“My parents gave me their blessing to go to the music festival.”

“The warmth is a blessing for aching backs after a day of off-road trials.”

“With a quickly prayed prayer of blessing for the food, the two of them began tucking in.”

“Then both the blesser and the blessed will praise God for his boundless love.”

“One can sympathize then if, as Barry Blesser and Linda-Ruth Salter suggest in their book Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?”

“Barry Blesser and Linda-Ruth Salter's book, Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?”

“After years of hard work and perseverance, she finally achieved a state of blessedness, feeling truly content and fulfilled with her life.”

“She radiated a sense of blessedness, having found inner peace and spiritual purity through her daily meditation practice.”

“The use of the future tense indicates that blessedness includes future benefits that overcome the misfortunes of the present.”

“Bowing down, they will burn joss sticks and pray for blessings and protection.”

“This has been a very difficult year for us, but we have learned to count our blessings.”

“I've been spending many wakeful nights during the past couple of weeks thinking about my blessings versus my challenges.”