A Blessed Weekend
Filed under: Vexed - January 21, 2007 @ 7:52 am
Every Friday, this really sweet woman I work with instructs me to have “a wonderful and blessed weekend.” This is as opposed to the standard “nice weekend” most people get told to have.
Uncomfortable with such a weighty request, I looked up the word “blessed,” and sure enough:
1. to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy.
2. to request of God the bestowal of divine favor on: Bless this house.
3. to bestow good of any kind upon: a nation blessed with peace.
4. to extol as holy; glorify: Bless the name of the Lord.
Clearly, I don’t deserve such a weekend. And I always feel like a douche when I respond to her with, “You too!”
Sigh.
(BUT check out these folks who know all about being blessed! You have to listen to the whole song!)
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Your blog is looking great! I am enjoying it as always.
January 22nd, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Thanks honey! I need to get you some flowers…
January 24th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Every time I read about religion I panic, thinking about the fact that I will one day have to tell my in-laws I don’t want to baptize their grandchild in the Roman Catholic church. I’ll be murdered.