Blessing as a quality of a person is the ability to have the right to allow, allow to do something, give good parting words, wish happiness, good luck and prosperity.

A priest is walking through the desert, and a lion is meeting him. The priest begins to pray: "Lord, inspire this lion with Christian thoughts." The lion kneels: - God, bless my food!

Blessing is the secret of good luck and prosperity. Blessing is a force that does not allow you to lose enthusiasm in your development. It manifests itself in four forms, and each subsequent form is higher than the previous one. The simplest blessing is verbal. The second form is a mental or mental blessing. The man, looking after another man who had done something good before meeting him, thought: “I wish him happiness.” May he be fine. This form of blessing is higher than the first, for it is manifested with restraint. Pride, false ego can sit in a verbal blessing.

The third form is blessing with a glance. A person sends a warm look to someone who has done something good for him. The fourth form is blessing at the level of the mind. You don’t really see a person, but you heard that he did a good deed. In this case, a mental message can go. The blessing, as by e-mail, goes to the addressee.

Blessing is a revenue item in the piety account. We need it to pay off curses. There is also a telepathic blessing, subject only to saints. It is not sent to anyone personally. Saints "generate" it and "retransmit" it around themselves for free use, like free Wi-Fi. In holy places God's temples free access to Wi-Fi blessings. The holy people created this store of piety and blessings, they were not puzzled who would take them. The rain sheds its waters everywhere: on the ocean, and on the mountains, and on the fields, freely, take everything you need. This is a special kind of blessing.

A blessing is showered on a person with magical rain if he knows how to serve other people, that is, he can “read” their desires and intentions. It is necessary to understand the other, his experiences, to show him compassion and mercy. When a person has learned to build relationships with others, that is, he has acquired the skill not to stick out his desires and intentions, but on the contrary, first of all, to think about the intentions of others, the blessings of those around him cover him with a healing waterfall.

As soon as the "resources" from the blessing begin to flow into the account of piety, magical changes take place in a person's life - everything that he wanted begins to be fulfilled. For example, you selflessly helped a lonely old woman: they brought food, helped to clean the apartment. She says, “Thank you, baby! God grant you health! Such a blessing can give you more health than all the clinics in the world put together. Women's, especially maternal, blessing has incredible power.

If you did "good" to the old woman and then say: Well, old woman, bless me soon, and I'll go already. This does not work. A blessing is valid if it comes from a pure heart. He has an absolutely free nature. A blessing cannot be knocked out by force, achieved under pressure, forced by threat. Blessing is achieved by selfless service, sincere concern and respect for another person.

Ruslan Narushevich writes: “When we help people achieve their desires by service, they give blessings in return so that we can fulfill ours. But when a woman serves everyone and does not stutter a single gram about what she needs, what she needs a blessing in, they will never receive it, although they seem to be doing everything right. When a man tells everyone what he needs, but is not going to serve anyone, he will not receive anything either. Therefore, it turns out that two things are needed - you need to know your desires and be able to adequately express them. And the second is to be able to serve others, sensitively understanding, deeply understanding their desires and aspirations. This is the secret and this is how we actually improve our destiny. The most terrible curses can be neutralized by the power of a blessing... The curse cannot be reversed. Once it has sounded, it is no longer possible to neutralize it. It can only be softened."

Blessing implies the right to give it. Not every person can give a blessing. This quality of personality, therefore, not all polls possess it. First of all, one must be found who has the purity and power to give blessings and not rape those who cannot do so.

A person is powerless to give blessings if he does not have the appropriate resource. Therefore, you need to find a qualified person with purity and piety, and ask him for blessings precisely in the area where he is a specialist. For example, a good master may bless a student. In a word, for a blessing, you need to turn to a person, taking into account his qualifications and strength. It is absurd to ask for blessings on health from a sick person, family happiness from a womanizer and red tape, knowledge from a fool and an ignoramus, wealth from a beggar, power from a frail, success from a loser.

One priest tells: “After the service, a young man comes up and says: “Bless me, father, tomorrow I’m going to take the entrance exams.” “God bless you,” I answer and overshadow him with a cross. We meet in a few days. "How's your exam?" I ask him. "Double" set. “Well, thank God,” I console as best I can. "But what about the blessing?" The young man looks at me in bewilderment. “Well, you would have done what you wanted,” I try to explain to him, “and in twenty years I would have realized that I had chosen the wrong profession. And the Lord saved you. Why are we worried? Because it doesn't work out for us. We ask God for what seems important to us today, and He sees the future, protects us from the wrong choice. You asked - He helped. Do you know what the holy fathers used to say? Thank God for everything! And in Russia there is a saying: there would be no happiness, but misfortune helped. My interlocutor bowed his head, folded his hands in a cross - the right over the left - and asks: "Bless, father, for all the good."

