Blessed Sentence Examples

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  • God has truly blessed us.

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  • The country to the east and south-east of the Aravallis affords a striking contrast to the sandy plains on the north-west of the range, and is blessed with fertile lands, hill-ranges and long stretches of forest, where fuel and fodder are abundant.

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  • They shared a rare bond, and felt blessed to have each other.

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  • And when he had blessed them, all began to sing; and the whole forest was filled with sweetness and joy because of their wonderful melodies.

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  • And, if practice makes perfect, Ouray, blessed with a beautiful but long winter season, gave its citizens ample opportunity to do just that.

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  • As for Fred, he was downright ecstatic about a baby in his adopted family—hang the underlying circumstances of the blessed event.

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  • The picture of the Blessed Virgin and Child, which De Rossi ascribed to the 2nd, if not to the 1st century, has received an unexpected proof of its antiquity.

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  • Valdemar cheerfully undertook a new crusade "for the honour of the Blessed Virgin and the remission of my own sins."

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  • The Hertz's had not been blessed with children and were adamant that they would love taking care of the twins.

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  • A part of her still believed it was playing god, though obviously God blessed the twins.

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  • The Lenkoran district, sometimes called Talysh, on the western side of the Kizil-Agach bay, is blessed with a rich vegetation, a fertile soil, and a moist climate.

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  • The petite brunette had certainly been blessed with her share of beauty.

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  • 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.

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  • It is the poor who are blessed not self-righteous prigs.

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  • The Friars of the Blessed Virgin of Mount Carmel or Carmelites or Whitefriars came to London in 1241, and made their home on land between Fleet Street and the Thames given by Edward I.

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  • The " blessed hope " is the victory of lunacy over reason.

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  • Here is Avalon, island of the blessed dead, gateway to the spirit realm.

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  • And this week there is a feeling of blessed relief in our town.

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  • The words of the Blessed Saint Michael Collier still resound.

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  • My brother Taylor read prayers, and assisted at the truly blessed sacrament.

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  • Let them therefore not be ordained nor blessed with these prayers.

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  • With all filial reverence devoutly do we kiss your blessed feet.

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  • Bridgett (Wisdom and Wit of Blessed Thomas More, London, 1891).

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  • Blessed is He Whose Portrait was drawn by the prophets The twelve children of Jacob proclaim the apostles.

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  • Forever cursed (Or blessed) With memories Lagging behind... savoring the moments Or reliving the nightmares Like a lazy wanderer.

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  • Most days were blessed by a sun that warmed you enough that a couple of heavy sweaters were more than adequate outer wear.

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  • Besides the State papers, the main sources for his biography are The Life and Death of that renowned John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester (London, 1655), by an anonymous writer, the best edition being that of Van Ortroy (Brussels, 1893) Bridgett's Life of Blessed John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester (London, 1880 and 1890); and Thureau, Le bienheureux Jean Fisher (Paris, 1907).

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  • Robert Southey never forgot how Wesley kissed his little sister and put his hand on his head and blessed him.

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  • If he has a balance of good works in his favour, he passes forthwith into paradise (Garo demana) and the blessed life.

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  • 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.

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  • Fortunately, too, at this crisis of their history, the Lithuanians were blessed with an altogether exceptional series of great rulers, who showed themselves fully capable of taking care of themselves.

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  • His tomb in St Peter's acquired fame for miraculous cures, and he was pronounced blessed by Pius IX.

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  • In ancient Rome the Di manes, or as we should say the blessed dead, who reposed in their necropolis outside the walls, were specially commemorated on the dies parentales or days of placating them (placandis Manibus).

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  • They prayed for the auditores, they blessed them and interceded for them, thereby shortening the process of purification the latter had to pass through after death.

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  • It is assumed above that the name Serapis (so written in later Greek and in Latin, in earlier Greek Sarapis) is derived from the Egyptian Userhapi - as it were Osiris-Apis - the name of the bull Apis, dead and, like all the blessed dead, assimilated to Osiris,.

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  • Introits were provided for use on every Sunday and Holy-Day; after the offertory intending communicants were directed to " tarry still in the quire or in some convenient place nigh the quire "; in the prayer " for the whole state of Christ's church," the blessed Virgin Mary was commemorated by name among departed saints; prayer for the departed was explicitly retained; also an invocation of the Holy Spirit before the words of institution, the prayer of oblation immediately following them.

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  • The chief of these subsidiary chapels, that of the Blessed Virgin (or Lady chapel), behind the high altar, was often of large size.

