+++ 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 everyone 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 would like a blessing this week.
Thank you,
Angelica
Regine says
Hey Angelica,
It‘s good to have you back. 🙂 Noted, and you‘re very welcome,
Regine
Markéta says
Hi Regine,
please, bless me and my Aimy.
Thank you-I appreciate your blessings very much.
And I will send blessings – and my Aimy’s smile back, if welcome.
Have a nice day!
Yours grateful,
Markéta
Regine says
Hi Markéta,
Hope you’ve had a fine week! 🙂 Noted, and yes please – I’d be very grateful for your blessings this week, and especially for Aimy’s smile (sorry – it’s not that she’s more important than you, but she’s just a wee bit cuter… 😉 ).
Have a great weekend,
Regine
V.O.G says
Hello Regine!
I’m glad to hear your spring is sproinging (I may have made that word up) right along! I definitely wish you good luck with the bramble. Maybe there’s a way to communicate with it and set some boundaries where you both feel comfortable. I have some similar concerns with wasps and similar insects around my balcony where I like to hang out in the summer. Setting boundaries that everybody can be comfortable, without violence, is not always easy or fully achieved, but it’s well worth the effort.
I would very much 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 for this. It might indeed be worth it with the bramble, although claiming “unused” land in preparation for what is later to be a forest is its nature, so the room for compromise might be limited in this case. For what it’s worth, in my experience it’s well possible to communicate with hornets and agree on mutual non-aggression and friendly neighbourship, i.e. it might equally well be possible with the wasps around your balcony, too.
Anyway, I’ve noted your request. Thanks for signing up again! And yep, please, I’d very much appreciate yours this week, too. Thanks for offering,
Regine
Ochre Harebrained Curmudgeon says
Hi, Regine,
I would be most grateful for another blessing this week. And offer mine in return.
Thanks as always
*OHC*
Regine says
Hi OHC,
Gladly, and you’re very welcome! 🙂 I’d also very much appreciate yours. Thanks a lot for offering,
Regine
Valerie says
Greetings and thanks from the Nickel, Regine! 🙏
We’ve rolled right back through your electronic door, seeking a spot on your blessings list for this week, if you please.
We’re all doing well. Vanessa’s arm continues to heal. On a walk yesterday, she reports that a blue heron “accompanied” her and matched her pace for quite a distance. Seems auspicious. We hope you are doing well, too. May I continue to send you my blessings?
Thanks for providing this oasis of kindness and sanity. 🏝️
Valerie, Trevor, Shirleen, Vanessa, Vicki, and (Sunny)
Regine says
Hi Valerie,
You’re very welcome, and thanks for signing up again! 🙂 A blue heron, how beautiful! Glad to hear Vanessa’s arm is healing fine, that’s great! I’m doing well indeed, thanks. “Interesting” times ahead, huh?
Yes, please, I’d very much appreciate your blessings this week. Thanks for asking,
Regine
Justin Moore says
Hi Regine,
I would like to be added to this weeks general blessing. Thank you for your work.
Justin
Regine says
Hi Justin,
Sure thing, and you‘re very welcome! 🙂 Hope you‘re doing fine,
Regine
Marko says
Hi Regine,
might one request some blessings for himself and his family.
Best regards,
Marko
Regine says
Hey Marko,
One might. 😉 Noted, and I hope you‘re all having a good week,
Regine