The other essential part of the marriage service is the invocation of divine blessing. |
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The fact that you don't need an electrical appliance to extract juice from a watermelon also comes as a blessing for these vendors. |
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For a quietist like me, steering clear of all controversy, that will be a singular blessing. |
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Some people stood with their arms raised, as if in blessing, and they swayed slightly as they prayed. |
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In the daily priestly blessing, the Tetragrammaton was vocalized with the vowel points associated with the name Adonai. |
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The advent of audio cassettes and prompters for the visually impaired seem to be a blessing. |
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The idea originated with the Pope's blessing of Mussolini's troops on their way to conquer Ethiopia, Rastafari's spiritual homeland. |
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Using parallelograms to define affine transformations may be a mixed blessing. |
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A senior Naval rating who allowed his fitness to slide over the years believes RN fitness test can be a blessing in disguise. |
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This ritual blessing of bread and wine was usually performed within the context of a meal called the agape. |
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The following categories of nationalistic blessing and their proof texts indicate they do. |
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If a powerful spirit has possessed them, and if the blessing is successful, the kris will not penetrate and they will not bleed. |
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He was not gagged, which was a blessing, but the rope was tied tight and limited any movement to a caterpillar-like wriggle. |
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The criticism here would then be that Isaac has failed to understand the true nature of the blessing Yahweh has bestowed on Abraham's family. |
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Nonetheless, since his intention was toward God, and we hear the entire blessing from his mouth, we respond amen. |
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If it is, their leader will have to look to his laurels because contiguity with Washington is a mixed blessing in this neck of the woods. |
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One moment, he was lavishing her with affection, blessing her with his openness. |
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Thus, if we are not willing to give total obedience to his leading, we should not pray for blessing from above. |
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Then she took her leave of Master Robert, and prayed him for his blessing, and so forth of other friends. |
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He performed similar services for Becky then made a sign of blessing on both girls before he also retired to the sideline. |
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As a result he received the blessing of the Byzantine patriarch and the title of tsar of Bulgaria. |
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After a blessing by branch chaplain Father John Tyrrell, Mayor Everitt and John Gould cut the ribbon to officially open the building. |
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Events include animal demonstrations, stalls run by groups such as Animal Samaritans, pony rides, barbecues and a pet blessing. |
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How shall we ever admire our civic leaders if we cannot look up to them, to see a white silk glove raised in blessing, a ringed-hand greeting? |
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There also is no mention of the familiar words of blessing over the bread and cup. |
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I mean, of course, the fourfold action of taking, blessing, breaking, and giving the elements of bread and wine. |
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After the service, blessing and reception the royal couple have spent this week on honeymoon on the Balmoral estate in Scotland. |
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But all joking aside, this is a positive thing for my family, and a blessing of an opportunity for my family to be closer again. |
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The initial issues of the notes were fully convertible upon demand into gold coin and so were, assuredly, a blessing. |
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God's mandate, God's empowerment in us and through us is a sacramental act that brings blessing upon the one who acts and the one acted upon. |
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My blessing be on you till the sea loses its saltness and the trees forget to bud in springtime. |
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The absence of the late night trucks and lorries will be a blessing for many. |
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But for a poet concerned with scansion, as Chaucer was, that weak ending the final e offered was a blessing. |
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The wealth of foreign owners has fueled title success, but for other clubs finding wealthy backers has proved a mixed blessing. |
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The blessing will take as usual after the Sunday morning Masses in both Churches. |
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The US treasury, given Congressional blessing, simply gave the banksters hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars with no questions asked. |
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Even that can be a blessing in disguise when basking sharks and sunfish follow their lunch. |
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In the name of beauty they can take pain as pleasure, treat suffering as a blessing and regard bitterness as a great enjoyment. |
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The bride places the red tika on her forehead and is given a ceremonial blessing. |
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He completes passes other quarterbacks wouldn't dare attempt, but that is a blessing and curse. |
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So I want you to know that just this once, you have my support and my blessing. |
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Four months before her death she gave him her blessing to go ahead with the procedure. |
