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"May Jesus bless you!" or "Bless you!" Takk (fyri)! "Thanks (for [it])!" Finnish: Terveydeksi "For health!" Kiitos "Thank you" French: à tes / vos souhaits or Santé. Old-fashioned: à tes / vos amours after the second sneeze, and qu'elles durent toujours or à tes / vos rêves after the third. More archaically, one can say Que Dieu te/vous ...
It always involves God, because when you will the good of another person, you realize only God is capable of bringing that. So we naturally say, "God bless you." You can bless someone when you will their good under the invocation of God. You invoke God on their behalf to support the good that you will for them. This is the nature of blessing.
It's allergy season again, so there's a lot of sneezing going around. Sneezing can be caused by crazy things like being too full, seeing a bright light, or even orgasm. For how common sneezing is ...
Several hypotheses exist for why the custom arose of saying "bless you" or "God bless you" in the context of sneezing: Some say it came into use during the plague pandemics of the 14th century. Blessing the individual after showing such a symptom was thought to prevent possible impending death due to the lethal disease.
Cynthia Fernandez says she was just being polite when she told drivers "God bless you." Here's how her attorney views it: Attorney Greb Noble told News 12 New Jersey: "Ms. Fernandez had a right to ...
Lee Greenwood will celebrate the 40th anniversary of his iconic anthem “God Bless the USA” – a love letter to the country – and at 81 years old, he has no plans to slow down.
Greenwood discussed the inauguration, his relationship with Trump and the “God Bless the USA Bibles" with the AP. This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity. AP: You performed at Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017. Why was it important for you to do so again? GREENWOOD: When the president was sworn in, it was at the Lincoln Memorial.
Bless your heart" is a phrase common to the Southern United States. [1] [2] The phrase has multiple meanings and is used to express genuine sympathy but sometimes as an insult that conveys condescension, derision, or contempt. It may also be spoken as a precursor to an insult to mitigate its severity.