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  • Having, however, in consequence, lost his professorship at Jena, he gradually altered his views, until at length he decided that God is not mere moral order, but also reason and will, yet without consciousness and personality; that not mankind but God is the absolute; that we are only its direct manifestations, free but finite spirits destined by God to posit in ourselves Nature as the material of duty, but blessed when we relapse into the absolute; that Nature, therefore, is the direct manifestation of man, and only the indirect manifestation of God; and, finally, that being is the divine idea or life, which is the reality behind appearances.

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  • Even at the present day, in spite of a decree of the Congregation of Rites (27th of May 1697) ordering it to be placed over all altars, it is - even at Rome itself - usually only found over the high altar and the altar of the Blessed Sacrament.

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  • And when it was considered that he had made sufficient advancement in his military accomplishments, he took his sword to the priest, who laid it on the altar, blessed it, and returned it to him.4 Afterwards he either remained with his early master, relegating most of his domestic duties to his younger companions, or he entered the service of some valiant and adventurous lord or 1 Sainte Palaye, Memoires, i.

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  • A blessed immortality after judgment, or even after death itself, is sometimes taught without reference to any resurrection.

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  • There is no longer a procession; but the palms (in Russia willow twigs) are blessed, and are held by the worshippers during the service.

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  • Urban VIII., while forbidding the rendering of a public cultus without authorization from the Holy See, made an exception in favour of the blessed who were at that time (1625) in possession of an immemorial cultus, i.e.

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  • Only in the event of the claimant passing this test successfully can the essential part of the procedure be begun, which will result in conferring on the Venerable the title of "Blessed."

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  • In the ceremony of beatification the essential part consists in the reading of the pontifical brief, placing the Venerable in the rank of the Blessed, which is done during a solemn mass, celebrated with special rites in the great hall above the vestibule of the basilica of St Peter.

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  • It consists principally in the discussion of the miracles (usually two in number) obtained by the intercession of the Blessed since the decree of beatification.

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  • On the 1st of January 1861 the standards of the new regiments were solemnly blessed; on the next day Frederick William IV.

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  • It is on Maundy Thursday that in the Church of Rome the sacred oil is blessed, and the chrism prepared according to an elaborate ritual which is given in the Pontificale.

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  • And such bread is called bread blessed, although no one believes that out of it is made the body of Christ.

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  • The question whether a crucifix or rood standing alone or combined with figures of the Blessed Virgin and St John can, in any circumstances, be regarded as merely decorative, has given rise to a difference of judicial opinion and appears to be unsettled."

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  • It is divided into three parts, each containing five decades, a decade comprising i Pater, 10 Ayes and a Gloria, in addition to a subject for meditation selected from the "mysteries" of the life of Christ and of the Blessed Virgin.

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  • The progress of Catholicism was undeniable, but yet Wiseman found himself steadily opposed by a minority among his own clergy, who disliked his Ultramontane ideas, his Romanizing and innovating zeal," especially in regard to the introduction of sacred images into the churches and the use of devotions to the Blessed Virgin and the Blessed Sacrament, hitherto unknown among English Catholics.

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  • Before the high priest Jesus was charged, among other accusations, with threatening to destroy the Temple; but the matter was brought to an issue when He was plainly asked if He were " the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One."

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  • The startling saying, " Blessed are ye poor," followed by the woe pronounced upon the rich, might seem like a condemnation of the very principle of property; and when the Christian Church had come to be organized as a society containing rich and poor, the heart of the saying was felt to be more truly and clearly expressed in the words, " Blessed are the poor in spirit."

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  • Kharga is usually identified with the city of Oasis mentioned by Herodotus as being seven days' journey from Thebes and called in Greek the Island of the Blessed.

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  • Deem this a sufficient answer to your question and deem yourself on the way to be blessed, if you have not been scandalized in me."

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  • The latter notion - of substance - is said to correspond exactly to "the essence of the only glorious and blessed God."

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  • For with the same thou hast anointed priests, kings, and prophets and martyrs with this thy chrism, perfected by thee, 0 Lord, blessed, abiding within our bowels in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."

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  • A great honour to the blessed martyrs, whom they think to illustrate with contemptible little candles (de vilissimis cereolis) !

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  • 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.

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  • This canon states that candles and lamps are not blessed in some churches, and that inquiries have been made why we do it.

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  • On Easter Eve new fire is made 3 with a flint and steel, and blessed; from this three candles are lighted, the lumen Christi, and from these again the Paschal Candle.

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  • The edict of Gratian lays down that it should be exorcized and blessed by the priest and sprinkled with exorcized salt.

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  • In the East the water was blessed once a month, in the Latin Church it is now blessed every Sunday.

