Blessings are typically given during the wedding ... In the name of God, the infinitely Compassionate and Merciful. Praise be to God, Sovereign of all the worlds. The Compassionate, the Merciful.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, “For Flowers That Bloom” “Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise him, all creatures here below; Praise him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy ...

Read our latest issue or browse back issues. All of that changed in a glance at Deuteronomy 28: the blessings and the curses. I fell in love. This chapter should not have compelled me. Biblical ...

As circumstances suggest, a priest or deacon may use the following short blessing formulary: God has brought gladness and light to the world | through the Virgin Mary's delivery of her child.