A Blessing (n.) fit for the unhappiest man runs: may no one understand you, may no woman love you, may no ear trace your secret sigh — or else, may the whole world believe you can make them happy.
A Blessing (n.) from God comes with His curse in the same breath — what woman was so mortified as Mary?
The Blessing (n.) is not the success of an undertaking, since much prospers that God never blessed; it is God's consent that the thing may be undertaken, and asking for it consecrates the work to God whether it prospers or not.
The Blessing (n.) is whatever God does; in ordinary work it is God's share, but at the altar Christ himself is the blessing, and he supports you even while you receive it.
Blessing (n.) from God has one price for all, because he alone is rich: great or humble, clothed in gold or in linsey.