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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.