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These mean, in order: "Health", "May God raise you", "May God keep you covered" (as in warm and covered), or "Little Saint!" obrigado/a or Amém "Thank you" or "Amen" Punjabi: ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ (Waheguru) or ਤੇਰਾ ਭਲਾ ਹੋਵੇ! "Glorious Lord" or "May you be blessed" Thanvaad "Thank you" Romanian
God bless you (variants include God bless or bless you [1]) is a common English phrase generally used to wish a person blessings in various situations, [1] [2] especially to "will the good of another person", as a response to a sneeze, and also, when parting or writing a valediction.
A Catholic priest blesses the Boston Marathon Bombing Memorials on Boylston Street. In the Catholic Church, a blessing is a rite consisting of a ceremony and prayers performed in the name and with the authority of the Church by a duly qualified minister by which persons or things are sanctified as dedicated to divine service or by which certain marks of divine favour are invoked upon them.
The former president is selling a bible with lyrics to the song "God Bless the USA" alongside the Constitution, Declaration of Independence and Pledge of Allegiance.
A Confraternity in Procession along Calle Génova, Seville by Alfred Dehodencq (1851). Holy Week in the liturgical year is the week immediately before Easter. The earliest allusion to the custom of marking this week as a whole with special observances is to be found in the Apostolical Constitutions (v. 18, 19), dating from the latter half of the 3rd century and 4th century.
The tradition of food blessing at Easter, which has early-medieval roots in Christian society, possibly originated from a pagan ritual. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The tradition is said to date from the 7th century in its basic form, the more modern form containing bread and eggs (symbols of resurrection and Christ) are said to date from the 12th century.
The 2016 Week was provided by the Churches of Latvia, [10] and the theme was that all Christians are 'Called to proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord' (indirectly referring to 1 Peter 2:9). [11] The theme for the week of prayer in 2019, "Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue ..." was inspired by Deuteronomy 16:18-20. [12]
Buddy Christ. Buddy Christ is a parody religious icon created by filmmaker Kevin Smith, which first appeared in Smith's 1999 film Dogma.. In the film, Buddy is part of a campaign ("Catholicism Wow!") to renew the image of (and interest in) the Catholic Church.