The next step is to contact the person you found, glorifying his qualities. Naturally, this must be done without flattery, toadying and lies. Since you have chosen him, it means that you sincerely believe that he is an expert in what you intend to ask him. Having glorified his qualities, it is necessary, showing respect and humility, to tell, without humiliation, about your problem or about the helplessness of your position. The final stage is to correctly express the request for a blessing.

There is such a parable. One monk had a poor lay brother and gave everything he earned to him. But he became poorer the more the monk gave him more. Seeing this, the monk went to some old man and told him about what was happening. The old man advised:

If you want to listen to me, then give him nothing more, but tell him: “Brother! When I had, I gave to you. But now you work hard, and what you work out, give me.” Whatever he brings to you, accept from him and pass it on to some stranger or needy old man, asking them to pray for him. The monk acted according to this instruction, and when a lay brother came to him, he did as he was commanded by the elder. The layman left him sad. But now, after some time, he comes and brings some vegetables from the garden. The monk, having received them, gave them to the elders, asking them to pray for his brother. When they accepted this offering, the layman returned to his home. A little later, he again brought vegetables and three loaves, and the monk, having accepted them, acted in the same way as on the first occasion. The layman, having received the blessing, left. For the third time, he already brought a lot of food, and wine, and fish. The monk, seeing this, was surprised, and, having called the beggars, treated them to a meal. At the same time, he asked the layman: - Don't you need a few loaves? He answered him: - No! Before, when I took something from you, it entered my house like fire and devoured it. Now, when I do not accept anything from you, I have everything in abundance - God has blessed me.

Blessing is the source of the individual's enthusiasm. A blessed person has reserves of enthusiasm, so it is from him that you need to ask for blessings. Who would ever think of asking for blessings from a person who has fallen into a deep depression, personifying despondency, disappointment and sorrow.

A reasonable person reaches out for a blessing to people who are carriers of enthusiasm. In whatever area they show enthusiasm, there you can ask for blessings. Vyacheslav Ruzov writes: “Therefore, a reasonable person asks everyone, even seemingly suspicious individuals, but still asks. Because everyone has something to bless. Everyone has an enthusiasm for something. Of course, it is better to ask someone who is spiritually developed. But we can receive a real blessing from any living being, if we can endure it and be grateful to it - this is a real blessing, then it comes automatically. If we tolerate someone and are grateful to him, the blessing comes automatically and enthusiasm arises ... As long as we do not lose enthusiasm, then this blessing is there. If we feel enthusiastic in ourselves, if we were able to get up and come and communicate, then there is already a blessing. That's when you feel that laziness, then the enthusiasm and blessing is over, you have to go and ask again. That is, when laziness, you need to at least go for enthusiasm, for a new blessing, at least for him, then everything will be fine.

Blessing is given upon request. You can go outside and bless the first passerby, but that doesn't work. Blessing presupposes a willing and giving blessing. The picture is formed when one wishes, and the other can give. Therefore, one must realize that there must be a really great desire on the part of the one who wishes, and there must be a person who has these blessings, and then he can give them without hindrance.

Petr Kovalev 2014

What does "bless" mean?

Every Christian asks for blessings from God, from a bishop or priest for important events in his life. But, on the other hand, believers ask for blessings at a regular meeting with a clergyman. In addition, the concept of "blessing" is present in church services. What is the biblical meaning of this word? Let's try to figure it out.

The blessing has many meanings. The first one is a greeting. Only an equal in rank has the right to greet a priest by the hand; all the rest, even deacons, receive a blessing from him when they meet with the priest. To do this, you need to put your palms together, right over the left, in order to take a blessing hand in them and kiss it as a sign of respect for the holy dignity. Left hand only supports the right. We extend both hands out of great respect. And for nothing more! The addition of the palms has no mysterious meaning, no boat, no sides, grace does not “fall” into them, as some old women teach.

You can be blessed by a priest not only when he is in church clothes, but also when he is in civilian clothes, not only in a church, but also on the street, in a public place. He does not cease to be a priest if he is not dressed in clothes of spiritual cut.

In the same way, every layman says goodbye to a priest: he asks for blessings.

If several priests are standing side by side, and you want to be blessed by everyone, then first you need to approach the senior in rank. If a bishop and priests are present, then you need to ask for blessings only from the archpastor, and greet familiar priests with a slight bow. According to church etiquette, priests do not give blessings in the presence of a saint, who is also a source of blessing for them.

Cutting off your will

The second meaning of the priestly blessing is permission, permission, parting words. Before starting any responsible business, before traveling, in any difficult circumstances, we can ask the priest for advice and blessings.

You just need to follow the indispensable rule. If you are already determined to act according to the will of God, since you are looking for blessings (and this, of course, is commendable), then you should not, as they say, “lead” the priest to the answer you want. In our cunning, we state the situation in such a way that only the answer we want will seem correct. And when the priest, constrained by our limits, gives it to us, we raise it like a banner, prophesying it to everyone as the will of God, but in essence - our own evil. And we create self-will, covering it with a priestly blessing.

