Literary notes about blessed (AI summary)
The word "blessed" in literature often carries connotations of divine favor, sacredness, or a state of grace, while at times being employed in more human or even ironic contexts. In many religious writings, it designates those marked by spiritual purity or chosen by a higher power, as seen in passages that connect a clean heart with the vision of the divine [1][2] or invoke the enduring praise of a deity [3][4]. At the same time, authors from various genres use the term to characterize moments of transcendence or to confer honor and endearment on individuals, whether in expressions of joyful gratitude [5][6] or even in the naming of characters and their attributes [7][8]. This dual usage lends the word a layered richness, enabling it to convey both solemn reverence and the warmth of everyday life.
- Blessed are the clean of heart: they shall see God.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.”
— from The Gospel Day; Or, the Light of Christianity by Charles Ebert Orr - The Lord liveth, and blessed by my God, and let the God of my salvation be exalted. 17:48.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Let his name be blessed for evermore: his name continueth before the sun.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - When the Fisherman pulled the net out of the sea, he cried out joyfully: “Blessed Providence!
— from The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi - But then, blessed with the relief of tears, I fell upon my knees, and blessed her.”
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - Charms and invocations of the most blessed abbot Peter Salanka to all true believers divulged.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce - They were protestants in his family and of course Gerty knew Who came first and after Him the Blessed Virgin and then Saint Joseph.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce