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Weekly Blessing 102 – Wednesday, December 17th, 2025

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+++ This Blessing List is now closed. Please sign up here to receive blessings again next week. See you there! +++

Thanks to everybody who signed up this week – may these blessings bring you good things!

+++ Heads up: This is the last blessing in 2025 due to my winter break. The next one afterwards, #103, will be on January 7th, 2026. +++

Once a week, on Wednesday, I bless everybody who has requested it for the current week.

The process is simple:

If you would like to be included in the blessings, leave a comment to the current blessing post by Tuesday at the latest.

I will perform the blessing ceremony at some point on Wednesday, and bless everybody who has left a comment by Tuesday.*

All times listed are in German time (i.e. EST+6, apart from the few weeks a year when the US switches to and from daylight savings at a different time than Germany). Please plan accordingly.

I will only bless people who have explicitly requested it in a comment to the current week’s blessing post. I.e. if you would like to be blessed again next week, you will need to comment again.

(To do that, you can come back at any point during the week. I put up the next Blessing List right when I close the preceding one, so you can sign up for the next blessing whenever it’s convenient for you.)

You can also request blessings for other people (or, for that matter, for pets, plants, …) – as long as you have their explicit consent, or you are their rightful “guardian” (e.g. parents for their underage kids; legal caretakers for people with dementia; owners of pets or gardens for their pets or gardens; …).

So… if you would like to receive my blessings this upcoming Wednesday, or if you have any questions, please leave a comment below!

You can use your real name, a nickname of your choice, or comment anonymously.

Please feel free to also share the link to the Blessing List with other people who are interested in being blessed. Everybody is welcome to sign up.

About the blessing itself: During the ceremony, I send a “generic” blessing to everybody on the list, which also includes intentions for health, protection, and divine guidance. I also respectfully ask for blessings from their respective deities during this general part of the cermony for those who have a relationship with a specific deity or deities.

(If you don’t feel comfortable sharing your personal religious beliefs on a public forum, there is no need to list them, as I will do this general part in any case. I trust that your personal deities will know who you are and will, hopefully, respond favourably to this general request. 🙂 If you do mention a specific deity or other divine being in your comment, I will add an extra request to this particular deity and ask them to bestow their blessings upon you, too.)

If there is anything in particular you’d like me to focus on, you can add that to your comment (in just a few words, please!). I will then include this intention specifically for you, but also keep you in the general blessing.**

And if you’d like to know more about the blessings first, you can read the behind-the-scenes-take or my thoughts about one year of blessings – but don’t forget to come back and sign up afterwards! 🙂

For those of you who’d also like to bless others and aren’t sure how to start, I’ve posted a practical guide: Blessing: How to Get Started in 9 Simple Steps.

One final note: I’ll do my best to approve comments in a timely manner, but I am not glued to my screen. It might occasionally take a day or two for your comment to be approved. Thanks for your patience!

* I’m not dogmatic about this deadline. The Tuesday cutoff is simply to make sure I see your request in time, and it will be included for sure. Any comments left after midnight on Tuesday (German time) might or might not be read before the blessing, and might or might not be included.

** I’m not a physician or other health professional. If you have any health issues you’d like me to include, I’m happy to add them – but please remember that a blessing by a random stranger on the internet does not replace a competent medical treatment. Just sayin’…

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  1. Hi Regine,
    bless me and my Aimy please!
    Thank you.
    Blessings to you, too, if welcome. And have a wonderful holiday!
    Talk to you later today,
    Markéta

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  2. I would like my son, William, be blessed as he undergoes his trial. He sees the judge, December 17, to decide if he can receive government assistance for his mental illness.

    Thanks

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  3. Hello Regine!

    A well-deserved winter break it will be! I hope it is refreshing and restoring, and that the deep and beautiful melancholy of winter gives birth to something particularly wonderful for you this upcoming year.

    I would greatly appreciate being on this, your final blessing list for 2025! And as always, I offer mine in return.

    Until next year!

    — V.O.G

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    • Hey V.O.G.,

      Thanks a lot. 🙂

      And I’ll gladly include you in this last blessing – thanks for signing up again (and yep, please, yours are very welcome this week, too!).

      I wish you a wonderful time as well,

      Regine

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  5. Holiday greetings and thanks from the Nickel, Regine! 🎄❄️☃️
    We’ve rolled back to request a slot on your final blessing list of 2025. May I continue to send you my blessings as well?
    Thanks for a year of much-appreciated blessings, and may your holidays be filled with relaxation and fun!
    Valerie, Trevor, Shirleen, Vanessa, and Vicki

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    • My most favourite Nickel! 🙂

      It’s good to have you on the list again. Yes, please, I’d appreciate your blessings very much this week.

      I wish all of you wonderful and relaxing holidays among your loved ones,

      Regine

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  6. Hello again, Regine.
    I wish you a peaceful and restorative winter break. Thanks as always for doing this so faithfully every week.
    I’d appreciate your blessing this Wednesday, with particular focus on a medical test I’m getting that day. May it reveal nothing worrisome.
    I offer my blessing this week as well, if you wish. Thanks!
    *OHC*

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    • Hey OHC,

      Thanks a lot. I’ll gladly include you, and I very much hope the results will be benign and nothing to worry about! (If you don’t mind, keep me posted – with a comment marked “NOT FOR POSTING” at the top, if you prefer.)

      Either way, yes, please, I’d very much appreciate your blessing this week, too. Thanks for offering, and I wish you peaceful, relaxing and enjoyable holidays,

      Regine

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  7. Hello Regine,

    Thank you for your blessings.

    Please bless us again this week: Josiah, Joanna, Eleanor, and me.

    I hope you have a lovely winter break!

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    • Hi Jennifer,

      Thanks – I’m sure I will! 🙂 Noted, and I hope your and your family’s holidays will be wonderful, too,

      Regine

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  8. Hi Regine!

    I hope you have a wonderful winter break!

    I would gladly accept a blessing this week 👍

    Thank you and I offer you my blessing if you will accept!
    Be well,
    Matt

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    • Hey Matt,

      Thank you very much! Noted, and yes, please, I’d very much appreciate your blessing this week.

      Thanks for offering, and wondeful holidays to you, too,

      Regine

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