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Weekly Blessing 147 – Wednesday, November 11th, 2026

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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 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 midnight (German time) 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 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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  4. Greetings and thanks from the Nickel, Regine!
    Please put us on your blessing list for this week. We’re all doing well, with the possible exception of Vicki, who freed a squirrel in her backyard who had tangled himself up in a piece of wire, and then gave her quite the bite puncture would as a thank you. A tetanus shot was given and a course of antibiotics was prescribed, and she says she’s feeling fine.
    We hope you and yours are also doing well, and not getting into confrontations with the local wildlife!
    May I continue to send you my blessings as well? 🙂
    Thanks for your generosity,
    Valerie, Trevor, Shirleen, Vanessa, and Vicki

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    • Hi Valerie,

      Yikes, what an ungrateful little bugger! Glad to hear Vicki is feeling fine, though. 🙂

      We’re all doing good as well, thanks for asking – and I’m glad to hear the same about you folks. I did have a run-in with the local wildlife last week, when I was bitten by a spider. First time that ever happened to me, and I’ve handled them by hand quite often. This one was rather riled up, though, and bit (of all things) through the (very thin, disposable) plastic gloves I’d been wearing while cleaning windows. That must have tasted nastily, I presume. 😂 And it certainly came unexpectedly – thankfully, their bites aren’t really dangerous, only somewhat annoying at most. Still, an interesting experience for me (and presumably for the spider as well)! 😀

      Noted about the blessing, and will gladly do as always. And yep, please, I’d very much appreciate yours this week, too! Thanks for asking, and I wish all of you a wonderful (and bitefree) week,

      Regine

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      • Yikes! Bad, bad spider! That was smart, wearing gloves while washing your windows.
        It wouldn’t make me sad at all if that cranky little guy has a seriously bad latex taste in his tiny spider mouth. Maybe he’ll think twice before chomping anyone else.
        Wishing you a fine week, with wildlife under control!
        Valerie

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        • lol – yeah, the taste for the poor spider must have been off-putting – latex (or some substitute) combined with some window washing detergent…

          Well, I wasn’t wearing the gloves because of the spiders. At least not originally, but it would seem I’m onto something there! 😂 On the other hand, I put that little bugger outside, and then when it made a beeline back towards the inside, I motioned to shoo it back out again (and instead of changing course as I expected, it attacked, bit me, and only then dove off into the garden). Given the current late-autumn temperatures, it’s no wonder that wee thing was a bit cranky, though, isn’t it? But Vicki’s squirrel, now that really was a tad ungrateful, methinks! 😀

          Thanks, and the same to you,

          Regine

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  6. Hello Regine,

    Glad to hear your November is properly (or almost-properly!) November-y. Yep, the “indian summer” has passed and it’s right on into grey misty moody autumn again. And I’m just fine with all that, more reason to curl up with a cup of tea and a good book. May the rest of your month be lovely and convivial!

    I would definitely appreciate a blessing this week, if you would please; and as always I offer mine in return.

    Thank you!

    — V.O.G

    Reply

    • Hi V.O.G.,

      A cuppa tea and a good book sound like just the thing! 🙂 Today is particularly Novemberly, as you said: grey misty moody autumn.

      Of course I would, and happily so. And yep, please, I’d very much appreciate yours this week, too. Thanks for offering, and a good week full of tea and books to you,

      Regine

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  7. Hi Regine,

    bless me and my Aimy again, please-we are very grateful for your work. I think it helps us in tough times and it brings a somewhat deeper yet shiny quality into the good ones… Thank you!

    Have a nice day and my blessings in return (if welcome),
    Markéta

    Reply

    • Hey Markéta,

      I’d be very grateful if I could bring some help and some shiny into your lives! 🙂

      You’re on the list, and yep, please, I’d very much appreciate yours this week, too. Thanks for offering, and I wish both of you happy late autumn days,

      Regine

      Reply

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