How to ask for a blessing?

If we want to take a blessing on something, that is, consciously cut off our will in favor of the will of a spiritually experienced person, a priest, and obviously act not as we want, but as it will be blessed, indicated, then we need to turn with determination and hope to God to the priest, and only to one, not collecting opinions and not choosing. Regardless of whether what you heard agrees or disagrees with your own opinion you need to act on this blessing.

But spiritual advice must be distinguished from such a blessing, when we, perplexed about something, consult with spiritually more experienced people, listen to their opinion - not as an indication, blessing, but as a point of view. In this case, you can ask several priests. But first of all, you don’t need to be cunning with yourself, and remain honest with God: if you took a blessing, but, being afraid of something unpleasant, then ran after a softer decision, then this, of course, is dishonest and wrong. If you were looking for advice and were guided by the one that you considered more reasonable, then there is nothing to worry about.

Peace teaching

Finally, there are blessings in the course of a church service. The priest, saying: “Peace to all”, “God's blessing on you…”, “Grace of our Lord…”, overshadows those praying with the sign of the cross. In response, we humbly bow our heads, without folding our hands - after all, it is impossible to kiss the blessing right hand.

If the priest overshadows us with sacred objects: the cross, the Gospel, the Chalice, the icon, we are first baptized on the shrine, and then we bow.

Blessed be God!

But have you ever wondered why in prayers, in Holy Scripture there are such words, for example: “Bless the Lord, O my soul”? The key to this is in the biblical, theological meaning of the word. To do this, we turn to our worship service.

At the end of Vespers and Matins, the choir sings, addressing the primate: "Bless." Following this, the serving priest utters an exclamation: "Blessed is Christ our God ...". By the way, here the priest calls God the sacred Old Testament name Yahweh - Siy - Existing. The same name is written on the icons of Christ.

Priest Mikhail Zheltov, a lecturer at the Orthodox St. Tikhon Humanitarian University, notes: “You see how great boldness is in the Christian religion: in the Old Testament, the high priest uttered this word only once a year, and in the New Testament, each priest at the end of the service pronounces this proclamation: “He is blessed !..” In our country, the word “bless” is often associated with a request to a priest: “Father, bless!” And the father blesses.

In fact, if we look at patristic interpretations and the Bible itself, then the main meaning of the word "bless" is "to bless God." And the choir sings: "Bless!", And the priest says: "Blessed be the Lord" - blesses the Lord. This ancient tradition is observed here: do not bless us, the choir sings here, but “bless” means God.

And the priest blesses: “Blessed is Christ our God,” thereby confessing Christ as God. Blessing in the biblical sense of the word is the blessing of God. Blessing God, a person enters into a special spiritual relationship with Him, and this blessing passes to him. This is the biblical model. Following the blessing of God, God Himself blesses the person.

When a priest or bishop is asked to bless someone, it is most often understood as follows: the priest blesses the person, which means that God blesses him too. In fact, God blesses a person through the fact that a person himself first blesses God. This is the model used in the Bible.

Thus, when a priest is asked for a blessing, he, making the sign of the cross over the one who asks, says a prayer, blessing God, and the Lord Himself gives the blessing to the one who asks. Or does not give - God is free in His decision. And He has the right not to give blessings to those whom the clergyman blesses.

Dmitry Romanov

Be blessed.
I want to discover the history of the sacred scripture together with you. Blessing history. Every person on earth wants to be well. And then we go to God and cry for help, for blessing. I want to introduce you to the theme of "Being blessed", and as a continuation of this theme: to be a blessing. There is a slight difference between these two concepts. When we say "to be blessed" it means someone has blessed us. And we're doing well.

