Somehow, in all of the hours logged watching these blessed events, I missed the Snow Leopard's run, so I can't even lay claim to a tangential connection to Kwame Nkrumah Acheampong.
Just before he was hanged, he said to the crowd of white men, women and children who were watching: "God bless you all.
Although he had until then lived a gratifying life that included travel and, he pointed out, partying, he was profoundly moved watching priests bless the dead.
When the jilted neo-Nazi had finished his whining, the activists began to kiss among the Christians who, despite the rain, had gathered to watch Seraphim blessing the waters.
To those people tonight, we give a special thank you, and to all the other people that are listening and watching tonight, God bless you.
What father, biological or not, wouldn't consider himself eternally blessed after watching his child give so much for a younger sibling?
In a scene showing Wojtyla's 1979 return to Poland, his first since becoming Pope John Paul II in 1978, Mr. Wajda splices in archival footage of the pope intoning to an open-air mass his famous prayer that "the Spirit descend" on Poland while Mr. Walesa's wife, Danuta, is shown dropping to her knees as she watches the blessing live on television.
We read, instead, "Their Eyes Were Watching God" and "Bless Me, Ultima," and other books showing the range of American fiction.
"I've been blessed to watch every one of his carries in person," said Hank Bauer, the former Chargers running back and longtime radio analyst, "and I've spent time at his camps and foundation events.
At the end of the service, Mr. Terry held his hand over Mr. Santorum and Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, and asked God to "have favor" on him, to "watch over him, bless him and keep him safe".
