Benediction

Benedictionis a short prayer for help and blessings fromGod.They are usually delivered at the end of aworshipservice.Roman Catholicshave many more benedictions, usually with manycandles(even poor churches have at least ten),thanProtestants,who only have a few simple benedictions. A kind of benediction that is often done in both Roman Catholic and Protestantchurchesis for the worship leader to raise his hands and say theBiblicalPriestly Blessing (Numbers 6:23–27). This was made popular byMartin Lutherin his Deutsche Messe (German Mass).It is a tradition in most Lutheran Churches.F. Scott Fitzgeraldalso wrote ashort storycalledBenedictionin 1920.