A church in the Kansas City area is having a ‘Blessing of the Backpacks.’ At first, the idea startled me, but then I thought of other blessing ceremonies surrounding human activities. Certainly there are the traditional blessings of birth (baptism), coming of age (confirmation), marriage and death. Then there is the annual blessing of the shrimp boats in Galveston (and similar blessings of boats in other parts of the world). There is a time of the blessing of animals in some churches.
It may be all human activities deserve a blessing: the pencils a composer of music uses, as well as the writer’s computer. Then there is the automobile of the realtor, the gun of the police officer and the pulpit of the preacher. Such blessings might invest a deeper significance in the tools with which we practice our trades, earn our livelihoods and provide services to others.
So, let’s hear it for backpacks.
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