And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke with a loud voice, and said: Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

Blessed are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you that weep now, for you shall laugh.

bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not;

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the participation of the blood of the Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the participation of the body of the Christ?

Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly things in Christ,

not repaying evil for evil, nor reviling for reviling, but, on the other hand, blessing, since you know that for this end you were called, that you might inherit blessing.

And while they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them, and said: Take, eat; this is my body.

But he was silent, and made no answer. Again, the chief priest asked him, and said to him: Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

And the multitudes that went before, and that followed after, cried, saying: Hosanna to the son of David. Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

And the angel came into her presence, and said: Hail, graciously accepted: the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women.

And blessed is she who believed; for there shall be a fulfillment of the things which were spoken to her from the Lord.

for he has looked upon the lowly condition of his handmaid. For, behold, from this time, all generations shall call me blessed;

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he has visited and redeemed his people;

he took him in his arms, and blessed God, and said:

And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign to be spoken against,

For I say to you, That you shall not see me henceforth, till you shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.

Blessed is that servant, whom his master, when he comes, shall find so doing.