This is the feast of St, Blaise. He was a physician and martyr. He is attributed with healing, specifically those with a throat affliction. On his feast day, candles are used to bless throats. Praying to keep protect them from illness.
yesAnswerI am sorry but the first answer has misled you. Mormons do not bless their underwear. I am a Mormon and have been for 50 or so years, and no such blessing has ever taken place or ever will.Respectfully.
In his book Bless Me, Ultima, Mr. Anaya uses his protagantist to (from Raymund Paredes' online notes): One of the striking characteristics of Bless Me, Ultima is its critical stance towards Catholicism, which is presented here as rigid, intimidating, and, at least to Antonio and his friends, largely unintelligible. The Catholic God is punishing while Antonio and his friends long for a nurturing deity. In attacking certain aspects of Catholicism, Anaya follows a long line of Latin American, Mexican, and Chicano writers including José Antonio Villarreal and Tomás Rivera.
To bless a crystal, you can hold it in your hands, focus on your intention for it (such as healing or protection), and visualize white light surrounding and infusing the crystal with that intention. You can also say a spoken affirmation or prayer, asking for the crystal to be blessed with positive energy. Trust your intuition and the power of your intention while performing this ritual.
There is something to the effect ( could be a supersitition) that the human heart momentarily stops when one sneezes, and this begat the ( God bless you) custom when someone sneezes. Sneezes could be disruptive ( everybody chorusing Bless You or equivalent in Thai) while a Buddhist priest was in a complex ritual. I guess it is just a manner of manners or decorum.
Better to say Bless You
Madagascar is a former French colony and the main religion of France is Roman Catholicism. Madagascar remains 50% traditional and 50% christian. There is also a crossover culture where priests are often invited to bless traditional ceremonies.
Anthony Bless goes by Bless.
god bless
they need to be set free by having a preist come and bless your whole house. OR ( created by a different user) you get like 5 WHITE candles, make a 5-point circle and pray to god for them, :)
Välsigne dig - Bless You (most common) Gud välsigne dig - God Bless You
The opposite of bless is curse.
Bless is a verb.