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What is happening out of frame is the "blessing of the ovaries," J.F.'s favorite activity involving females. It helps when there's baby juju present to focus the fertility energy.
He also does a blessing for the male reproductive organs, but I don't believe Philip chose to take part this particular day, at least not on camera.
November and December 2010 were tough for us and our home. After losing one home to a house fire (2009), living temporarily in a dissatisfying home afterward, and then terrible mold in the fall of 2010, we needed to reconnect with and reclaim our home. We did an Epiphany house blessing and chalked our door. This home is ours, and we've dedicated it to God!
The slip and the back of the lace pinafore of the baby blessing/christening gown. I used cotton broadcloth for the slip though the pattern called for batiste. If the eyelets and lacing had been done in white as the pattern instructed then the white-on-white would have been beautiful shadow-work but I needed the stronger whiter white of the broadcloth to make the gown look white after I used the 'Baby Soft' YLI thread colour for the lace embroidery.
Learn more about the Blessing Ceremony on the Festival Blog: www.festival.si.edu/2014/hong-kong-crew-begins-work-on-fl...
For Father's Day I had these shirts made for all of our Blessings and Grandblessings in memory of their Dad and Papa and my beloved Larry... this is of my son and his family missing their daughter, our precious Lauren, who was away on vacation and
will get hers when she returns and then will add her portrait in
her Papa shirt!!! It was 3 months today that God took my beloved home to be with Him... and I am learning it gets worse before it
gets better... but claiming Matthew 5:4 -
"Blessed are those that mourn for they shall be comforted".
End of April, way past the best timing for cherry blossom viewing in the middle part of Japan. BUT, fortunately, Bibi still got to "catch" a tiny little bit (a few trees XD) at Nagano. ^^ What a blessing!!!
四月底，早已過了在本州，特別是中部賞櫻的最佳時期～ 但是好幸福，還是被我興奮地”逮到“幾株依然綻放的beauties.... 太開心了！還是一句：幸福，可以好簡單!! ^O^
The Greek Orthodox Congregation here in Fort Smith, Arkansas has a blessing of the waters each year and asks for God's blessing on the waterway and all who travel upon it. Father John and his congregation graciously allowed me to record the ceremony. This is the vessel that contains the holy water for the ceremony with the Arkansas River forming the background.
Blessing my new house. Thai monks who stayed in the Netherlands for 3 months, have blessed my house :)
Blessing my new house. Thai monks who stayed in the Netherlands for 3 months, have blessed my house :)
Blessing of a scooter, from W F Jashemski's children's book Letters from Pompeii. Illustration by M. Saesk. 1963.
Feb. 24, 2015 – From top, Alex Campillo, Emily Lehre, Claire Richer, Kristina Damm, Dana Hiniker and Jo Maccune, members of the Boston University Women’s Rowing team, exercise on ergometers at the BU DeWolfe Boathouse, 619 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Mass., Tuesday morning. During the cold winter months when the Charles River freezes over, the team works out inside the boathouse to keep in shape. “It’s such an aerobic sport,” said Coach Stacey Rippetoe. “You have to.” © Kiera Blessing 2015
TMD 2016 - DNA - Week 45 - 4th November - I am Blessed to be a Blessing
Wonderful devotional that really made me think :)
I loved the passage from Rick Warren's book:
"The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness. It’s far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions. If you want to know why you were placed on this planet, you must begin with God. You were born by his purpose and for his purpose."
It seemed to me we sometimes need to get back to basics. Stop worrying about the big stuff and make sure we take care of the little things that can make such a difference to us all.
Matthew 10:29 came to mind: Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care.
Symbolically, feeding the birds is a small thing to do but has great impact when we do that! If we can perhaps free ourselves from worrying about the big things - or at least from letting those things take over our minds and hearts - and focus on little things we can do well with great love, everything else will follow.
I think perhaps the US election fever and the reactions that we can't seem to escape atm on social media and mainstream played a subconscious part in my thinking today! The results of a whole nation voting can't be changed and people seem to feel helpless, but there is a lot that we all can do in making the world a better place where we are. Let's just start there and see where we're led...? Be blessed by being a blessing to others.
TFL!
Oil on panel
35.1 x 25.1 cm (13 13/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Christ Blessing - Hans Memling 1481
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, Massachusetts
I have decided to start a photography project this year, in which I'm going to take one photograph each week as a way of counting my blessings.
I was at university when I first used a computer. I became fascinated with the potential of I.T. and the Internet, and wrote my PGCE extended project on IT and English teaching. Things have moved on a lot since then. And whatever critisisms we have of technology, I think it is most definitely a blessing, bringing us all closer together as human beings. The Internet has let me meet - either directly or indirectly - and maintain contact with, many of my friends. It helps me with my job, I use it to do my shopping. Even our newest cat, we first saw on the Cats Protection webpage. And if it wasn't for the Internet, I wouldn't be doing this right now either, I suppose.
“May God give you...
For every storm a rainbow,
for every tear a smile,
for every care a promise and a blessing in each trial.
For every problem life sends,
a faithful friend to share,
for every sigh a sweet song
and an answer for each prayer.”
(Am I Irish you ask? How about this for a mix...Scottish/Irish and Italian!!! - How does my wife survive?)
blessing for a baby in a Maya ritual at the ancient altar in Iximché, Guatemala / © Stefan Werner Maurer 2012
Today, January 6, was a major religious festival in Greece and other orthodox countries, the feast of Epiphany (Theofania in Greek). It commemorates the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan.
After the Divine Liturgy in Church, the priests and congregation proceed to the nearest body of water, in this case Glyfada Beach, and proceed to bless the waters, finishing off by casting a cross into the water which is retrieved by swimmers who brave the cold waters. The one who retrieves the cross is especially blessed. Large numbers of people gather to witness the event, which is usually followed by a leisurely seafood meal in a nearby fish taverna.