Sentence examples for traditional blessing from inspiring English sources

It was a traditional blessing that meant, "Blessed are you, O Lord, who has kept me alive and brought me up to this day". I'm grateful that I survived to this day.

John Paul is still expected to deliver his traditional blessing on Easter.

Candelaria takes its name from the traditional blessing of candles in Catholic churches, an observance that still occurs that day, though the church emphasizes the feast's scriptural origins as the presentation of Jesus.

At Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park, half-priced tickets for a ride on the Wonder Wheel will be available to the first 100 people on line, following the traditional blessing of the rides at 11 a.m.

The traditional blessing of the hounds -- the fox hunt cavorts through adjacent acreage -- is on the pastor's to-do list, hence those photos of beagles and horsemen on the mantel next to his two teenage children's portraits.

Challah, formed into a circle for the hope that the New Year will lead to a more heavenly period, is usually eaten in a group, with the traditional blessing before the meal, giving thanks.

She suffered the comic's traditional blessing-in-disguise of being the bright but awkward outsider.

Before offering the traditional papal blessing to the crowd in St. Peter's Square, he asked the people first to bless him.

A few residents waved ti leaves, a traditional Hawaiian blessing.

A traditional Hindu blessing ceremony was performed last July at the Oberoi Grand Hotel in Calcutta.

Jeffrey Chodorow, part owner of the bar and of high-gloss restaurants in New York and elsewhere, offered a traditional Hebrew blessing.