Sentence examples for mass blessing from inspiring English sources

The date of 14 October was auspicious because it was on that date in 1982 that the first mass "blessing" took place, when the Rev Moon joined 6,000 couples in Korea in marriage.

His "mass blessing" ceremonies in stadiums captured the attention of the world in the 1970s and 1980s.Having died from pneumonia-related complications at the age of 92, he leaves behind a religious empire diminished in its number of adherents, but still with impressive financial clout.

Enzo Mosino, Rome's acting traffic commissioner, who attended the Mass and blessing wearing a tricolor sash, explained, "We tried to reconcile the two situations".

It was a funeral Mass to bless a family dealt an incomprehensible loss.

However, in Scotland at least, Mass of Blessed John Henry Newman has not made a widespread impact.

Newell, E. W. & Cheng, Y. Mass cytometry: blessed with the curse of dimensionality.

James MacMillan composed his Mass of Blessed John Henry Newman as a congregational setting for the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom in 2010.

At the end of the Mass, Francis blessed several wheelchair-bound faithful as he always does, including a man described by the priest who brought him as being possessed by the devil.

The program features two Masses, the blessing of the bikes, and a 45-mile "pilgrimage" ride through the fields and dark forests of central Brittany, in addition to several non-denominational rock concerts and ample supplies of beer and wine.

While many of those interviewed perceive Mass of Blessed John Henry Newman to be technically difficult for their congregations to sing, some also see the setting as failing to resonate with the wider identity of Scottish Catholic congregations.

Ferguson, Michael (2018) "James MacMillan's Mass of Blessed John Henry Newman and the Culture of Liturgical Music-Making in the Scottish Catholic Church," Yale Journal of Music & Religion: Vol. 4: No. 2, Article 2.