Blessing template
Canonical template for the Blessing format.
[Recipient Address - optional] Name or identify who or what is being blessed. ("To you, [name]," "Over this meal," "For this house,")
[Invocation of source - optional] Name the ground from which the blessing flows, without addressing it directly. ("By God's grace," "In the presence of all gathered here,")
[Pronouncement - required] Second-person declaration of favor, protection, or grace over the recipient: "May you..." "Be blessed in..." "You are held by..."
[Specific naming - required] Name the person, season, undertaking, or quality being blessed. The more specific, the more the blessing lands.
[Sealing close - optional] "Amen," "Go in peace," "So be it," or a final line of grace.