Sentence examples for blessed status from inspiring English sources
The pope said:For me Romero is a man of God...there are no doctrinal problems and it is very important that the beatification [elevation to blessed status] be done quickly.Two weeks ago the pope rehabilitated a (still living) figure from the era of liberation theology who is in some ways even more controversial.
Orthodox Protestants believe that God has predestined the fate of all human beings: only few are elected to live on in eternal bliss; they are informed of their blessed status by an intense religious experience.
Francis confirmed that the process of elevating the slain bishop to the status of "blessed", which had been bureaucratically blocked till a year ago because of the cleric's suspected Marxist leanings, should now proceed swiftly.
Could her mother have known, making her dreadful choice, how she had blessed her?" Jane's status leaves her with a hunger and ambition to discover who she is and who she wants to be: "How can you become a somebody without first being a nobody?" It is stories – first reading them and subsequently telling them – that deliver Jane to herself.
Because Gamzatti, who also loves Solor, is blessed with wealth and social status and is used to having her own way, she can easily appear mean-spirited and little more.
I imagine that, had Instagram and Facebook been around in 1986, Elwes's every status update would have been earnestly punctuated with "#blessed": "Working with Bill Goldman and Rob Reiner, a dream come true #blessed"; "Accidently broke my toe today but Rob was so understanding #blessed"; "So #blessed to be surrounded by such talented, extraordinary people on this #blessed project #blessed".
Like Jesus, we are blessed to have friends of all marital statuses and family shapes.
Very few politicians are as blessed with the uncanny ability to joke about their status as icons.
"I didn't talk to him, but I sneezed and he said, 'Bless you.' For the next month, like, 'I got blessed by Andy Luck!' " But, at Stanford, star athletes don't always have the status they do at other schools.
Long unquestioned, Ayatollah Khamenei's status as a neutral arbiter and Islamic symbol has suffered since he prematurely blessed the election that many Iranians believe was rigged.