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The Archbishop led a short service, followed by a prayer of blessing and dedication for the new meeting facilities. |
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Suddenly, I find myself muttering the Sabbath blessing my father and mother always used to give over us children at Shabbat. |
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A special blessing is pronounced before entering the mikva, emphasizing the holy nature of this precept. |
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The problem, which is a blessing and a curse, is that this industry has an abundance of relatively young and inexperienced trailblazers. |
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We thought it was a blessing that neither of them suffered, but we were still shocked and upset. |
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The Druids would cut the mistletoe that grew on the oak tree and give it as a blessing. |
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During the Trisagion the Reader should come and receive the blessing of the celebrant to read the Apostle. |
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Marriage can be a mixed blessing, a fact that is perhaps reflected in the country's rising divorce rate. |
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Furthermore, longer life span may be a mixed blessing if people spend most of their final decades struck down by debilitating diseases. |
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A milkman, dogged all his life by poverty, he has five lovely daughters, which is something of a mixed blessing. |
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For inmates around the country, every opportunity to call friends and family is a mixed blessing. |
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For those of us who live in the real world, an all-female household can be a very mixed blessing. |
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This brought to mind just how similar these two presidents are and how much of a mixed blessing their presence within the world community may be. |
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The rest gets a bit monotonous, which makes the set's length a mixed blessing. |
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That kind of success for a first novel, of course, can be a mixed blessing. |
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He also recognized me, congratulated my brother and showered his blessing upon me. |
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In some ways it's a real blessing that Bill showed his true colors relatively early in our relationship. |
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But I had promised her that she had my blessing, so I tried to shut the issue out of my mind. |
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Tycoons operate monopolies through the blessing of governments, central and regional, and with support from corrupt courts and bureaucrats. |
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At the age of twenty and with the blessing of her family she left home to begin nursing training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. |
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However, an ivory plaque of Christ blessing Otto II and Theophano shows how the match could dignify Saxon imperial pretensions. |
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By blessing God and recalling all that he has done for us, we place technology in the purview of God's plan of salvation. |
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They bore him and placed him in the third heaven in the company of angels blessing God for evermore. |
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I suspected that the local gods, having delivered a lackluster landscape, decided to make up for it by blessing the land with colorful rivers. |
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The American command appears to be blessing this effort with a temporary pause in combat operations. |
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The moment I said that, a million and one things that could have happened rushed into my mind, blessing my brain with an instant overload. |
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For one thing, since blessing myself with an iPod in April, I don't use a Walkman any more. |
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I laughed and finally managed to pull my gaze away, silently blessing him for breaking the tension. |
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When you're at the point of blessing your software for making it easy to purge comments, it's time to get rid of comments entirely. |
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I exit the church, blessing myself again before I go, and exit through the back way. |
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But in order to do the practice, you have to meet with the right situation and this meeting itself is the extraordinary blessing of the Dharma. |
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Indeed, He is the source of EVERY spiritual blessing that God has to offer. |
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We are given the blessing that Hashem should bless us, protect us, and favor us. |
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Continue to lead me and guide me in that way by the blessing of your Holy Spirit. |
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Open our souls and our hearts to the guidance of your Spirit, that your blessing may become our eternal praise of you. |
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In Christ, we have been given every spiritual blessing, and the capacity to hear the Holy Spirit is one of those blessings. |
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Even a number of Muslims come to the mutt for the blessing of His Holiness. |
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This hope is the ultimate blessing of the Holy Spirit to a baptized people. |
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When we make a beginning and exert some effort, a Divine blessing may come. |
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On our own, we are insufficient receptacles to contain the divine blessing. |
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Second, there is no greater happiness possible than the heavenly blessing of Divine sonship in Jesus, the SON of God. |
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Then, by touching keys on a screen, one receives an electronic blessing from the Dharma Master, whose video image is projected on the wall. |
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When a great man like an Isaac makes a blessing, that blessing affects spiritual forces and becomes a reality. |
