{"id":34671,"date":"2017-07-05T07:26:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T11:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/?p=34671"},"modified":"2017-07-05T07:26:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T11:26:44","slug":"blessing-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2017\/07\/blessing-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessing God"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I think if you asked many people what it means to “bless God” an adequate answer would be lacking. Probably for no other reason than it is not a subject we hear preached on at Mass, or study in Catechism class. This is a sad thing to say: we don’t have competent or interested priests and lay catechists doing the work of passing on the revealed religion. Sister Vassa Larin, on the other hand, has provided a brief explanation on the meaning of <\/em>Blessing God.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cBless (\u03b5\u1f50\u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9) the Lord, O my soul, and let all that is within me bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.\u201d (Ps 102\/103: 1-2)<\/p>\n

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Does God need that I \u201cbless\u201d (\u03b5\u1f50-\u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9, say a good word about) Him? No, of course not. But I need to say \u201cgood words\u201d about the Source of Good, the Source of Blessing, lest I forget all His gifts or \u201cbenefits,\u201d showered upon me and others every day. I need actively to exercise my God-given capacity for \u201cgood words,\u201d even when it is easier to grumble and choose \u201cbad words,\u201d about whatever bad things may cross my path.<\/p>\n

The \u201cblessing\u201d (or \u201cgood word\u201d) I speak with my mouth, and say in my \u201csoul,\u201d has creative power, because God, my Creator, is the Source of all Blessing. I grow in Him, to be more \u201clike\u201d Him, when I participate or share in His creative energies of \u201cblessing.\u201d Conversely I do damage to my growth, if I choose de-structive, \u201cbad words,\u201d or words that are God-less, outside of God. So let me choose good words today; let me bless, that I may be blessed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think if you asked many people what it means to “bless God” an adequate answer would be lacking. Probably for no other reason than it is not a subject we hear preached on at Mass, or study in Catechism class. This is a sad thing to say: we don’t have competent or interested priests … Continue reading Blessing God<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[1749,1805],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34673,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34671\/revisions\/34673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}