1. Does your conduct at school speak well of your faith?

2. Well, among other things, to bless someone means to speak well of him.

3. Benison and its synonym "benediction" share more than a common meaning; the two words come from the same root, the Latin benedicere, meaning "to bless." ("Benedicere" comes from the Latin bene dicere - "to speak well of" - a combination of the Latin …