Sometimes, someone says that you have a house, a family, funds, a car, health. What else would you like? You are a blessed person.
But there are people who, getting into a certain situation, say that you are a blessing for them. Well, everything was so bad, such were the problems! So you came to their house, into their life, and everything changed. And they say you are a blessing to them. The question arises: what is better - to be blessed, or to be a blessing to someone? Let's think about it.
In the book of Genesis, God tells Abraham: “I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, and you will be a blessing” (Gen. 12:2). Note that God says: I will bless you. God begins with a promise to bless Abraham. But then He says that Abraham will be a blessing.
It is true that without one there is no other. But how often do we want to be only blessed. For myself.
And so, the kinsmen of Abraham through the generation. His grandsons are Jacob and Esau. Let's open the twenty-seventh chapter of the book of Genesis. This chapter tells the story of the struggle between Esau and Jacob for blessings.
But first, let's clarify: a blessing, or a curse? Let's remember this story. From the first text it is written that “When Isaac grew old, and the sight of his eyes grew dim, he called his eldest son Esau and said to him: My son! He said to him: Here I am. He said: Behold, I am old; I do not know the day of my death; Now take your tools, your quiver and your bow, go into the field, and catch me game, and prepare for me food that I love, and bring me food, so that my soul will bless you before I die ”(Gen.27: 1-4). In the first text we read that Isaac does not know when he will die, and he decided to bless the firstborn.
This is a familiar story to us. Nobody knows the day of his death. And it is important to live in such a way as to bless other people. To give blessings so that our children, wife, husband, our relatives feel that we are a blessing to them.
But only here was a little danger that Isaac could not recognize. This is the blessing that he wanted to give, after all, in God's providence, it was intended for another son who was not the firstborn. And it was a special blessing. Blessing of the priesthood, blessing of primacy, blessing of passing on the faith. But Isaac decided to bless the son he loved more.
In our lives, sometimes there is partiality. We are more disposed to a more beloved person. God wouldn't want that.
Isaac even asks Esau to bring his favorite food. He loved the food that Esau cooked. But we know from life that Esau was not a person who would appreciate this blessing, would appreciate the priesthood, faith. Esau was more human warlike, warrior, more worldly. He liked earthly life more than spiritual life. But he wanted to receive this blessing. And yet, not knowing about the day of his death, Isaac believed that he needed to bless now. He did not know that he would live after that for more than forty years. It was not the right time, but he was afraid.
Once I heard such an idea that fear is also faith, only in the bad. Or in other words, fear is the loss of faith in God. We lose confidence in God and become afraid.
And so, Isaac, too, not knowing the time of his death, having lost contact with God, begins to do something. He wants to bless, but not quite in God's ways. Let's see how this story develops further. Rebekah heard what Isaac was saying to her eldest son and quickly called her youngest son. The mother's heart was attached more to the smaller, second son. She remembered the Angel's words about the smaller one being the bigger one. It was God's prediction and it had to be followed.
Jacob lived up to his name. His name means a deceiver, a crafty person. But in terms of lifestyle, he was more domestic. And he valued spirituality, priesthood, sacred stories. He took up farming. Note that Rebekah's heart belonged to this youngest son, and she offered him to deceive his father: cook food and, calling himself Esau, receive a blessing.
Often, we want good things in families, we want blessings. But for us parents, for adults, this story is a warning not to bring curses to the family.
We know how this story turned out. By deceit. It seems that it began with a desire to bless. Isaac wanted to bless. But it ended in a quarrel, a curse, deceit, hostility between two brothers.
How much depends on the parents! We can create in our family an atmosphere of blessings, and perhaps an atmosphere of damnation. If we are with the Lord, if we are with good sincere feelings, then our children will feel this atmosphere. But, if we come with the wrong thoughts, this spirit will enter our house with you. Only here is God's, or satanic? In evil, children are also obedient to their parents. In good, they are obedient, but less so.
Children very quickly learn the lessons of quarrels, misunderstandings, intransigence. So it was here. Jacob was afraid that his father would recognize him and curse him. But my mother convinced that in this case, the curse would fall on her. And she began to teach her son what to do: wrap his hands with wool so that they look like Esau's hands, put on Esau's clothes. Everything must be done so that the father accepts the younger son for the eldest. She taught him to deceive, although he had already been very good at it. Suffice it to recall what he did to his brother when he bought the birthright for lentils. Yes, it was not quite brotherly relations. And now Jacob, already in disguise, approaches his father. To the question of Esau's father whether he is Jacob, he nevertheless answers in the affirmative, but Isaac hears that this is the voice of Jacob. And the hands of Esau. And he doubts, does not trust. And decides to arrange another test. He asks his son to come closer to kiss him. And, feeling the smell of Esau's clothes, Isaac believed that this was not a deceit, and blessed the Son. The blessing that they fought so hard for, that Jacob so longed to receive, was obtained through deceit. “His father said to him, Come, kiss me, my son” (Gen. 27:26). The Bible describes this very important point in the life of Jacob - the moment of receiving his father's blessing: “He came up and kissed him. And [Isaac] smelled the smell of his clothes and blessed him and said: Behold, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed; may God give you from the dew of heaven and from the fatness of the earth, and plenty of bread and wine; May the nations serve you, and may the peoples worship you; be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons worship you; those who curse you are cursed; those who bless you are blessed!” (Gen. 27:26-29). Note that this is a one-sided blessing: so that everything goes well with you, son; so that you have everything; so that your brothers serve you. And whoever blesses you will feel good, and whoever curses you will feel bad. On the one hand, this is a little bit correct, but on the other hand, God told Abraham that by blessing, he would make him a blessing. What can you do, here we see a blessing in such a one-sided direction. Of course, Jacob wanted everything to be for him, so that he would not need anything.
