Sentences with phrase «ancient hymn»
The phrase "ancient hymn" refers to a very old religious song or poem that has been sung or recited for a long time, often passed down through generations. Full definition
He shares in ancient hymns that weak men like himself have used for generations.
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It bids us plunge into the depths of Christianity's harrowing sublimity — into, that is, our ossuaries encrusted with bone, our catacombs whose chambers ancient hymns once filled.
Pride runs rampant in my mind, and I find a prayer for humility centered around this ancient hymn slows me down enough to open myself to God's steadfast transformation.
The depth and coherence of such divine love revealed to us through the Cross is perhaps most beautifully captured by that ancient hymn the Letter to the Philippians:
[19] An ancient hymn used in the Divine Office even says that the face of Adam was actually modelled on the face of Christ.
It is a far cry from this ancient hymn of revenge to the saying of a later Hebrew who adjured one of his disciples to forgive one who had sinned against him «until seventy - times seven.»
I came upon this ancient hymn that is just as fitting for today.