she called out with a loud cry, "Blessed among women are you, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

And blessed is she who believed that the Lord's words to her would be fulfilled."

for he has considered the humiliation of his servant. From this time forth all generations will call me blessed,

"Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, for he has cared for his people and wrought them redemption;

then Symeon took him in his arms, blessed God, and said,

but Symeon blessed them, and to his mother Mary he said, "This child is destined for the downfall as well as for the rise of many a one in Israel; destined to be a Sign for man's attack ??35 to bring out the secret aims of many a heart. And your own soul will be pierced by a spear."

Then, raising his eyes he looked at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you poor! the Realm of God is yours.

Blessed are you who hunger to-day! you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep to-day! you shall laugh.

Blessed are you when men will hate you, when they will excommunicate you and denounce you and defame you as wicked on account of the Son of man;

And blessed is he who is repelled by nothing in me!"

Then taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven he blessed them, broke them in pieces and handed them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Then turning to the disciples he said privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

While he was saying this, a woman shouted to him out of the crowd, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts you sucked!"

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear and who observe the word of God!"

Blessed are those servants whom the lord and master finds awake when he comes! I tell you truly, he will gird himself, make them recline at table, and come forward to wait on them.

Whether he comes in the second or the third watch of the night and finds them thus alert, blessed are they!

Blessed is that servant if his lord and master finds him so doing when he arrives!

See, your House is left to yourselves. I tell you, you will never see me till the day comes when you say, Blessed be he who comes in the Lord's name."

Then you will be blessed; for as they have no means of repaying you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."

Hearing this, one of his fellow guests said to him, "Blessed is he who feasts in the Realm of God!"

saying, "Blessed be the king who comes in the Lord's name! Peace in heaven and glory in the High places!"

For there are days coming when the cry will be, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never have borne and the breasts that never have suckled!'

And as he lay at table with them he took the loaf, blessed it, broke it and handed it to them.

He led them out as far as Bethany; then, lifting his hands, he blessed them.

And as he blessed them he parted from them [and was carried up to heaven].