We all know the subsequent story of Jacob. Let's ask ourselves: Has this blessing been fulfilled? For example: may all tribes serve you. The next twenty years they did not serve him, but he served. May your brothers bow to you. In these twenty years, Esau did not bow down to him. And after twenty years, Esau came out to him militantly, and Jacob, greeting him, said: Your brother, your servant, is coming. And he tells Laban that he changed his reward ten times, did not give it to him. Jacob languished from the cold. Jacob was tricked by Laban into getting married. And he tells Laban that if not God's will He would have taken everything from him. Twenty years of slave labor, twenty years of wandering. But is he blessed?
I would like to find a real blessing.
It wasn't until twenty years later that Jacob received a real blessing! And that was the blessing he longed for. And Jacob was left alone. And Someone wrestled with him until dawn; and seeing that he did not prevail against him, he touched the limb of his thigh and injured the limb of Jacob's thigh as he wrestled with Him. And he said, Let me go, for the dawn has come. Jacob said, I will not let you go until you bless me. And he said: what is your name? He said: Jacob. And he said: henceforth your name will not be Jacob, but Israel, for you have wrestled with God, and you will overcome men” (Genesis 32:24-28). So why did Jacob repeatedly ask for the blessing? Yes, because he felt that something was wrong, felt that there was no blessing, because it was stolen. Something was wrong, something was missing. And he begs God for one thing: his brother is waiting for him. He does not know how their relationship will develop. The brother can kill him and his family, take the cattle. He did not ask God to give him peace with his brother, to calm Esau, to save the lives of his family. He doesn't ask for all of this. He feels that all his troubles are due to the fact that he is not truly blessed, from God. The stolen blessing did him no good. He is tormented by doubts about his own life. And Satan tells him it's because he's behaving like that.
Satan always torments us with memories of the past when there is unrepentant sin. When there was a story in our life in which we, perhaps, did not repent until the end. Not untied all the knots.
Now Jacob wants to put an end to this. He says: Lord! He understands who he is fighting. And he begs for a blessing. Elsewhere, in the New Testament, it is said that he begged with tears.
I think that we also want to have blessings in our lives.
And after God blessed him, Jacob realized that his life was moving in the wrong direction. And this is because he wanted to take it himself, to achieve it at any cost. But he realized that he needed to live differently. When God blessed him here, changed his name, he was no longer afraid that he would lose something, he was not afraid for his life. Not! Everything has changed. As soon as he received the blessing. He wasn't afraid to be a blessing now. Esau, whom he was afraid of, believing that he would come and kill him, ran towards him, hugged him, kissed him, and they both wept. And this story ended in a completely different way than people expected.
Have you thought about the question, are you blessed by God? How to find out?
Let's look at the life of Christ. Was Christ blessed? Have you met somewhere a story that someone blessed Christ? Or only He blessed? Yes, as a child, it turns out that Elder Simeon took Christ in his arms. We read this story in the Gospel of Luke. True, it is written there that he blessed the whole family. But he took the Christ child in his arms. In Luke 2:34, 35 it is written: “And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, His mother: behold, this one lies to fall” - that is, he blessed them all. I would say that Christ was also blessed.
The priest also took Him in his arms. But there he performed a legal ceremony, and that was also a blessing.
Simeon, on the other hand, specifically said this, and it was an unusual blessing: “He lies this on the fall and on the uprising of many in Israel and on the subject of wrangling, - and a weapon will pass through the soul to You, - so that the thoughts of many hearts will be opened.” He blessed, called on the name of the Lord.
And remember, Mary came to her sister Elizabeth? And the sister blessed Mary and the fruit of her womb. Yes, Christ was also blessed.
And all his life Christ was a blessing to people.
Christ blessed the children. I would like to dwell on how Christ blessed the children. To know how we can be blessed. “They brought children to Him that He might touch them; but the disciples did not admit those who offered. Seeing [that], Jesus was indignant and said to them: Let the children come to me and do not hinder them, for of such is the kingdom of God. I tell you truly, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it. And he embraced them and laid his hands on them and blessed them” (Mark 10:13-16). This is a very important moment in the life of Christ.
Often, I think about how I can be a blessing to others. I can say some words. You can pray. This is important, but not enough. The child will feel that you love him if you hug him, kiss him, do not scream. Blessings are not only parents who talk about God and read Holy books. Blessings are also parents who know how to show affection, who know how to speak peacefully in a meek quiet voice, who do not quarrel, who are caring.
Consider what God is doing for us. Is he just saying a lot of words to us, or is he constantly giving us gifts? Do you feel His blessings that He just speaks, or is it some kind of business, that is, you did something well? God's protection, some experience. We should be a blessing in actions, in relationships.
Jacob thought for too long that a blessing is something spoken upon you, and then you live for yourself, and you do nothing, and you are so blessed!
And God wants that if we are blessed by Him, if He gave us something, helped us in some way, if we really feel good with Him, if we really know this is salvation, so that we share it. So that this is manifested in our words, our deeds, our smile, friendliness. So that the neighbors feel that a blessed person lives here. And the neighbors can feel it with a good attitude. How do you clean the landing, and sometimes, how do you carry their bags to the floor. Neighbors love your attention to them. This is what it means to be a blessing. Often we think we can pray for the whole world. My children sometimes in prayer ask for blessings for everyone who is ill. I ask: how can God bless everyone who is ill? Through you. I saw something with a child. Well, this is your friend, it's easier for you to tell him something. Come, do something, say something. This happens to us. We can say, but how important it is to do.
I look to Christ. He was a blessing. Yes, He spoke. He prayed with his hands laid on, but He embraced them. It is written in the book The Desire of Ages that many of these children, later, when Nero persecuted and threw these children into the amphitheaters, gave their lives for Him. They remembered that He loved them, blessed them, hugged them. And they gave their lives for Him. They remembered it.
And I would like to draw attention to one more place of blessing. Actually, this is an unusual place. In the Gospel of Luke, the Israelites call it a curse. "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree." If a person is crucified, he is not blessed. He is cursed. Jews appreciate when you are buried, and when nothing happens to your grave for centuries. And the crucified, as a rule, were not buried in the graves. They were thrown into a common pit, where they were without a name, without a tomb, without honors. They were just thrown there and buried.
Jesus hung on the cross. And the people stood and watched. The rulers also mocked with them, saying: He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ, the chosen one of God” (Luke 23:35). And Jesus prayed for them: “Father! forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” (Luke 23:34). But they thought He was cursed, rejected by God. And they said if He was pleasing to God, let God save Him. If He's the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross, and they'll believe on Him. But he continued to hang.
Was Jesus blessed or cursed on the cross? I tell you that on the cross He was a blessing to us, but He took the curse of our sins. This is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah. Because, it is said there, the punishment of our world was on Him. “But He took upon Himself our infirmities and bore our sicknesses” (Is. 53:4); “the punishment of our peace [was] upon him, and by his stripes we were healed” (Isaiah 53:5). It is written that He became for us a curse, a sin. He hung on the cross, blessing us by taking our place. He has been a real blessing to us. We should have been hanging there! But He went and took this shameful place instead of us.
It's like working for free after hours instead of someone else.
He took over for us. He died for us.
It was exactly the same during the war, when someone went into battle instead of another who had a family. Or when the tenth was supposed to be shot, and he became the tenth.
Being a blessing is really something to do. Take someone's place.
And Christ was the first to die the second death. Died for sin. He died the death of separation from God the Father, when He took his hands from the Son. No one has died like this. The first to die of such a death was the sinning Archangel Lucifer, the anointed angel. Satan had to die. But God said no. Then Adam and Eve had to die. But God again said no, He said He would bless us, He would take our curse.
A thief hung on a cross nearby. And he saw Christ, saw the Lord in Him, saw the King. And he was the first to receive a special blessing.
Remember to whom on earth Christ promised to be in heaven, except for the thief? Judas - but Judas lost him. Just like that: you are Peter, you will be with me in paradise. He said you'd sit down, but Judas lost him anyway. He spoke of the twelve thrones conditionally: if you remain faithful.
But to this thief, in this case, He said, You will. He was dying, but he saw the heart of a robber. Think, the thief to be on the cross - a blessing, or a curse? The people sent him to the cross. He deserved punishment: robbed, killed. This is not a blessing. A blessing if he hadn't been caught. If only he had avoided this situation. But in eternity he will say: what a blessing it was that I was crucified next to Christ! He could have been crucified elsewhere, he could have been killed elsewhere. He could generally run away and die himself in wealth, but in sins. What a blessing it was for the thief to be crucified next to Christ. And Christ took his curse. He didn't take him off the cross, He left him. But He gave him eternal life.
Christ loved to be a blessing. He loved to take away the difficulties, the curses of other people, everything that is connected with our sins. And He did not reproach them for hanging on the cross.
How important it is for us to help another person, even if he is guilty of something, and he has some problems, how important it is to serve him at this moment.
One day I was driving to my church in a private car. A young man drove me. The usual fee for this is five hryvnia. There are three hryvnias on the bus, while private traders have five. But the young man asked for ten hryvnias - he really needed money. He was running at high speed. And here we are catching up with the bus. And I had a friend - we are the same age. And he also drove like this. And just before the bus, he liked to turn around to show how he could drive. So I told him about my friend. The fact that he also liked to drive fast, but he is no longer there. And then I thought about how to be a blessing to him. He needs money, life is good. We talked to him about drugs, and he says yes, Ilovaisk a good place for drugs. I don't know what this young man is doing. But I wanted to be his blessing to take this life that would lead him to death. I told him about God, we talked with him, I gave him a book. I don't know how he will continue to live. But I know one thing, that this world needs us as blessings. This world is coming to an end. These people are also going to hell. They take him. Sometimes they drink a full cup. Sometimes they think that's it.
The robber also took everything. But Christ saw the importance of change. How important it is to give him of Your life, and take away the punishment.
And it is important for us not to leave this world. Christ placed us like salt in this world. He Himself was often among different people. And on the cross he was among the robbers. He placed us among these people. And He tells us: I want to bless you, my child, so that you will be their blessing.
I am always learning from Christ to be a blessing. Is there anyone among you whom God has not blessed? Are you offended by God? Did you want, perhaps, to reproach God for not giving you something? Or do you feel that God still blesses you? Would you like to be a blessing? Tell God that today you want to be a blessing to the family, to the child, to the neighbors. For mom and dad, brother or sister. For those with whom you work. And God will give you this happiness. You will be happy to serve someone. This person will look at you differently, at life. Take away his sin a little, stay with him. Remove the darkness from his soul, say that you know what it is. We have all gone through the history of sin. And say that you now have a different attitude, that now you know something different. Tell him that you want it to happen to him as Christ said: you will be with me in paradise. I thank God that He took away the curses of my life. People didn't always feel good around me. Maybe my family was not always happy next to me. And again, having prayed, I want to say: Lord, take away my curses. I hurt my loved ones with my sins. I hurt God. But now I want Him to take away these curses and make me a blessing.

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BLESSING, blessings, pl. no, cf. (church). 1. Action according to Ch. bless bless. 2. Religiously everyday wedding ceremony among Christians, consisting in the cross-shaped fall of the bride and groom with an icon and bread by their parents in front of ... ... Explanatory Dictionary of Ushakov

BLESSING, I, cf. 1. see bless. 2. A request to God for grace, help. B. Lord. With God's blessing, proceed to the construction of the temple. Explanatory dictionary of Ozhegov. S.I. Ozhegov, N.Yu. Shvedova. 1949 1992 ... Explanatory dictionary of Ozhegov

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Blessing- Blessing ♦ Benediction A kind word that can turn a word into good. It would be a mistake to believe too much in the power of a blessing, that is, to expect an immediate practical result from it - concrete help or protection. Kind words don't... Philosophical Dictionary of Sponville

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BLESSING- [heb. ; Greek εὐλογία; lat. benedictio], wishing or receiving a special favor of God for an individual or a community of people through appropriate words or symbolic gestures; in relation to God, one of the components of religions. ... ... Orthodox Encyclopedia

Blessing- The very word "blessing" seems somewhat outdated, but its essence remains significant enough for every person. This is probably why we may well dream that we are giving, asking, or receiving a blessing. D. Loff ... ... Big universal dream book

Blessing- - this word denotes: in the proper sense of blessing (Eph. 1, 3); doing good (2 Cor. 9:5); the abundance that comes from God's blessing (2 Cor. 9:6); beneficence to the needy; permission taken from an elder, for example, a deacon from ... ... Complete Orthodox Theological Encyclopedic Dictionary

blessing- A. Human blessings 1. Blessing the sacred objects of the sacrifices: 1 Samuel 9:13 Holy Communion cup: 1 Cor 10:16 2. Blessing other people A father blesses his son: Gen 27:1 40; Gen 48:15,16 the family blesses the departing daughter: Gen… … Bible: Topical Dictionary

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Blessing lives on Earth for as many years as the person himself exists. Already at the creation of the world, God blessed his every action. This blessing accompanied the appearance first of the world itself, then of animals, and already further of man. The blessing has been active for thousands of years and can change the fate of each of us at any moment.

What is a blessing

Blessing is the blessing that the word itself brings. The most powerful spiritual action that is taught in verbal or prayer form. Often, ritual actions with hands are added to it. The words are addressed to the blessed, the corresponding grace, protection and help of God are called to him. The one who asks for a blessing recognizes his humility, does not rely on himself, waits for help and hope from God or his mediator. With the words “Bless, father,” the one who asks confirms that he recognizes the servant of God, recognizes him, honors him and asks for the opportunity to receive God's grace.

In second place in terms of its strength after the church blessing is parental. The Lord Himself commanded to honor one's parents. In order to consolidate the natural grace-filled power over children, God gave strength to parents (blessing or curse). On the example of the forefathers Abraham, Noah, Jacob and Isaac, we see this from Scripture. Often God controls people through their parents. Humble and intelligent people always honor their father and mother.

Blessing creates and bears fruit

Words of blessing certainly belong to the divine prerogative. But Jesus himself transferred these powers to Christians in the Sermon on the Mount, saying that we need to bless those who curse us, do good to those who hate us, and pray for those who persecute and offend us. In another way, we can say that Christ called us to speak words of blessing not only to those who deserve it, but also to those who curse and hate you. Our world is created God's word, and everything that happens in our world is also the result of our words. At the beginning of any actions, deeds, human accomplishments, there is a word. And the corresponding result depends on whether this word is good or evil.

