I confess to a thrill every time I read these words: Tell Aharon and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: “May the L-rd bless you and protect you. May the L-rd make His ...

God’s blessings are circled with thorns, dressed with responsibility and laden with tenderness. God’s blessings are always blessings of love. St. Paul told us that “faith, hope, love remain, these ...

Fiducia Supplicans, the recent Vatican document on blessings, especially blessings for couples in irregular unions and same-sex relationships, would have been a significant help to me a dozen years ...

The Blessing of the Animals was open to all of God’s creatures. With a few tiny exceptions. “I didn’t bring the crickets,” said Tim Odegard, who brought a cricket-eating lizard to the Oct. 1 ceremony ...

NEW YORK — Parity, a New York-based LGBTQ advocacy organization announced today that their free “Glitter Blessings” celebration of Pride has reached 16,000 people – and is expanding. “As we remember ...

At 176 verses, Naso is the longest of the parshiyot. Yet one of its most moving passages, and the one that has had the greatest impact over the course of history, is very short indeed and is known by ...