There is currently considerable discussion about whether it is possible to bless persons in same-sex unions. In light of this, it can be useful to step back and take a look at the topic of blessings ...

This blessing is designed for use with groups, inviting those present to each find a partner to bless. However, it could also be used by just two persons, with one blessing the other. When used with ...

Its words are the oldest of the Torah ever found and the earliest artifact of Jewish liturgy we have in physical form, some 500 years before the Dead Sea Scrolls. “It mounts by gradual stages from the ...

IT IS 1230. EXACTLY. AND WE START THIS HALF HOUR HONORING LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS AS WE ENTER HURRICANE SEASON. TODAY, MORE THAN 35 EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE BLESSED BY ARCHBISHOP GREGORY AYMOND IN A ...

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