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Blessed assurance: Mary Brown wants to enrich our worship
‘Blessing is a connection to others.’
by Mary Brown
21st August 2026
Friends do not use blessings: the word is not in the index of Quaker faith & practice. Why not? Obviously Quakers reject the traditional church blessing, ‘In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost’, the priest mediating between God and the congregation. But there is a whole other tradition of blessing from Celtic Christianity, which can be used by anyone.
