+++ 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 for this week – may these blessings bring you good things!
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’…
Angelica says
Hi Regine,
I welcome a blessing next week.
Thank you!
~Angelica
Regine says
Hey Angelica,
Welcome back. Gladly, and I hope you‘re having a good week! 🙂
Regine
Ennobled little day says
Hello,
This is my first time posting here. I’m worried a bit about my health. I plan on seeing a doctor in the not-too-distant future, but perhaps a blessing on top of that might help, if you don’t mind.
Thank you,
Ennobled little day
Regine says
Hi Enobled little day,
Welcome! 🙂 I don‘t mind at all, and combining medical advice with a blessing is very well possible.
I wis you all the best, and a positive outcome for this,
Regine
V.O.G says
Hello Regine!
Hopefully the spring weather is actually pleasantly on par in your neck of the world. Here it’s still winter, just part II, so far.
I’d greatly appreciate a blessing this week too, please, and as always I offer mine in return. 🙂
Thank you!
— V.O.G
Regine says
Hi V.O.G.,
Thanks. We’ve had some rather changeable spring weather, but pleasant overall (plus, the rain is also important for the plants and soil, or at least that’s what I keep reminding myself… 😉 ). And it’s most definitely spring by now – the first willows are past, the later willows have started to, and our rosemary (which blooms a lot and at odd times of the year) is in full bloom, much to the enjoyment of the local bee population… 😀
Noted, and yes, please, I’d very much appreciate your blessing this week, too – thanks for offering!
I hope you can enjoy winter part II, 🙂
Regine
Valerie says
Greetings and thanks from the Nickel, Regine! 🙏
I see that blessings fall on April Fools’ Day. At least here in the USA. Even better, because fools need blessings more than others. 😁
Shirleen and Vanessa are in good spirits, but Vicki’s dog, Sunny, died unexpectedly
a few days ago. She was always a bit on the unhealthy side, but coping. She went fast. We are glad she is no longer suffering.
We hope you are doing well in these bonkers times. May I continue to send you my blessings?
Thanks for your generosity,
Valerie, Trevor, Shirleen, Vanessa, and Vicki
Regine says
Hi Valerie,
I’m very sorry to hear about Vicki’s dog! That’s hard, even if it might have been a blessing of sorts. If you want to, please ask Vicki whether she wants me to bless Sunny as well. I’d be happy to do that if she requests it, for however long you folks keep mentioning it in your requests.
Yep, it’ll be April Fools here, too – and given the current foolish human happenings in the world, blessings are more in order than ever! Maybe we could transform ourselves from fool to jester, at least a little bit? 😉
Glad to hear Vanessa and Shirleen are in good spirits, and I’ll happily include the lot of you again this week. And yes, please, I’d very much appreciate your blessings, thanks for asking!
All the best to you,
Regine
Valerie says
Hi Regine,
Vicki says thank you, and yes please do add her late dog Sunny to your blessing list. We’re thinking the traditional 40 days, so I will add her to our request for the next several weeks.
I like the idea of transforming my Fool to a Jester. What a great idea! If I remember correctly, someone is giving an online fermentation class. Perhaps if I pay close attention…😃
Thanks as always,
Valerie
Regine says
Yes, please do add her for as long as Vicki feels it will be helpful or appropriate! 🙂
Hm, fermenting fools into jesters… I can see some potential there. And, oh boy, what a massive pile of raw material the world would offer for that… 😉
Regine
Ochre Harebrained Curmudgeon says
Hi, Regine,
I’d very much appreciate another blessing this week– work life is mighty stressful just now, so a particular focus on that would be wonderful.
Thanks as always, and I offer you my own blessing in return.
*OHC*
Regine says
Hi OHC,
And I’ll gladly include you (and this focus). I hope work is not only stressful, but also productive and fulfilling for you! 🙂
Yes, please, I’d very much appreciate your blessing this week. Thanks a lot for offering, and all the best to you,
Regine
Mike says
Hi Regine,
Sandra and I would like to be included in your blessing again this week. We could both use some extra help with healing our respective health challenges.
May I offer you my blessing in return?
Many thanks
Mike
Regine says
Hi Mike,
And I’ll gladly include both of you tomorrow. 🙂 Yes, please, I’d very much appreciate your blessing this week – thanks for offering!
I wish both of you all the best,
Regine