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  • The water is then exorcized and evil spirits warned off, and lastly blessed.

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  • He maintained the everlasting validity of the law, he held the strictest views on circumcision, the sabbath, and the duty of shunning all intercourse with the Gentiles; he believed in angels and in a blessed immortality.

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  • The souls of the righteous are to enjoy a blessed immortality after death.

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  • It was thus used as a name for the firmament, and in Christian literatureforthe dwelling-place of God and the blessed, and as the source of light.

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  • Drury lost his only daughter, and in 1611 Donne published an extravagant elegy on her, entitled An Anatomy of the World, to which he added in 1612 a Progress of the Soul on the same subject; he threatened to celebrate the "blessed Maid," Elizabeth Drury, in a fresh elegy on each anniversary of her death, but he happily refrained from the third occasion onwards.

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  • The 8 th-century Gelasian Sacramentary, which embodies a much older tradition, mentions it under the title of Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which has led some to suppose that it was ordained by Pope Gelasius I.

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  • In the Quadragesimae de Epiphania as described by Etheria there is, as Monsignor Duchesne points out (Christian Worship, p. 272), no indication of a special association with the Blessed Virgin; and the distinction between the festival as celebrated in the East and West is that in the former it is a festival of Christ, in the latter a festival pre-eminently of the Virgin Mother.

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  • It also abolished those associated with the cult of the Blessed Virgin and the saints.

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  • After the judgment there will be a new heaven and a new earth, which will be the abode of the blessed.

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  • Both are blessed by the clergy, whose petition now is that God " may preserve this child and cause him to grow up by the unseen grace of His power and made him worthy in due season of the washing of baptism."

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  • For a name carried with it, for those who were so blessed as to be acquainted with it, whatever power and influence its owner wielded in heaven or on earth or under the earth.

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  • Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690), a Visitation nun of Paray-le-Monial, assisted by her director, the Venerable Claude de la Colombiere, S.J.

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  • The Beatification of Blessed M.M.

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  • The evens or vigils before Christmas, the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Easter day, Ascension day, Pentecost, St Matthias, the Nativity of St John Baptist, St Peter, St James, St Bartholomew, St Matthew, St Simon and St Jude, St Andrew, St Thomas, and All Saints are also recognized as " fast days."

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  • Thereupon, instead of cursing the Israelites, Balaam blessed them.

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  • On the 1st of October 1653 a national assembly met at Moscow to sanction the war and find the means of carrying it on, and in April 1654 the army was blessed by Nikon (now patriarch).

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  • The Lord's Supper is a spiritual feast where Christ attests that He is the life-giving bread, by which our souls are fed unto true and blessed immortality.

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  • He is described in the Chronicon Petroburgense as "blessed both in name and deed."

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  • When Thomas Radclyffe, earl of Sussex, superseded [From Anglo-Norman Invasion] famous Nicholas Sanders, who was armed with a legate's commission and a banner blessed by the pope.

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  • As for Fred, he was downright ecstatic about a baby in his adopted family—hang the underlying circumstances of the blessed event.

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  • Surely if it be blessed with even a fraction of the goodness and kindness of its father, the child deserves all the blessings of life; far more than might be offered by this wretch of a woman God may deem to mother it into the world.

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  • Contemporary dance is not blessed with a plethora of media coverage on any platform.

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  • One final gate bars the deceased from entering the abode of the blessed dead.

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  • The adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Please note that Adoration resumes on Monday 11th April.

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  • Wherefore, we magnify thee, O most blessed Virgin.

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  • A little of what is lawful will be abundantly blessed, and abundance of what is unlawful will be wasted.

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  • Father we are truly blessed, may you bless those who are less fortunate.

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  • Blessed indeed are the people of whom this is true; blessed indeed are the people of whom this is true; blessed indeed are the people whose God is the Lord.

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  • The Adoration of the Blessed sacrament " To speak of the blessed sacrament " To speak of the Blessed Sacrament is to speak of what is most sacred.

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  • The Blessed Trinity would also be the central theme of the new catechism which was to come later.

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  • In particular, the place of reservation of the Blessed Sacrament became more clearly central in the parish Church.

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  • The church formerly contained a richly endowed chantry, under the invocation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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  • Apparently an early version of Bran the Blessed, (not to be confused with Brian Blessed) and clearly cognate with Beli.

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  • But you believe in the immaculate conception of everyone; Catholics believe in the immaculate conception only of Our Blessed Lady.

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  • In 1862 he had founded the confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament and remained its Superior General until 1897; this society still exists.

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  • In particular he has been vigorously defended by the highly respected American monk, Blessed Seraphim Rose.

