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).

Greeks celebrated the Epiphany, also known as Three Kings Day, after two years of COVID-19 restrictions. The celebrations included blessings of the water ceremonies.

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.