+++ 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: Blessing #74 (i.e. the next one after this) is going to have an earlier cutoff time at noon (German time) on Tuesday 3rd. Please plan accordingly for next week! ++
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’…
RandomActsOfKarma says
Me and Binx, please! Thank you!
Regine says
Hi Random,
Gladly – and thanks a lot for signing up again! Hope Binx is doing fine,
Regine
neptunesdolphins says
My husband’s right toe is infected. He already lost his big toe. So this is a concern.
Regine says
Hi Neptunesdolphins,
Oh dear, I hope his toe will heal swiftly and fully! Noted for next week. Also, just to let you know: I saw your comment earlier before I performed today’s blessing (i.e. #72), and I took the liberty of including your husband today, too. I figured this counts as emergency, and you/he’d be fine with him being blessed in both weeks. Hope that was ok!
All the best to the two of you,
Regine
Jennifer Kobernik says
Please bless our family this week: Josiah, Joanna, Eleanor, and me. Thank you so much!
Regine says
Hey Jennifer,
Gladly! 🙂 Hope you’re all doing fine,
Regine
Valerie says
Yep, it’s the Nickel again! Rolling back to you with greetings and thanks, and a request to go right back onto your blessing list.
Shirleen is up and down, but overall fine with that and doing okay. As are we all. Vanessa gave her a buzz cut yesterday, at her request. Actually, it becomes her.
We hope you are doing well! May I continue to send you my blessings?
Thanks for your generosity,
Valerie, Trevor, Shirleen, Vanessa, and Vicki
Regine says
My most favourite Nickel! 🙂
I’m glad to hear you’re all doing as well as can be hoped for, all things considered. Certain stages in human life are challenging in some way or another, aren’t they? A buzz cut sounds like a great idea – easy to handle, and makes one feel a lot more energetic right away… 😀
Yes, please, I’d very much appreciate your blessings this week. Thanks for asking!
Hope you’re having a good weekend,
Regine
V.O.G says
Hello Regine!
I hope your week is perking right along!
Please sign me up for another week of blessings, if you would, and of course as always I offer mine in return.
Thank you!
— V.O.G
Regine says
Hey V.O.G.,
My week is indeed hopping along just fine, thanks for asking – and I hope yours is, too. 🙂
Noted, and yes, please, I’d very much appreciate your blessings this week. Thanks for asking,
Regine
A says
I forgot about this opportunity for a while, so I’ve had some things build up.
I’ve been having a lot of pain and mobility issues, such that daily life is impacted heavily.
I’m also trying to find the path to walk with my family and their challenges – not losing myself, walking my own path – while having healthy, loving relationships & appropriate boundaries with aged and fragile parents. I love them but have had a lot of conflicted feelings and things from the past coming up recently. And I always seem to get the whole-body clenching sort of anxiety when I’m going to visit them – like no part of me feels safe.
I’m trying to figure out how to get into better habits around money and into a better place financially. I feel like I’ve been spending compulsively and I don’t want to do that anymore.
I’m struggling with finding any healthy sense of belonging in any community. The church I wanted to attend ended up triggering a lot of toxic spiritual stuff from my past and I don’t seem to be able to navigate it in a healthy way except by avoiding church completely.
I often find myself feeling disembodied in my life, like I have no control, like I’m not quite here. My body is screaming at me in pain, often when there seems no cause. Last year felt like I was being emotionally tortured to death by my family’s intense situations and trauma; this year it feels like my body took up the call to finish the job. How much is a new issue (muscle & joint injury) and how much is “just” a flare-up or something related to trauma – that remains to be seen.
I would appreciate a blessing from Mother Mary, just in general or related to anything here specifically. Thank you!
Regine says
Hi A,
Welcome back! Lots going on in your life, huh? I’ll gladly include you, and will also include your concerns (in a somewhat shortened form… 😉 ).
I wish you all the best with these challenges, and may your week bring you good things!
Regine
A says
Thank you so much! 🙂
Ochre Harebrained Curmudgeon says
Hello, Regine,
It’s hard for me to believe that another week has passed so quickly.
But I certainly don’t want to mess with success, so I would very much appreciate another blessing this week.
Thanks for your faithfulness in doing this, and I offer you mine in return if you wish.
*OHC*
Regine says
Hi there,
It’s amazing how time has flown this past week, isn’t it? 😀
Anyway, nope, we definitely don’t want to mess with success – that’s why I’m here again, too… 😉 Noted, and yes, please, I’d very much appreciate your blessings this week. Thanks for offering,
Regine