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  • The Kenyan coastline is blessed by gentle tradewinds which brought Arab trading dhows to the region.

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  • In our own diocese many parishes have been blessed by their Local Ministry Teams.

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  • Pius IX, now Blessed, had been forced to flee Rome in disguise to save his very life.

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  • Does not the five wounds of His blessed body preach this doctrine to love Him?

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  • The nations will be blessed when they acknowledge the Lord Jesus Jesus Christ is given absolute dominion and there is no wiggle room.

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  • The Legend Hardwar has earned fame for being the place blessed by the trinity of Lord Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma.

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  • With four children of their own, Lionel and Barbara have been blessed with eleven grandchildren and another twelve great grandchildren!

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  • Use endocrine balancing herbs like agnus castus herb, squaw vine herb and blessed thistle.

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  • I do not read, Blessed are the rich in material wealth, for they shall inherit the kingdom of heaven.

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  • Macbeth here dies laughing, a blessed release from a godless world, but it is not moving.

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  • As the children moved on, each area was left marked with a ' This area has been blessed!

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  • Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.

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  • Blessed, 8, from Zimbabwe, a country in southern Africa, knows all about molten metal.

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  • Forever cursed (Or blessed) With memories Lagging behind... Savoring the moments Or reliving the nightmares Like a lazy wanderer.

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  • At last, overwhelmed by the agony, she passed into the blessed oblivion of unconsciousness.

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  • They do but ope the blessed book Of marriage in their hallow'd nook.

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  • The Qal passive participle does occur c. 72 times with the meaning " be praised " or " be blessed.

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  • In addition, we blessed 83 new church planters, who aim to plant 62 new churches in the next 12 months.

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  • Perhaps I was blessed to be sent so early to so plentiful a land as Uganda.

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  • Blessed is He whose portrait was drawn by the prophets The twelve children of Jacob proclaim the apostles.

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  • My real concern is the blessed government over-reacting and running round killing domestic poultry when the disease is spread by wild birds.

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  • The Adoration of the Blessed sacrament " To speak of the Blessed Sacrament is to speak of what is most sacred.

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  • Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness ' sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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  • The blue sash which secures the white tunic at the waist, reminds us of the importance of remaining close to Our Blessed Lady.

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  • As for devotions and invocations, whoever wisheth may, after the Obligatory Prayers, recite other supplications of the Blessed Perfection.

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  • In the narrow medieval streets of the town, blessed with a wealth of historic houses, Plas Mawr reigns supreme.

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  • Basically, Forgotten Worlds is ' blessed ' with the most unusual control system I've seen in ages.

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  • Christ, the second Person of the blessed trinity, cries, come up hither to us who are here!

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  • Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.

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  • He " consented to become yet more vile " and discovered that field preaching was blessed by God.

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  • The teaching about the assumption of the body of the blessed virgin into heaven used to be doctrine.

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  • For pantheism personal immortality appears a lesser good than reabsorption in the universal life; but against this objection we may confidently maintain that worthier of God and more blessed for man is the hope of a conscious communion in an eternal life of the Father of all with His whole family.

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  • Rhodes, in addition to its fine climate, is blessed with a fertile soil, and produces a variety of the finest fruits and vegetables.

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  • He suffers, is despised, rejected, chastened and afflicted that others may be blessed and be at peace through his chastisement.

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  • A common formula in Palmyrene dedications runs " To him whose name is blessed for ever, the good and the compassionate "; out of reverence the name of the deity was not pronounced; was it Bel or Malak-bel?

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  • On the way, he was joined by a Moor, who began to jest at some of the Christian doctrines, especially at the perpetual virginity of the Blessed Virgin.

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  • In the Roman Catholic Church the amice, alb, girdle, stole, maniple, chasuble must be solemnly blessed by the bishop or his delegate, the prayers and other forms to be observed being set forth in the Pontificale (see Benediction).

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  • Heaven, as in the Hebrew shamayim, the Greek oipavos, the Latin caelum, is the abode of God, and as such in Christian eschatology is the place of the blessed in the next world (see Eschatology and Paradise).

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  • Owing, it is said, to a personal grudge, South in 16 9 3 published with transparent anonymity Animadversions on Dr Sherlock's Book, entitled a Vindication of the Holy and Ever Blessed Trinity, in which the views of William Sherlock were attacked with much sarcastic bitterness.

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  • To this summary of doctrine should be added the dogmas of the immaculate conception of the Blessed Virgin declared in 1854, and of papal infallibility decreed by the Vatican council of 1870.

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  • Many astrologers also believe that they are blessed with above-average physical strength.