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This past Thanksgiving, she offered a Navajo blessing as the invocation for the Sunday service. |
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And when it's inserted into our prayer of many blessings, it's specifically inserted into the blessing which describes the unique power of God. |
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God, Allah, the Buddha, or Shiva requires you to offer a sacrifice, a prayer or a blessing. |
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With a quickly prayed prayer of blessing for the food, the two of them began tucking in. |
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Quigley and I took our seats and after we had said the blessing over the meal, we dug in. |
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Brother Dave offered a blessing on our evening meal, and asked for guidance in staying focused over the next few days. |
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It is customary on this day to eat from the fruits of trees, and to recite the appropriate blessing of thanksgiving before eating. |
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Therefore, one should not say a blessing over any forbidden or stolen food, since this is not a blessing but a blasphemy. |
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Grace is a short prayer said at mealtime, a blessing and thanksgiving occasioned by eating. |
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Halting this form of extinction will be a blessing to creation, and hopefully a blessing to you. |
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But the warmth is a blessing and a boon for aching backs after a day of off-road trials. |
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Thus the child whom the parents consider unwanted may be a blessing to the family religiously and economically. |
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Falkirk's big home support are a marvellous blessing, but occasionally a curse. |
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And all of this, of course, is aimed at getting a new U.N. blessing for the plan moving forward in Iraq to transfer sovereignty. |
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At a meeting on Thursday members of the executive committee will be asked to give a blessing to the improvement plan. |
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The plan has received the blessing of Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt. |
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If he declines to give blessings for an endeavor, they accept that as his blessing and proceed no further. |
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The plans already have the blessing of the town council, but this week doctors at Hathaway surgery declined to speak about the scheme. |
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However as life unfolds we go from opportunity to opportunity and begin to understand that the cruel blow was really a blessing in disguise. |
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Bank employees consider the advent of ATMs a blessing in disguise, as it eases their pressure in a vital area of banking. |
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But the eruption was a blessing in disguise for some nearby villages, as it has helped sustain the area's agriculture. |
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Old habits die hard, and I believe the heavy fines imposed can eventually turn out to be a blessing in disguise in two ways. |
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While office tenants might grumble over energy saving measures, building operators see the drive as a blessing in disguise. |
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The apparent misfortune may turn out to be a blessing in disguise and the seeming stroke of luck the very stuff of tragedy. |
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But maybe my complete and utter failure to pick up any French despite having lessons at school for five years is actually a blessing in disguise. |
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On the other side of the center door the tympanum shows Jesus giving a blessing with the words pax vobiscum. |
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I blow in when I can from my home 400 miles away, thankful for every chance to share the wonder and mystery and blessing of these last days. |
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They declared him unfitted to receive that blessing, and urged that he be required to be educated into that capacity. |
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Not every Palin-powered primary candidate won, and her backing may be a mixed blessing in a general election. |
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Living adjacent to a beautiful waterfront park is a mixed blessing. |
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While I agree that this predicament probably sucks for his girlfriend, I also don't see why it would be a blessing for many other women, unless they too, were asexual. |
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When you say grace, include a blessing for all those you depend on. |
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I arrived at the classroom in moments, blessing my running abilities. |
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And it gave Baghdadi the opportunity to praise his new minions, blessing them as his official representatives. |
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Always in his own eyes weak, wretched, and vile, unworthy of the smallest blessing, he rested solely on the merit and mediation of His great High Priest. |
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Scott says he last spoke to his predecessor a few days ago, although he never explicitly gave his blessing. |
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In Citizens United the Court gave its blessing to corporations having a significant political role in elections. |
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She ended up praying with me and giving me her blessing to portray her Dad. |
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The oil poured on David's head by Samuel became a vehicle through which the blessing of the Holy Spirit was released in his life to equip him for his task as king. |
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These gifts were first a blessing from you to us, God of blessings. |
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Whether becoming a charter school is a blessing or a curse remains to be seen. |
