Blessing of change

Bless this day and all who live it
open my eyes to ways of helping
give my heart over to my humanity
connect my spirit and my powers
spur my best self into action

I bless this day and all who live it
touching one heart spreads joy
sharing freely expands my heart
listening to others opens my mind
respecting others fuels my hope

I belss this day and all who live it
in small ways I am growing wise
in quiet ways I am learning now
in openness my spirit grows strong
in sharing, my life makes sense

I bless this day and all who live it
the essence in you is my essence
knowing our similarities frees me
feeling the sameness at our cores
unites us all as family of billions

I bless this day and all who live it
I reach out in kindness and spirit
you may learn to reach back in time
if I keep true and strong to being
the change I want to see in the world

Bless this day and all who live it

Abby Willowroot

Friendship

You have blessed us, O Lady,
with the gift of friendship,
the bonding of persons
in a circle of love.

We thank you for such a blessing:
for friends who love us,
who share our sorrows,
who laugh with us in celebration,
who bear our pain,
who need us as we need them,
who weep as we weep,
who hold us when words fail,
and who give us the freedom
to be ourselves.

Bless our friends with health,
wholeness, life and love

Vienna Cobb Anderson ( adapted)

Blessing over bread

Mother of Plenty, bless this bread
Father of the Grain, lend your seed
Let it nourish heart and head
Let it nourish thought and deed
Let its breaking be a spell
Theat hungry mouth be fed as well
And let its eating keep us free
As is our will
So mote it be

Thank you Goddess

Oh Goddess
Bless this food
Wich is your body
Bless this day
With your abundance
Bless My spirit
With your light
Thank you great protectress

Abby Willowroot

A blessing

The Goddess bless you
and keep you;

The Goddess make her face shine upon you
and be gracious to you;

The Goddess turn her face toward you
and give you peace.

based on Numbers 6:24-26

Blessing for caregivers

May the one who blessed our ancestors be present
to those who provide help for the ill and troubled among us.

May they be filled with fortitude and courage,
and endowed with sympathy and compassion,
as they give strenght to those at their side.

May they fight against despair,
and continue to find within themselves
the will to reach out to those in need.

And in their love of others,
may they know the blessing of community,
and the blessing of renewed faith.

Jewish

this one is for a friend :)

Prayer for diverse blessings

In mercy you have seen fit today to show me,
poor as i am, how we can in no way
pass judgement on other people's intentions.

Indeed, by sending people along an endless variety of paths,
you give me an example for myself
and for this I thank you.

St Catherina of Sienna ( 1347 - 1380)

no changes here

Divine blessing

Almighty Lady, if we offer you a devoted mind and heart,
you will offer to us every blessing on earth and in heaven.

You grant our deepest wishes.
You give food to the body and peace to the soul.
You look upon us with the love of a mother for her children.

You created this beautful earth all around us.
And in every plant and animal, every tree and bird, your spirit dwells.

You have revealed yourself to me,
infusing my soul with the knowledge that you are the source of all blessing

And so I sing your praise day and night.
I who am feeble, glorify you who are powerful.
I who are nothing, devote myself to you, who are everything.

based on the Atharva veda

Blessing of a new house

Dear Lady, we beseech Thee to bless and sanctify this house
and all who dwell therein
and everthing else in it.

At our entrance deign to bless and sanctify this house
and may the beings of Thy light, dweling within the walls of this house,
protect it and protect those who dwell therein.

I don't like this old language, so I put it in more simple words:

Dear Lady, please bless and sanctify this house
and all who live here
and everything else in it.

Please bless and sanctify this house as we enter it
and may Your beings of light, who live within these walls,
protect it and protect all who live here.