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  • Even those blessed with high metabolisms have to put in some work to get that coveted sixpack-look.

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  • Not everyone is blessed with crafty talents.

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  • I have an incredible girlfriend and I am thankful every day for how blessed I am to be with her.

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  • The dark fairies or fae are consigned to the Unseelie Court if they are not as lovely and bright as the Seelie (the light or blessed fae) Court may deem.

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  • You don't need to be a trained dermatologist or blessed with perfect genes to enjoy clear skin.

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  • If you're blessed with that seemingly elusive "normal" skin type, you're in luck.

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  • Acquaintances were shallow and many, but if a person had one true friend in a lifetime, they were blessed.

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  • Under the influence of Archbishop Chicheley, who had himself founded two colleges in imitation of Wykeham, and Thomas Bekynton, king's secretary and privy seal, and other Wyke - hamists, Henry VI., on the 11th of October 1440, founded, in imitation of Winchester College, "a college in the parish church of Eton by Windsor not far from our birthplace," called the King's College of the Blessed Mary of Eton by Windsor, as "a sort of first-fruits of his taking the government on himself."

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  • He is not the body to be buried; he will not remain with his friends after he has drunk the poison, but he will go away to the happiness of the blessed.

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  • Its matter is olive oil, blessed by a bishop. It shall not be given except to a sick person whose death is apprehended.

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  • This naturally stimulated the popular devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, which had been already widespread before the definition of the dogma.

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  • 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.

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  • But it would be an exaggeration to say, as some have done, that the poor are represented as being the heirs of a blessed hereafter, simply on the ground that they are now poor.

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  • In the Beatitudes Christ's own disciples are addressed, who were blessed though poor, whereas the rich as a class were opposed or indifferent to the kingdom of God.

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  • Again, the contrast between Lazarus and Dives in the future state pictures vividly the reversals that are in store; but it is unreasonable to take it as implying that every poor man, whatever his moral character, will be blessed.

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  • Chosroes I., " the Blessed " (Anushirvan), 531-579, the favourite son and successor of Kavadh I., and the most famous of the Sassanid kings.

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  • They reject the Third Oecumenical Council, and though showing the greatest devotion to the Blessed Virgin, deny her the title of Theotokos, i.e.

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  • Sanctus, or Tersanctus, or Triumphal Hymn, " Holy, Holy, Holy," &c., ending with the Benedictus, Blessed is he that cometh," &c.

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  • The sealed and the blessed.

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  • I can even now point out the place where the blessed Polycarp used to sit when he discoursed, and describe his goings out and his comings in, his manner of life and his personal appearance and the discourses which he delivered to the people, how he used to speak of his intercourse with John and with the rest of those who had seen the Lord, and how he would relate their words.

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  • The philosophy of history sketched in this work has something of value with much that is fantastic. In 1805 and 1806 appeared the Wesen des Gelehrten (Nature of the Scholar) and the Anweisung zum seligen Leben oder Religionslehre (Way to a Blessed Life), the latter the most important work of this Berlin period.

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  • Thus baptism is not valid if wine or ice be used instead of water, nor the Eucharist if water be consecrated in place of wine, nor confirmation unless the chrism has been blessed by a bishop; also olive oil must be used.

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  • Belmont, what is the use of the prayers offered up over the substances; and how account for the differences of effects which by the testimony of the faithful are respectively caused by water duly blessed and by water falsely blessed?

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  • By this time the truce extended from the Wednesday evening to the Monday morning in every week and also, in most places, lasted during the seasons of Lent and Advent, the three great vigils and feasts of the Blessed Virgin, and those of the twelve apostles and a few other saints.

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  • Christianity, with its one God, and its promise of redemption and a blessed immortality based upon divine revelation, met as no other contemporary faith did the awakening religious needs.

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  • Two tendencies appeared in the thought of the primitive Church, the one to regard Christianity as a law given by God for the government of men's lives, with the promise of a blessed immortality as a reward for its observance; the other to view it as a means by which the corrupt and mortal nature of man is transformed, so that he becomes a spiritual and holy being.

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  • It includes also the superfluous merit and satisfaction of the Blessed Virgin and the Saints.

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  • Blessed is Pat man fiat haft not gone in fie counsell of wicked men, and in fie weye of sinfull men hap not stonde, and in fie chaire of pestilence sat not.

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  • Euphemistically they are addressed as mubarakin, " blessed ones," as we say "the good folk" or "the people of peace."

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  • Blessed are those presbyters who have gone before.

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  • Enemies are to be loved, helped, blessed, prayed for.