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English Heritage said it could only give its blessing to the demolition plan, if it was proven there was no market for the grade II listed building by putting it up for sale. |
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Mayo supporters probably didn't think so at the time but last years championship defeat by Sligo has worked out as a type of blessing in disguise. |
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The Monsignor there agreed to offer a blessing when Capone was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery. |
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He had ascended the throne with the blessing of Russian Emperor Alexander II, but his successor Alexander III felt personal contempt for the Bulgarian prince. |
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As far as her role on Girls goes, Kirke says it has been both a blessing and a curse for her art career. |
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Being single after my last relationship has been a blessing. |
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Of course, the support of a governor with a job approval rating south of 30 percent is, at best, a mixed blessing. |
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In his presence at last, I felt overwhelmed with gratitude that not only was I given the blessing of meeting him, but that a pure spirit of love connected us. |
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Historical tales suggested that a woman attained both the power to give a curse and to confer a blessing in the period between her vow of sati and her death. |
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I have total recall, which is most peculiar and not a blessing. |
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He was told what the terms were and he, as it were, gave his blessing. |
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We don't treat the heat, as Mediterranean peoples do, as an inevitable feature of the summer and a mixed blessing to be treated with circumspection. |
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He laid his own over ours in a sort of benediction, a blessing. |
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The pontiff told thousands who attended his Sunday angelus blessing at his summer residence outside Rome that children were bearing the brunt of the violence in Uganda. |
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Immediately before the Agnus Dei, the priest gives the nuptial blessing. |
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The ceremony of blessing takes place after the Agnus Dei of the Mass. |
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Throwing out a ceremonial first pitch has always been a blessing and a curse. |
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The remoteness of the area has been both its curse and its blessing throughout history. |
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The move has the blessing of the Franciscan community in Waterford who have commended the City Council on the proposal to move the Luke Wadding statue to Greyfriars. |
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It's a mixed blessing, where the payment for an empty car-park and deserted supermarket aisles is a fair number of empty shelves which have yet to be stocked. |
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The last includes mantras and yoga, seeking the guidance of a guru or performing temple ceremonies for the direct blessing and intervention of God, Gods and devas. |
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He was startled to behold their beauty, and at once felt a rush of love for these creatures, blessing them as the only other living things in his damnable world. |
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He aimed it at Robert and smiled to himself, blessing his good fortune. |
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He exited onto the bustling streets of the port city, and took a deep breath of the fresh, cool air, blessing his decision to go to Wanda with his troubles. |
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After studies had shown no passage of this organism to humans, regulatory bodies gave a careful blessing to the development of xenotransplantation. |
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However, ultimately we have to recognize that earnings from business are also a Divine blessing, and not just the fruits of luck or of our own cleverness. |
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The point of the author is that the accursed sons are trying to claim the blessing given to Shem by main force, as though power and strength are our salvation. |
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The fact that he is working again is already a blessing, and the fact that he is remaking a masterpiece doesn't in this case mean any reversion to formula. |
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With the blessing of the DPC, the FBI and the CIA approached refugee organizations with different agendas. |
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The marriage ended in 1992, after Welch had provoked a media flurry by attending a blessing of the marriage in Yorkshire wearing a revealing minidress. |
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The men continue to repeat Billy's blessing, but the Captain is not moved. |
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The song is a prayer for God's blessing on the land and all its people. |
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You give and you take, which is not always that easy or that natural, and having a life where you have to give and have to take is a blessing among all your blessings. |
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These festivities will include the blessing of seeds and driving cattle between two balefires to purify them and promote fertility and growth of the herd. |
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As my eyes adjust to the darkness, I see an elderly monk sitting on the floor, murmuring and blessing an older woman seated in a lotus position in front of him. |
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Popes traditionally deliver the blessing at Christmas and Easter. |
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A 3.5-metre-long ivory is another treasure blessing the palace, on which is carved a subminiature sutra of 82,000 characters and pictures of 500 arhats. |
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The roundels in the center show a doge kneeling before an enthroned Saint Mark and a seated, robed figure with the right hand raised, presumably in blessing. |
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He was filled with a longing for God's glory and for spiritual blessing. |
