Berakhah

So why berakhah? In hebrew, berakhah means blessing, it is a special type of prayer. Jews say many Berakhot through the day speaking to God. This kind of blessing is not like "ye 'ole Irish blessing" where you wish blessings upon someone else or ask someone else to bless you. Rather, the Hebrew word "barukh" is an adjective describing God as the source of all blessings. When Jews recite a berakhah, they are not blessing God but instead expressing how blessed God is. As a Catholic I learned we incorporate adaptations of the Jewish berakhah during the Liturgy of the Eucharist. During the liturgy we praise God for creation and for givng us the gifts of bread and wine to offer.

That's what I hope to do while blogging away...share berakhahs and give praise to how God is working in my life.