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Weekly Blessing 71 – Wednesday, May 14th, 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!

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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  3. Hello Regine,

    Thank you for blessing me! I would like to sign up again this week. Looks like I’ll probably need that surgery after all, but I am feeling more at peace with the prospect.

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    • Hi Jennifer,

      Well, i’m sorry to hear this, I would have wished (and do still wish) for you otherwise otherwise. But whatever happens, may it be in your best interest on all levels! 🙂

      Noted, and all the best to you,

      Regine

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      • Thank you so much! I was also hoping otherwise, but all in all I hope it will turn out for the best.

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      • Well, scratch that! Things seem to have resolved on their own, and my midwife says I will not need the surgery! Thank the gods.

        Reply

  4. Hi Regine,

    Thank you for offering these blessings.

    I would like to request further blessings for preparations for my move into the US once more this week. I’ve found a lot of things falling into place over the last two weeks, especially on the two Wednesdays, so I am happy to be able to report that these blessings are reaching me.

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    • Hey William,

      Welcome back, and thanks a lot for the report! That’s great to know, and I’ll happily include you again next week.

      All the best to you in your preparations,

      Regine

      Reply

  5. Greetings and thanks from the Nickel, Regine!
    We are all doing well, and hope you are, too. 🙂
    Please add us to your blessing list for this week. May I continue to send you my blessings?
    Thanks for your generosity!
    Valerie, Trevor, Shirleen, Vanessa, and Vicki

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    • My most favourite Nickel! 🙂

      It’s good to have you back, and I’m glad you’re all doing well. I’ve put your names down, and yes, please, I’d very much appreciate your blessings this week.

      Regine

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  6. Hello again Regine!

    I hope you’re doing well over there and that spring is gracing your home with pleasant flowers.

    I’d be grateful for a blessing this week, if you would, please. And as always, I offer mine in return.

    — V.O.G

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    • Hi V.O.G.,

      Thanks, spring is indeed gifting us beautiful flowers, and a lot of them edible to boot! (It’s also gifting us masses of blackberry bramble which is set on taking over the world, but the flowers definitely make up for it. 😉 ). I hope you are also having a wonderful spring time.

      Gladly, and I’d again be very grateful for your blessings this week.

      Regine

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  7. Hi Regine,
    It has been a while, but could we, Viktoria, me and the little one receive a blessing this week?

    Best regards,
    Marko

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    • Hey Mark,

      Noted, and thanks for offering your blessings, I’d very much appreciate them this week. 🙂

      Regine

      Reply

  9. Hi Regine,

    I would like to ask for a blessing on a family picnic happening on May 17 that my father and I host every year. With a lot of people getting together of all different political persuasions, I hope everyone can get along. Things are rather polarized over here if you haven’t heard! I’d like to offer a blessing in return as well.

    Thank you!

    Reply

    • Hey Justin,

      Gladly! I hope you’ll be able to enjoy the gathering and your family, and all of you will have a nice picnic. 🙂 Yes, please, I’d appreciate your blessing very much this week. Thanks for asking,

      Regine

      Reply

  10. Hello, Regine,
    I hope you’re enjoying a spring as beautiful as what we’re currently enjoying.
    And I would be most grateful for another blessing this week. Thank you.
    *OHC*

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    • Hi OHC,

      I do indeed – the weather the past few days has been gorgeous, and spring is in full bloom. I’ve been snacking on a lot of wild flowers lately (only the edible ones, of course… 😉 ).

      Thanks for signing up,

      Regine

      Reply

  11. Hi Regine,

    Hope all is well with you! I’m back in search of blessings for me and my whole family this week. Thank you for the opportunity here 🙂

    I offer my blessings to you if you will accept.

    Be well,
    Matt

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    • Hi Matt,

      All is indeed well, thanks, and I hope your week has been treating you well, too! Noted, and I’d very much appreciate your blessings, this week, too.

      All the best to you and your family,

      Regine

      Reply

  12. Howdy,

    Once again, I’d very much appreciate blessings for me and my girls – help and strength moving forward with our new situation and finding happiness for us and our household, in the name of Frigg, Hearthmother.

    As always, thanks very much, and my blessings to you as well!
    Jeff

    Reply

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