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After the ritual blessing, the relic was replaced in its casket. |
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The biggest blessing of multichannel TV is the ability to avoid sport. |
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It was a framed picture of Shirdi Sai baba with his hand raised in blessing, lean and austere, with a white cloth tied around his head and a trimmed white beard. |
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A variety of speakers brought a variety of sermons on numerous texts, the result of which was occasional blessing but no regular consistent instruction. |
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It recalls the violence and cruelty of medieval military expeditions to conquer the Holy Land, all done in the name of Christ and with the blessing of the church. |
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People are blessing themselves as they pass where the accident happened. |
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The public consultation period on the Westmead skatepark ended last Thursday, just as Chippenham Town Council gave its blessing for the plans to proceed. |
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Lastly, the master of ceremonies could give the meal blessing. |
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Religious expressions, talk of harlots and people blessing themselves also feature widely in what is the kind of cutesy vision of Ireland that might be presented to a tourist. |
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But there's no official record of which committee members gave their blessing to this bill because the vote was a voice vote. |
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Midmorning's Blessing Hour, marked by the prayer of Terce, is about spirit, breath and blessing. |
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A blessing is said over challah, a golden loaf, which is then broken into pieces for all to share. |
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Playing Jessa is both a blessing and a curse for Jemima Kirke. |
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Mahony began Sunday's stational Mass of the Passion with the blessing of the palms. |
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A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you this day. |
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Then a blessing of unicorns charged into the studio, and I was carried away to be re-educated. |
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As King John was an enemy of the church, Pope Innocent III gave his blessing to Llywelyn's revolt. |
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For example, in the Aaronide blessing, only two of the six verbs are formally jussives, yet all have the same volitional sense. |
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What in tarnation do we think we're doing when we bless or ask for a blessing? |
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Anglican priest, Geoffrey Curtis, campaigned for it with the current Archbishop of Canterbury's blessing. |
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At first he received visitors, but later he confined himself to his cell and opened his window only to give his blessing. |
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Each day in the liturgical year and each saint's feast day had a different blessing. |
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The account of the loss of the blessing of his father Isaac appears immediately after Esau's marriage to his Hittite wives. |
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In 2016, Neil Gaiman stated that Terry had given him his blessing to go forward with an adaptation of Good Omens if he so wished. |
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At sundown on Friday, the woman of the house welcomes the Shabbat by lighting two or more candles and reciting a blessing. |
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The evening meal begins with the Kiddush, a blessing recited aloud over a cup of wine, and the Mohtzi, a blessing recited over the bread. |
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Both stories related to Columba using his saintly blessing to raise people out of poverty and make them wealthier. |
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The marriage was to take place in a civil ceremony at Windsor Castle, with a subsequent religious blessing at St George's Chapel. |
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The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh did attend the service of blessing, and held a reception for the newlyweds at Windsor Castle afterwards. |
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The blessing, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, was televised. |
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He showed them to his father, who suggested that he submit them for publication, with his blessing. |
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The first Italian film was a few seconds, showing Pope Leo XIII giving a blessing to the camera. |
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The priest imparts a simple blessing or a solemn blessing to those present. |
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Gregory vested as a bishop holding a Gospel Book and blessing with his right hand. |
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The tax farmers' profits consisted of additional amounts they could forcibly wring from the populace with Rome's blessing or turning a blind eye. |
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Traditionally the king had a duty to perform a religious ceremony blessing the rice plantation. |
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Also, in 2013, some in the Church of England planned a liturgical blessing of gay couples. |
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But I am always very happy to look favourably on anyone seeking a blessing, be it for divorced couples, animals or friendships. |
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It was a standard blessing, one I wrote myself, based on the Claddagh ring theme. |
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In the Eastern liturgical tradition, a priest can celebrate the Divine Liturgy only with the blessing of a bishop. |
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In contrast, theodicies of fortune emphasise the notion that privileges are a blessing and are deserved. |
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It seems an unwisely conferred blessing really for the Kazvini is known throughout Persia as the biggest rogue in Shiadom. |
