blessing

She cradles the infant Jesus in her left arm, the latter seen in the act of blessing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

It would be ideal, if not absolutely necessary, if you each retired with the other’s blessing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

At his weekly blessing on Sunday, the pope said doctors had recently found a small, localized nodule in his lung.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

“It’s a blessing for it to be brought to light,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

She said the Sogdian blessing that the food be of good nourishment, the way an older sister might have done, and added, “I think it might have been love.”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

"I always count my blessings more than I count my money. I don't work for money, never did."

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

"It stays with me always how things could have been. Every day I still count my blessings."

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

The armed security guard at the San Diego mosque would greet every visitor without fail, responding “Salam wa rahamatullahi wa barakatuh” or “May the peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you too.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

Mina, who longs for “glamour, and comfort, and money,” dislikes the idea of marriage but concedes that “if these blessings must come via a man, so be it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Every Friday, without fail, my mother would light the Shabbat candles just long enough to say the evening blessings.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson