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Bless you!
Daniel French takes a wry but thoughtful look at what we mean when we ‘bless’ someone – or some thing – and whether we should
After a lifetime of Christian ministry, I remain unclear as to what a blessing is. St Thomas Aquinas linked oaths, vows and blessings to the human need to order life towards the Creator. He saw blessings as prayers invoking God’s favour. They were intended to bring divine grace upon a person or object to sanctify, protect or bring about goodness. To align the world with God’s ultimate purposes. But blessings mean different things to different people. In the Church of England, most liturgical actions have polar opposite meanings depending on whether you are an Anglo-Catholic or an Evangelical. Achieving clarity is no easy feat. No doubt this adds to the current confusion over same-sex blessings. The inability to say what a blessing is does not help resolve this major issue.
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