Throughout the course of any given day, we may ask for God's blessing-for ourselves or for others-almost as a matter of routine. We ask for God's blessing on occasions and for people in our lives: for births and birthdays, for friends and family. We ask for God's blessing during times of great sadness-illness and death-and at times of great joy-Baptisms and weddings. We ask for God's blessing when we awake and when we go to bed...