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I'm trying to determine if a Warpriest with the Good Blessing can use the Major blessing at 10th level to summon a monster as a standard action or a 1-round action. Here's the relevant info:
A warpriest can select any two blessings granted by his deity. Deities grant blessings of the same name as the domains they grant. Unless otherwise noted, using a blessing is a standard action. A warpriest without a deity can select any two blessings (subject to GM approval). If a blessing's power duplicates a spell effect, the warpriest's caster level for that power is equal to his warpriest level.
Blessings that affect weapons and armor benefit anyone who wields or wears those items, not just the warpriest.
Battle Companion (major): At 10th level, you can summon a battle companion. This ability functions as summon monster IV with a duration of 1 minute, but for only a good outsider or an animal with the celestial creature simple template. This ability can summon only one creature, regardless of the list used. For every 2 levels beyond 10th, the level of the summon monster spell increases by 1 (to a maximum of summon monster IX at 20th level).
Apparently blessings require a standard action to activate by default. But does the text on Battle Companion that states "this ability functions as Summon Monster IV" indicate that it has the same casting time as the spell (1 round)? Keep in mind that Blessings are listed as (Su), so they are not Spell-Like abilities but rather Supernatural abilities.
Standard action unless otherwise specified, (Su) actions don't automatically inherit casting times.