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  • One of Alexander III.'s first acts was to confirm " the constitution which was granted to the grand-duchy of Finland by His Majesty the emperor Alexander Pavlovich of most glorious memory, and developed with the consent of the estates of Finland by our dearly beloved father of blessed memory the emperor Alexander Nicolaievich."

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  • There Salaam blessed Israel.

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  • And, unlike most modern science fiction, it is blessed with good acting and an intelligent script.

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  • Here on her festival (21st of January) two lambs are specially blessed after pontifical high mass, and their wool is later woven into pallia (see Pallium).

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  • There is no contemporary confirmation of the story that the rosary was given to St Dominic through revelation of the Blessed Virgin and was employed during the crusade against the Albigenses, although the story was later accepted by Leo X., Pius V., Gregory XIII., Sixtus V., Alexander VII., Innocent XI.

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  • The year 1854 was marked by his presence in Rome at the definition of the dogma of the immaculate conception of the Blessed Virgin (8th December), and by the publication of his historical romance, Fabiola, a tale of the Church of the Catacombs, which had a very wide circulation and was translated into ten languages.

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  • When news of this affair had reached Paris, the pope sent the general of the Minorites, Gerard Odonis, accompanied by a Dominican, to sustain his doctrine in that city, but King Philip VI., perhaps at the instigation of the refugee Spirituals in Paris, referred the question to the faculty of theology, which, on the 2nd of January 1 333, declared that the souls of the blessed were elevated to the beatific vision immediately after death; the faculty, nevertheless, were of opinion that the pope should have propounded his erroneous doctrine only "recitando," and not "determinando, asserendo, sed etiam opinando."

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  • Mara, the great tempter, appears in the sky, and urges Gotama to stop, promising him, in seven days, a universal kingdom over the four great continents if he will but give up his enterprise.2 When his words fail to have any effect, the tempter consoles himself by the confident hope that he will still overcome his enemy, saying, "Sooner or later some lustful or malicious or angry thought must arise in his mind; in that moment I shall be his master"; and from that hour, adds the legend, "as a shadow always follows the body, so he too from that day always followed the Blessed One, striving to throw every obstacle in his way towards the Buddhahood."

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  • The custom of baptizing in the rivers when they are annually blessed at Epiphany, the feast of the Lord's baptism, still survives in.

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  • It gained a notable victory when that pope, acting on his own authority, defined (1854) as of faith a doctrine which had been long and hotly discussed - the Immaculate or absolutely sinless Conception (deeper than mere sinlessness in act and life) of the Blessed Virgin.

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  • Tomorrow after dinner I shall take the Iberian icon of the Mother of God to the wounded in the Catherine Hospital where we will have some water blessed.

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  • What a blessed hope lo Christ shall appear For a restitution of all things here.

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  • He was blessed with great energy and a less than reverent attitude to formalities which made him approachable and easy to work with.

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  • If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you 're blessed because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.

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  • Blessed be the god in his names, salvation of preists and goatherds, king of kings, lord of lords.

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  • Quickly, Father Bernard scooped up a handful of water from the river, blessed it and threw it over the witch.

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  • Dear Ishmael, I am tring to get hold of the sheet music for ' Blessed is the King who comes '.

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  • Sephar sighs in relief, No, no others, blessed be.

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  • Indeed, Phuket is blessed with a southern coastline showcasing some magnificent mountains themselves swathed in seemingly endless jungle forest.

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  • Basically, Forgotten Worlds is ' blessed ' with the most unusual control system I 've seen in ages.

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  • Thrice blessed disciple of our great father Aidan, forever we shall call upon thine intercessions.

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  • Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled.

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  • Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, says Jesus.

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

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  • Christ, the second Person of the blessed Trinity, cries, come up hither to us who are here !

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  • Kontakion 13 O holy bearer of the Uncreated Light, blessed through unceasing prayer in the Name of Jesus Christ.

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  • We were blessed with good weather and snow cover and were able to find pockets of untracked powder on each day.

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  • They are vindications of the truth of our blessed faith.

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  • George Eliot Blessed is the person who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

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  • You may even muse about how different your life has become, and how blessed you are.

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  • When a woman conceives, sometimes she is blessed with double the excitement with news of fraternal twins.

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  • Two little cats were blessed with the names Tibia and Fibula after the owner broke both the bones in her ankle.

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  • Some cats are inherently blessed with a relaxed personality, and the introduction of a new pet causes only minimal stress.

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  • Although I might not have understood it at the time, I have been so blessed to have been raised in a wonderfully ethnic family of proud Greeks.

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  • If you weren't blessed with an authentic tin ceiling, don't despair.

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  • The floor - If you're blessed with lots of bathroom floor space, install a wicker basket with luxurious personal care items near the tub.

