to you.

At the conclusion of his literary labours, as the only Roman who had ever taken for his theme the whole realm of nature, he prays for the blessing of the universal mother on his completed work.

In the morning he was still able to give his blessing, but in the afternoon he became drowsy, and at a quarter past seven in the evening on the 13th of December 1784, in his seventysixth year, he passed away.

As Tertullian relates of his contemporaries in the 2nd century, so the Cathars would reserve part of their bread of blessing and keep it for years, eating of it occasionally though only after saying the Benedicite.

From the beginning of recorded history, the River Nile has been a blessing in an otherwise barren, inhospitable world.

Chief selector Wasim Bari gave his blessing from Pakistan.

Don't ask for my blessing, though, because you're not going to get it.

Without his assent and blessing no important decisions were taken, all state documents emanating from the highest authority bore his signature, and he was regarded, both in the official world and by the xxru.

After two weeks he left, having received the blessing of Pope Adrian VI., and proceeded by Padua to Venice, where he begged his bread and slept in the Piazza di San Marco until a rich Spaniard gave him shelter and obtained an order from the doge for a passage in a pilgrim ship bound for Cyprus, whence he could get to Jaffa.

To the pope alone is reserved the blessing of the pallium, the golden rose, the "Agnus-Dei" and royal swords; he alone, too, can issue blessings that involve some days' indulgence.

The appendix de Benedictionibus to the Rituale Romanum contains formulae, often of much simple beauty, for blessing all manner of persons and things, from the congregation as a whole and sick men and women, to railways, ships, blast-furnaces, lime-kilns, articles of food, medicine and medical bandages and all manner of domestic animals.

The promises of Old Testament prophets that the Gentiles would share in the blessing of the coming of Christ are also recalled, ii.

Balak offers sacrifices, but Yahweh inspires Balaam with a blessing on Israel.

He died in the attitude of blessing and uttering words of forgiveness.

After a brief description of the campaign and the two battles in which he had taken part, and his promotion, Nicholas said that he kissed his father's and mother's hands asking for their blessing, and that he kissed Vera, Natasha, and Petya.

Insomnia was a blessing from such darkness.

It is said that while the archbishop was blessing the fleet the silver cross of his archiepiscopal staff fell off, but that the omen was disregarded by .the irreverence of the Pisans, who declared that if they had the wind they could do without divine help. They advanced in line abreast to meet the first line of the Genoese, fighting according to the medieval custom to ram and board.

His widow, however, bore a posthumous child, also named Germanus, of whom Jordanes speaks (cap. 60) as "blending the blood of the Anicii and the Amals, and furnishing a hope under the divine blessing of one day uniting their glories."