(verb) To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
"I know I’m blessed because yo’ stress is realer than anything I done been through."
"Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future."
"The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift."
"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."
"Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state."
"Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken."
"My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet."
"Pain is a two-way street, sometimes it drags you till the verge of insanity and sometimes it is a blessing in disguise."
"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."
"How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!"
"Forgiveness is such a blessing. It frees us."
"The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings."