I like the old-fashioned idea of hanging a framed prayer or poem near a home’s entrance to bless the house, so I was happy to find this hand-written blessing that’s probably sixty years old at a Brooklyn flea market recently. I’ve seen the following verse on plaques before, but never written it down. You can type it in a fancy font and print it for yourself or for anyone moving into a new house.
God bless the corners of this house
And be the lintel blest;
And bless the hearth and bless the board,
And bless each place of rest;
And bless the door that opens wide,
To stranger as to kin;
And bless each crystal window pane
That lets the starlight in;
And bless the rooftree overhead
And every sturdy wall;
The peace of man, the peace of God,
The peace of love on all.
If you love this sort of thing as much as I do, you should know that June Cotner, author of several books on blessings and prayers, has a whole text of verse for the home: “House Blessings.”
BEST OF CHATTERING MIND.
posted July 22, 2011 at 7:58 am
Online shopping has had a rather slow and tumultuous journey in India, it has not picked up as much as it should have primarily due to the fact that internet penetration itself is quite low and secondly (and importantly) the online shopping experience has been bad to say the least Although their are grass root problems, I still believe that Online Shopping in India is evolving fast and has the potential to grow exponentially in the times to come, as the internet penetration reaches far and wide across the rural area.