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11. Wishing you a happy birthday filled with your heart’s desires. I hope your day is as special and extraordinary as you are. 12. Happy birthday to someone who brings sunshine into the lives of ...
11. Happy birthday to the best boss! May it bring you lots of smiles. 12. Happy birthday! I hope it’s beyond magical. 13. Wishing you a day filled with nothing but happiness.
Other languages also include greetings based on Christian religious terms: In Irish, the popular greeting is Dia dhuit (singular) or Dia dhaoibh (plural, meaning "God with you" in both cases), similar to the English "goodbye", a contraction of God be with ye; [4] today, "goodbye" has a less obviously religious meaning.
Between 1973 and 1999, September 16 was the most common birthday in the United States, and December 25 was the least common birthday (other than February 29 because of leap years). [12] In 2011, October 5 and 6 were reported as the most frequently occurring birthdays.
The historic meaning of the phrase "God rest you merry" is 'may God grant you peace and happiness'; the Oxford English Dictionary records uses of this phrase from 1534 onwards. It appears in Shakespeare 's play As You Like It [ 20 ] and the phrase "rest you merry" appears in Romeo and Juliet ; [ 21 ] both plays date from the 1590s.
Hilary of Poitiers: " Therefore they ought to inculcate constantly the knowledge of God, and the profound secret of evangelic doctrine, to be revealed by the light of preaching; having no fear of those who have power only over the body, but cannot reach the soul; Fear not those that kill the body, but cannot kill the soul." [2]
Praise the Lord is a Christian greeting phrase used in various parts of the world in English, as well as other languages. [1] [2] The salutation is derived from the Bible, where it and related phrases occurs around two hundred and fifty times (cf. Psalm 117:1–2).
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