1.   And he allowed a woman in the parish, Mary Ramerman, to preach, offer blessings and stand behind the altar and raise the chalice during consecration.

2.   Before the SATs, his mother, Maureen Dowouna-Nortey, even offered a blessing in the Ewe dialect of her native country, Ghana.

3.   Mingling with the crowd are dreadlocked sadhus, or holy men, who come out of their secluded abodes to worship and offer blessings to the pilgrims.

4.   No one is going to try to keep her out of either pro league, but Summitt might make it easier on her by offering her blessings.

5.   President Lech Walesa will be there, as will Jozef Cardinal Glemp, the senior Roman Catholic prelate, who is to offer a blessing.

6.   Storefront signs offer blessings to America.

7.   They offered more blessings to him than to the Patriarch.

8.   When he offered a blessing, the boisterous crowd hushed in silence.

9.   Whether such a blessing would be offered after Gingrich received such a letter is questionable.

10.   Archbishop George Pell instead offered blessings to the protesters, who wore rainbow-colored sashes.