I bless mothers and sons with God’s loving and forgiving grace. I pray that they reflect their innate, God-given patience, humility, and loving thoughtfulness. God is blessing them in their purity and Christly strength to be free of alcohol and other addictions. I bless them in their spiritual journeys. May all mothers and sons express…
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Harmony restored before concert
With a Cameroonian friend, I was organizing a benefit concert in favor of peasant-farmer groups in Senegal. The concert had been publicized on the radio and in the local press and was to be held in a large auditorium of a Geneva college which was lending it to us free of charge. However, the technician…
Extreme situation of alienation healed
Mahfoud and Idriss were brothers, living near the city of Mopti (Mali, W. Africa). Mahfoud was the eldest brother – and in the African tradition, that means other brothers and sisters owe him special respect and obedience. On the occasion of his third marriage, he asked Idriss for two sacks of rice for the festivities.…
Blessing reduces prison sentence
Emmanual (name altered) was a gentle man who ended up in the Geneva jail on drug charges. He was a modest businessman in his native Ghana. His mother was severely ill and serious medical care was extremely expensive. Friends told him he could make excellent business in his field if he went to China. So…
Blessing acts as a balm on the partner
For a great deal of my life I was centered on myself. Now that you have taught me to apply this practice I ignored, I spend days on end just blessing silently and sincerely all the people who cross my path. As I am the owner of a business, I send blessings and messages of…
My very favorite blessing story
Just a year after the first French version of the book The Gentle Art of Blessing (now available in seven languages*) I came across an amazing article in one of the leading German-Swiss newspapers, (the Tages Anzeiger of April 15, 1999), concerning a retired nurse, Frieda, who felt led to undertake an amazing task –…
In prison for murder and led to use The Gentle Art of Blessing
For 17 years I was a visitor at the local Geneva jail. One day, I was asked to visit a young man who had read the book by Roger McGowen “Messages of Life from Death Row” who speaks at length of the powerful impact on him during one of the most challenging periods of his…
Three year old blesses his mother
I am the busy mother of two young sons and am expecting a third baby in just a few weeks time. Like many women at this stage of pregnancy, I am not sleeping well at night and am very tired at the end of the day. This means I can be grumpy with my two…
After my visit to a US publisher where I talked to the assembled staff
“I started using blessing the next morning with my daughter. We were both beating heads, so I stopped and started blessing her. You know what she said after about five minutes? “Mama, I love you and I can feel your love coming to me.” I think my draw dropped to the floor. And many more…
The support of blessing palpable
“I am “living” in The Gentle Art of Blessing. It is my closest companion. A softening is happening. I can “see” and “feel” beautiful things happening in me and my two sons. Hope is now a strong foundation, not illusive, not dead. True blessing is the heart expression of (spiritual) Science, this is evident. I…
Increased peace of heart
“The Gentle Art of Blessing has changed my life already. – and I doubt I am anywhere near expert in it. Everything has changed – the reception I receive from my classes, the kind of day I have, etc. Most of all I am loving the peace in my heart and the improvement in my…
Written to the Cygnus book club and magazine (UK)
Some years ago I bought The Gentle Art of Blessing from you. The title just touched me. I gave it as a present to a friend and even bought it in Dutch to give as a gift. I was very moved by the content. The Power of Blessing is in its essence a true Art,…
Blessing uplifts dying patient
“I am a Christian Science nurse and when I first began to practice blessing there was a certain “bed ridden” patient with whom every nurse seemed to have a difficult time and I was no exception. I would go in her room when assigned to it and she would (seemingly) bark orders in a tone…
Harmony restored in polygamous household
My friend Mamoudou Kassambara of Mali (W. Africa)is one of the most wonderful persons I have met in my life. A devoted and tolerant moslem, he has adopted blessing as a way of life and witnessed amazing healings among the people he recommended it to. Here is one of his stories. You will find the…
Healing of work relationship after 12 years
Anne was a participant of one of my workshops on blessing. A schoolteacher in an average-sized school, she had a colleague who stubbornly ignored her very existence. Anne had not the foggiest idea why. When they would cross in the school corridor, the other teacher would simply look the other way, conveying the clear message:…
Addiction to drugs, alcohol, violence healed
My friend Mamoudou Kassambara of Mali (W. Africa)is one of the most wonderful persons I have met in my life. A devoted and tolerant moslem, he has adopted blessing as a way of life and witnessed amazing healings among the people he recommended it to. Here is one of his stories. You will find the…
English: The Gentle Art of Blessing – The text
On awakening, bless this day, for it is already full of unseen good which your blessings will call forth; for to bless is to acknowledge the unlimited good that is embedded in the very texture of the universe and awaiting each and all. On passing people in the street, on the bus, in places of…
English: The Gentle Art of Blessing text read by Pierre Pradervand
Français: Le simple art de bénir, vidéo
Français: Le simple art de bénir, texte
Au réveil, bénissez votre journée, car elle déborde déjà d’une abondance de biens que vos bénédictions font apparaître. Car bénir signifie reconnaître le bien infini qui fait partie intégrante de la trame même de l’univers. Il n’attend qu’un signe de nous pour se manifester. En croisant les gens dans la rue, dans le bus, sur…