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  • If you were blessed with gorgeous skin, you may be able to skip the base and go straight for this finishing touch.

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  • Whether you're blessed with naturally flawless skin or suffer from an irritating condition that demands to be covered up, chances are you stand to gain something from a product that treats the skin with the care and respect it deserves.

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  • Most gals who have golden flecked brown eyes are also blessed with warm and rich skin tones.

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  • Brown eyed girls with green flecks are blessed with the best of both worlds.

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  • Gwen Stefani is blessed with a gorgeous porcelain skin tone that enhances her retro look.

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  • If you were lucky enough to be blessed with this envied trait, the following tips will help enhance them.

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  • Anyone blessed with a beautiful complexion may want her skin to shine all on its own and not be covered at all.

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  • If you are blessed with a good grasp of technical details, then starting your own studio is another way to make money taking pictures.

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  • Blessed are the children of scrapbookers, for they shall inherit the scrapbooks.

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  • Handle this situation by shoring up your own self-esteem; remember that you are blessed with unique gifts that no one else has.

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  • Open minds and open lines of communication are very important in the relationship between parents and teens; however, very few moms and dads are blessed with perfect children who walk the straight and narrow path.

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  • Whether they choose a simple program adorned with a cross or a more elaborate style with several Bible quotes on love and marriage, there are many ways to combine tasteful elegance, spirituality, and romance for a truly blessed wedding day.

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  • There are many ways you can incorporate a garden theme into your blessed event.

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  • Faith grew up knowing that she was adopted, and she felt blessed to be chosen.

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  • I am so blessed, though, to be able to do so many "hyphens."

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  • Despite the fact that they're blessed with fame and money, celebrities don't always live happily ever after.

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  • I've been blessed that I am now able to practice medicine and correlate it somewhat with my interest in popular culture.

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  • Some gals are blessed with perfect legs and hardly have to work at all to keep their shape and appeal.

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  • In his blog announcement, he stated that he hoped that all his fans were "…feeling as good" as he was and also expressed his feeling that his family has been "truly blessed."

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  • If you're an outstanding student, blessed with exceptional athletic ability, or possess a talent that's in high demand, this added financial aid can help make a private education a bargain.

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  • I have been blessed with being able to get my dogs around eight weeks of age, and I learned very early how and why to use the technique of imprinting.

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  • The I Am Blessed necklace pendant is a popular type of spiritual jewelry because it appeals to people of all ages and religious affiliations.

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  • The I am Blessed necklace is one of them.

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  • The I am blessed pendants became popular along with dog tag style jewelry, which used two matching discs in one necklace.

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  • The second disc is inscribed with Blessed.

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  • The I Am Blessed necklace pendant is available at local jewelry stores and online.

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  • Margrill--Mary Margill is the most famous jewelry designer of the I am blessed" jewelry.

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  • The words blessed are enscribed on the back of the pendant behind another pane of glass.

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  • The I am Blessed necklace is a versatile piece of jewelry that can be worn by women and men of all ages.

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  • Many women are blessed with a head full of natural curls.

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  • Finally, Rx versions are available for those who love sports or just need to protect their eyes, but were not blessed with the ever-coveted 20/20 vision.

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  • During their journey, they encountered the Naaru race that blessed them with the Holy Light of Creation, which gave them greater power.

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  • Blessed with a warm climate and abundant rich topsoil, California is ideal for growing almost every sort of produce.

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  • But in California's case, the Golden State has been blessed with more than its fair share of great places to visit.

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  • The Om, or AUM, symbol is blessed with luck and according to Hindu mythology was the very first sound made in the universe when time began.

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  • If you're blessed or "lucky" enough to have a family Bible in your possession or within access, you may find births, marriages and deaths recorded therein with first-hand accuracy.

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  • Some men are blessed with a perfect wave, but others will perm, curl, and mouse their hair to achieve the desired body and texture.

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  • Unless you are blessed with the naturally thick, sleek, and straight hair that has been so in for the last decade, you'll probably have to invest in a number of hair tools to recreate the Jennifer Aniston Sedu flat iron do.

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  • While many women struggle to add body and volume to their hair, thick haired women are blessed with an abundance of locks that can look well-tamed and gorgeous when the best haircut for thick hair is implemented.

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  • Whether you are blessed with a round facial shape or are trying to conceal a few extra pounds, a change in your style can make a slimming difference in your look.

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  • Oval faces are blessed with even symmetry, making many hairstyles easy to wear and ultra-flattering.

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  • Oval face shapes are blessed, as they have practically limitless hairstyle options.

