Our lives are filled with what the hymn calls “blessings upon blessings.” Each day, God’s grace sustains us, and His mercies are new every morning.

Thus the patriarch Isaac intended to bless his son Esau to bring good things upon him, but through Rebekah’s intervention, this blessing was stolen by Jacob (Genesis 27).

Blessings of the sacred appurtenances which, according to liturgical law, ... Care should be taken that during a blessing nothing indecorous is placed upon the altar, e.g., eatables.

If a same-sex couple asks for a blessing upon their illicit conjugal union, it cannot be granted — it would be blessing sin, as would also be the case with a heterosexual (unmarried) couple.

Let us now pray for God's blessing upon us and upon this wreath. After a short silence, the leader prays: Lord our God, we praise you for your Son, Jesus Christ: he is Emmanuel, the hope of the ...