During the final standing ovations people rushed to the stage with outstretched hands, which he eagerly clasped, and several parents even held up children, as if seeking his benediction.
Politicians seek his benediction on issues as diverse as pensions reform and China's currency policy.
Walking slowly toward Mother Sister, Benny seeks some kind of benediction; Hurlbert, as Benny, shows an aching vulnerability in this scene, which forces Rashad to drop some of her noble stoicism and do the hardest thing an actor can do: listen.
By respecting these systems of symbolism, successive rulers sought to ensure the benediction of the ancestors, strengthen the legitimacy of their rule and ensure the protection and stability of their kingdom.
But Mr. Romney sought out Cardinal Dolan to give the benediction at the convention, Mr. Flaherty said, because of his stature as president of the bishops' conference and his proclamations that religious liberty is at risk because of Obama administration policies.
He was giving his benediction in a tradition shared by soul music and Sufi devotional poetry, as the songs in the set -- both new ones like "Elevation" and older ones like "Desire" and "Bad" -- sought grace and fulfillment.
Peter W. Rodino, Jr., a New Jersey Democrat who served as chairman, had opened the proceedings with a grave benediction: "I pray that we will each act with the wisdom that compels us in the end to be but decent men who seek only the truth.
If this be true, thou dost know thyself that thou may'st receive the favour neither of the divine nor of the apostolic benediction unless-those who have been excommunicated being separated from thee, and compelled to do penance- thou do first, with condign repentance and satisfaction' seek absolution and indulgence for the transgression.
The Aaronic benediction (Num.