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  • Or, if you have been particularly blessed and don't need the funds, give the curriculum to a family who is trying to homeschool, but struggling financially.

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  • In a recent Essence interview, Beyonce said, "Not everybody is blessed to have a family like mine."

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  • They are often blessed with the ability to motivate and inspire others to achieve a common goal.

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  • If you had a small chest before pregnancy, but now are blessed, consider showing off in a v-neck.

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  • Both Megan and I have been very blessed in our lives and in starting our families, yet we know many others are not.

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  • As with any new mother-to-be, Christina had to decide how to balance her career and the upcoming blessed event.

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  • Models entered their profession because they've been blessed with amazing genes.

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  • The book also describes how you will feel should you be blessed to have fertile friends, and whether or not you should share your conception issues with your mom or friends in real life.

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  • Even if you are blessed enough to live beachside, why spend money you don't have to spend?

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  • Being blessed with an ample figure doesn't mean you have to shy away from a particular style of swimwear.

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  • So you weren't blessed with an elongated body.

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  • Unless you've been blessed with an amazing smooth nether region or have endured multiple sessions of laser hair removal, you will need to wax thoroughly.

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  • Not all of us are blessed with the perfect features of a bikini model, but displaying some of the traits below can get you pretty darn close!

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  • Toasters have blessed the American kitchen for decades; however, how does a toaster work?

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  • Votive candles are also often placed in front of statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus in churches and on home alters.

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  • As he viewed the night glow of Bethlehem in the valley of the Palestinian hills, he thought it was a tranquil sight, and the perfect representation of the blessed event that occurred there.

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  • For example, "I am a great husband and I do many things to help around the house", or "I am so lucky to be blessed with both intelligence and a great sense of humor".

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  • With the addition of these adorably little luxuries, your blessed baby will be the talk of the nurseries!

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  • While the gift of parenting usually comes naturally once you've been blessed with a child, the following good parenting skills will help you raise a child with confidence, manners and social skills.

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  • If you enjoy creating unique furniture and are blessed with basic woodworking skills, you may want to consider saving money by making your own platform bed.

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  • I love acting in general, and I have been blessed to work with an extremely talented group of people who are also nice!

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  • I feel blessed to get to work with them.

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  • I am blessed with the writers who give me such great dialogue!

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  • If you struggle to maintain your weight, you may have noticed that most of the people in traditional yoga DVDs seem to be blessed with slender physiques.

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  • Unfortunately, not all cheerleaders are blessed with the same hair type.

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  • Women with hourglass figures are blessed.

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  • Even if you're already blessed with a near perfect figure, you probably have at least one outfit in your closet that never seems to fit properly.

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  • If you ever watch a beach movie from the 1950s and think that the onscreen heroines were just blessed with unheard of natural curves, then guess again.

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  • As a single, Mariah Carey's I'll Be There was released in the U.S. backed with So Blessed.

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  • One night while he lay awake, he tells us, he saw the likeness of the Blessed Virgin with her divine Son; and immediately a loathing seized him for the former deeds of his life, especially for those relating to carnal desires; and he asserts that for the future he never yielded to any such desires.

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  • Sacerdotal benedictions are not indeed sacraments - means of grace ordained by Christ himself, but sacramentals (sacramenta minora) ordained by the authority of the Church and exercised by the priests, as the plenipotentiaries of God, in virtue of the powers conferred on them at their ordination; "that whatever they bless may be blessed, and whatever they consecrate may be consecrated."

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  • White is also the colour proper to sacramental processions, and generally to all devotions connected with the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.

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  • It adds many new features to the shorter form of the story as given by Eusebius, among which is the noteworthy promise of Christ about the impregnability of the city - " Thy city shall be blessed and no enemy shall ever henceforth obtain dominion over it.

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  • Thomas exclaims, " My Lord and my God "; but Jesus declares " Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed."

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  • Harder and more blessed than all else is to love this life in one's sufferings, in innocent sufferings.

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  • In the case of the bread and wine of the Christian sacrifice, it was believed that, after having been offered and blessed, they became to those who partook of them the body and blood of Christ.

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  • Certain prayers are said before each benediction, after which he sprinkles the person or thing to be blessed with holy water and, where prescribed, censes them.

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  • He is blessed who is assured that the animal is dying out in him day by day, and the divine being established.

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  • In the 3rd century Bronwen (white bosom), daughter of Bran Fendigaid (the blessed), is said to have stayed here, perhaps by force; and there was here a tower, called Twr Bronwen, and replaced about A.D.

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  • Such a brightness on the face like the light of heaven, and from the blessed Mother's cheek it drops and drops....

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