600 Blessings and Prayers from around the World

Book, 2002, 388 pp
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What better gift to receive than God's blessing! And what better gift can we give another than a blessing? The blessings here are meant to be savored and shared, and they cover an amazing array of occasions and needs: for creation, the seasons and rhythms of the year, the birth of a child, for loved ones, for rites of passage, for the sick and dying, for our daily food, for our work, for creativity, for journeys and farewells, for peace, joy, hope and for each new day of life.

These blessings are exhuberant as well as practical, poetic and prayerful, simple and profound. Read them, pray over them, share them.

Contents include:

Living God, Loving God

  • 11 blessings
  • 6 prayers
  • 2 reflective readings
  • 3 responsive readings

Aspects of Worship

  • Shalom of God
    • 20 blessings
    • 2 reader's theater
    • 7 prayers
    • 5 responsive readings
    • 5 benedictions
  • Praise and Thanksgiving
    • 9 readings
    • 1 prayer
    • 1 blessing
  • Biblical Perspectives
    • 9 readings
    • 16 blessings
    • 1 reflection
    • 1 responsive reading
    • 1 benediction
  • Baptism, Blessing, Eucharist
    • 1 welcome
    • 7 blessings
    • 2 responsive reading
    • 1 reading
    • 1 prayer
    • 1 benediction
  • Consecraction and Dedication
    • 5 blessings
  • The Sacred Three
    • 4 readings
    • 3 blessings
    • 2 prayers
  • Holy Wisdom
    • 9 readings
    • 7 blessings
  • To Be Silent...
    • 3 blessing
    • 1 prayer
  • Saints Still Alive
    • 5 blessings
    • 3 readings
  • Places of Worship
    • 8 blessings

Fruits of the Spirit

  • Encourage and Challenge
    • 13 readings
    • 6 blessings
  • Let Justice Flow...
    • 7 blessings
    • 13 readings
    • 1 responsive reading
    • 3 prayers
  • Protect Peace
    • 6 readings
    • 9 blessings
  • Joy, Perfect Joy
    • 7 sending blessings

Festivals

The Christian Year

  • Advent
    • 2 blessings
  • Christmas
    • 3 blessings
    • 6 readings
    • 1 benediction
  • Epiphany
    • 3 blessings
  • Ash Wednesday
    • 1 blessing
    • 1 reading
  • Lent
    • 1 reading
  • Good Friday
    • 2 blessings
  • Easter Day
    • 1 blessing
    • 3 readings
  • Pentecost
    • 1 prayer
    • 1 reading
  • Harvest
    • 15 blessings
    • 1 responsive reading
    • 4 prayers

God of Times and Seasons

  • Changing Splendors
    • 13 blessings
  • Take Us through the Day, Lord
    • 19 blessings
    • 2 readings
    • 1 prayer

Creator God

  • Awaken our Senses
    • 11 blessings
  • Beauty in Creation
    • 1 benediction
    • 5 blessings
    • 8 readings
    • 1 benediction
  • Landscapes
    • 6 blessings
  • Seascapes
    • 6 blessings
  • Birds and Beasts
    • 7 blessings

Lands and Peoples

  • 27 blessings

Community Lifestyles

  • Grow Together
    • 7 readings
    • 10 blessings
  • Riches in Relationships
    • 20 blessings
    • 2 prayers
  • Learning and Working
    • 8 blessings
  • Blessings for Business Meetings
    • 5 blessings
    • 1 prayer
    • 1 reading
  • Modern Technology
    • 5 blessings
    • 1 poem
    • 1 prayer
  • Being Creative
    • 11 blessings
  • Eat, Drink and ... Share
    • 20 blessings
    • 3 prayers
  • Hearth and Home
    • 11 blessings
  • All the Days of My Life
    • 28 blessings
    • 2 blessing service
    • 1 prayer

Toward Wholeness

  • Toward Health
    • 15 blessings
    • 1 prayer
    • 1 responsive reading
  • Treasured Memories
    • 12 blessings

Always on the Move

  • Inner Strength
    • 3 prayers
    • 8 blessings
  • Journeys and Pilgrimages
    • 34 blessings
    • 1 story

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