And grant us your salvation. As circumstances suggest, the celebrant may begin with an explanation of the blessing. Someone reads a text of sacred Scripture, such as the following. Lk 2:51b-52 ...

To be used to bless medals, small crucifixes, statues, or pictures that will be displayed elsewhere than in a church or chapel; scapulars, rosaries, and other articles used for religious devotions ...

Of all the strange circumstances that surround the composition of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, one above all is worth keeping in mind. It was finished in 1798, six months before Coleridge ever ...

There was some initial response, but swelling and pain reappeared. Vitamin C supplementation was done at 300 mg/day to prevent scorbutic changes. A reduction in pain was noted 2 days after ...

That Alexander von Humboldt was not dead by the age of thirty-five was a minor miracle. In 1794 he nearly suffocated while testing his miner’s lamp in a subterranean tunnel. The next year he subjected ...