All words in our world are divided into two fronts - curses or blessings. The Bible says that those who curse will be cursed and those who bless will be blessed. Words of curses, accusations, murmurs come from an evil person, and, passing through him, through his mouth, these words, first of all, defile him. Sometimes it seems to us that the words do not mean anything, but from what kind of seed we drop, the fruit will also come out. Words of blessing carry kindness and light. Evil statements, condemnations, denials give place to the devil. The fruits will be appropriate - disappointment, tears, insults, losses. Humiliation and the like.

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We build our future with words. Blessing are those words that give us the opportunity to develop and move on. Blessing others, we give material in the form of words into the hands of God, and he will already prepare a perspective for us. Blessing as a medicine that resists the “viruses” that infect our body and our soul, restores our strength. You can’t slander yourself, claim that supposedly I can’t do anything, I don’t have the funds for this, and the like. Thank the Lord for what you have (health, children), and he will increase your wealth.

Gratitude is also a blessing, because it is a sign of humility. And grace descends on the humble. If you thank people for some kind of service, work, thereby acknowledging the fact that you needed them. Saying words of gratitude, you send them words of blessing. What passes through your mouth will come back to you a hundredfold.

Blessing of mother and father

So that the connection of generations never breaks and the tribal energies flow freely, from ancient times there is a rite of blessing. The elders in the family blessed the younger ones. The blessing before the wedding provided the newlyweds with the creation of a strong, friendly family, prosperity in the house, and spiritual compatibility. This rite was of great importance. It allowed access to those energies that ensure the entire existence of generations. The blessing of the mother at the same time is the power of life, the father is the meaning and reason. Those appeals that are addressed to the Father (both Heavenly and biological) have incredible cosmic power. Mother teaches us in life the emotional component - how to cope with losses or collapsed dreams. Do not forget, when opening a new page in your life, ask your mother for blessings. This will ensure your success, because every child is essentially an energetic continuation of his mother. Therefore, she can influence his fate. A father must endow his child with masculine strength and energy - determination, responsibility, determination, optimism, nobility. Generosity and self-discipline. If your relationship with your parents is violated, then all these components are violated in life.

Essence of Parental Blessing

A mother's blessing is a protective cocoon that does not allow the child to get into various unpleasant situations, directs his actions in the right direction. Even at great distances, the blessing works. A person who has received parental blessing becomes invulnerable. The rite of blessing helps to hold the thread that binds generations in the family. Parents and grandparents blessed the accomplishment of some deeds, the creation of a family, so the connection of generations was strengthened. If your parents are still alive, turn to them, ask for blessings for yourself, for your children, and you will see how your life will change. It is not necessary to resort to complex rituals. Parental words are enough: “I bless you!”. Immediately with these words there is a click, the connection of generations begins to work. If we lose touch with our roots, we begin to degrade and die. A person who does not have access to the roots of the family is more difficult to adapt in life, it is difficult for him to cope with certain difficult situations.

Priest's blessing

Often in churches you can hear the phrase "I ask for blessings" - this is how parishioners turn to the priest. The priest's blessing has several meanings:

• Greetings . Only those who are equal in rank have the right to shake hands with a priest, all the rest must receive a blessing from him. For this ceremony, it is necessary to fold the palms (right over the left), take a blessing hand and kiss, paying respect to the holy dignity. Only for this! This ceremony has no other significance. A blessing from a priest can be received anywhere, even if he is not in church clothes and not in the temple. But you should not disturb an unclothed priest on the street if he does not know you.
• The second meaning of the blessing is parting words, permission, permission for some action. Before any important step, you can also ask the blessing of the priest and kiss his hand.

Other blessings are said during the service. The priest with the words "Peace to all" or "The grace of our Lord" overshadows all parishioners with the sign of the cross. In response, you need to humbly bow your head. There is no need to fold your hands.

When overshadowing with sacred objects, you first need to cross yourself, then bow.

Blessing of Dmitry Donskoy for the Battle of Kulikovo

Words of blessing from the lips of holy people have always been of great importance in Russia. This happened in 1380, before the Battle of Kulikovo, which turned the whole story upside down and became the starting point in the liberation of Russian lands from the Tatar-Mongol yoke. Everyone remembers from history the blessing of Dmitry Donskoy on the Battle of Kulikovo, which he received from the lips of St. Sergius of Radonezh. Before advancing to the battle, the prince went to the elder at the Trinity Monastery. After a meal, which was arranged in the monastery for those who arrived, the Monk blessed Dmitry for the battle, sprinkled him with holy water and sent him with the words “The Lord will be your intercessor. He will defeat the adversaries and glorify you." The Mother of God accompanied the soldiers throughout the battle, the icon inspired and protected the soldiers and their leader. The victory was not easy, but it glorified Dmitry Donskoy for all time.