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Be assured that once a soul loses its sense of sinnership and need, it is outside the channel of blessing and grace. |
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How horrible it is to have so many people killed! And what a blessing that one cares for none of them! |
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Maybe, then, the Hathahate phenomenon is a blessing in disguise. |
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I am thinking of etrogs turned into pomanders and pieces of afikoman hung over doors as amulets to increase one's blessing. |
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In the separate YHWH version, Hawwah is created from Adham's rib and they are a couple without any blessing or ceremony. |
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The blessing was organised in conjunction with the Yee Rah restaurant, which is set to open in the city's new Liverpool One shopping complex. |
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Madge looked glum on the eve of her big day as film director Guy drove her from a Kaballah blessing. |
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Papal blessing was the hinge of Isabella and Ferdinand's consolidation of power at the close of the Reconquista. |
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That this seal of approval can be reconveyed at low cost is a blessing, not a curse. |
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A reminder that the Romanian Orthodox Church gave the blessing in the declaration of the autocephaly of the Macedonian Orthodox Church. |
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Wearing his letter jacket, Donley was seated in the front row when the pope walked over to his section, touching and blessing those seated there. |
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Her parents gave the marriage their blessing and even attended the ceremony in the remote town of Kahraman Maras. |
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To know you can do better next time, unrecognizably better, and that there is no next time, and that it is a blessing there is not, there is a thought to be going on with. |
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Or, opt for a ladleful of madiya pej, a grain gruel, Try phooto, a pebble-shaped mushroom that pops out of the earth like a blessing after the first shower. |
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Mrs Mete Kjuel Nielsen Ambassador of Kingdom of Denmark, and His Grace Vicar Bishop of Hvosno Atanasije with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch of Serbia Irinej. |
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The road connectivity between Bani and Banderwah, expected to be restored within days would prove be a milestone for the government and a blessing for local residents here. |
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But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. |
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It was such a blessing that there were other beings beside hard, scrabbly, warring men, people who need not be afraid to be soft, women with pretty eyes. |
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Archbishop Tutu also gave his daughter and her partner a blessing. |
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Jocasta had my blessing when she seduced you, you stuck-up piffler. |
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This liturgy was not a marriage rite, but the blessing included an exchange of vows and the couple's agreement to enter into a lifelong committed relationship. |
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After blessing the country to the northward, he turned towards the south, and looking across the Baikal, he waved his hand, exclaiming 'Beyond this there is nothing. |
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Subdeacons are ordained during the Little Hours, but the ceremonies surrounding his blessing continue through the Divine Liturgy, specifically during the Great Entrance. |
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Manson wouldn't cooperate with the project, but Guinn does such a thorough job reminding us of his monstrousness, that actually seems like a blessing. |
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Some churches have a separate service for the blessing of a cantor. |
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After the blessing over the wine, servers presented plates of matzo. |
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However, in 751, Pepin finally displaced the last Merovingian and, with the support of the nobility and the blessing of Pope Zachary, became one of the Frankish kings. |
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Postcommunion prayers and the final blessing by the priest ends the Mass. |
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Manic Street Preachers was put on hold for six months and disbanding the group was seriously considered, but with the blessing of Edwards' family, the other members continued. |
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Later, a religious blessing was conducted by a Vicar from her hometown. |
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Wroth cast away his violin, and falling on his knees in the midst of the company, most fervently prayed for the blessing of God upon this alarming providence. |
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Parish priests commonly function as spiritual guides, but such guides can be any person, male or female, who has been given a blessing to hear confessions. |
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The building of the Meadowhall Centre on the site of a former steelworks in 1990 was a mixed blessing, creating much needed jobs but hastening the decline of the city centre. |
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In my community, mourners said the Kaddish, the blessing for the dead. |
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao gave his blessing Tuesday to the next leader of Macao, Fernando Chui, urging him to be prepared for his job that is to begin in December. |
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When the ceremony ended, the freshly blessed animals and their smiling owners shuffled, slithered, or galumphed home to await next year's blessing. |
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If you know us at all and the three ring circus that is our lives, you know that this came as a great shock to us as well as an overwhelming blessing. |
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Leander Paes, who is the only prominent face in the squad, said that being underdogs would be a blessing in disguise as the team would not be under any pressure. |
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