Sentences with phrase «before pilgrims»

I myself find people's misconceptions about New England's population «before the Pilgrims» a bit tiresome at times.

That's not so far - fetched if you remember that Santa Fe was established by Don Juan Oñate as the capital city of the northern Provence of New Spain (old Mexico) more than two decades before pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock.

Before the Pilgrims landed they formulated the Mayflower Compact based upon the concept of the church covenant.

Before the pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here.

There were several other colonies long before the pilgrims came here.

Not exact matches

on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West, From North and from South comes the pilgrim and guest; When the gray - haired New Englander sees round his board The old broken links of affection restored, When the care - wearied man seeks his mother once more, And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before, What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye?

A pilgrim to Mecca should be well off enough to support his or her family for one year before embarking with the pilgrimage.

And as we are strangers and pilgrims on earth, help us by true faith and a godly life to prepare for the world to come; doing the work Thou hast given us to do while it is day; before the night Cometh when no man can work.

Neither cynical nor saccharine, it is a vision built on both penitence and celebration before God, beckoning pagan and pilgrim alike.

The outer court was in these weeks before the festival the scene of a market where animals and birds could be bought for sacrifice, and where pilgrims from abroad could change the money they brought with them into currency acceptable for religious dues and offerings.

Constance Padwick in her book Muslim Devotions quotes one of the prayers that a Muslim pilgrim might say standing before the Tomb of the Prophet at Madina: «I bear witness that you are the apostle of God.

Living as we do in communion with those who have gone before us, we strive to realize in the pilgrim Church on earth a life together that more fully anticipates the communion of the Church in glory.

See I heard from someone at the college I'm at that there's this blog somewhere that linked to a website where there was a quote from a forum post where a pilgrim told of meeting monk at a neo-monastery who's been doing some interesting research into the possibility of the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy being considered apocalyptic scripture which could mean that the dolphin Dave was on was one of the ones that escaped the earth just before its destruction.

I have the embarrasing duty to advise you that «Americans» have been committing atrocities against ethnic groups since before the Puritan pilgrims, including enslavement and forced transport, as well as non-compensated taking of developed land.

I simply wanted Jesus, and since I couldn't seem to part the weeds of my own tradition to find his face (that, most assuredly, was because of my own baggage), I began to walk in the well - worn paths that the pilgrims before me had craved out.

More interesting and distinctive, Pilgrims put on an annual two - day festival shortly before Thanksgiving.

Characteristic of Ratzinger's thought is that the communion of believing must include not solely all those now making up the pilgrim Church on earth (synchronic communion) but all those who have come before us marked with the sign of faith (diachronic communion).

This was just as the NAHCON boss disclosed that all Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for 2016 pilgrimage may return home before the end of evacuation deadline fixed by NAHCON.

He urged the pilgrims to continue praying for the nation's peace and stability before, during and after the 2016 elections in December.

Before leaving the ship, the Mayflower Compact was signed, establishing a temporary government for the pilgrims.

Before long, the Urrea ranch is crowded with pilgrims and with agents of a Mexican government wary of anything that might threaten its power.

Now, young readers can learn all about the customs and cultures of people of color, including those who lived on North American soil long before Columbus, the Pilgrims or the Vikings arrived.

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales starts with a prologue to introduce the various pilgrims before they're each given a tale to tell.

Will the pilgrims reach the fabled city before Antarctica's harsh climate kills them?

With the launch of the Scott Pilgrim App, fans can now catch up on Scott Pilgrim's battle to defeat Ramona Flower's seven evil ex-boyfriends just before heading to theaters for the release of Universal Studios» major motion picture adaptation, SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD directed by Edgar Wright.

Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca after morning prayers, and before the start of this year's hajj pilgrimage.

But I'd like to think I can understand the purpose those lone pilgrims faced when they set into the same wilderness centuries before.

The journey from Kolkata to Delhi by Maharajas» Express has been called Celestial India, and covers pilgrim and tourist centres like Gaya and Varanasi, the Bandhavgarh forests, Khajuraho, Agra and Gwalior before winding up in Delhi.

Pilgrims have been gathering at Y Gegin Fawr in Aberdaron (01758 760359) since the 14th century when they could stop to claim a meal before heading to Bardsey Island.

Every two years, special ritual happens on fourth full moon (Purnama Kapat, October 7, 2006); One day before full moon, Pilgrims from four villages (Bebandem, Ngis, Bugbug and Jasi) go up to Gumang Hill, where the temple lies on the top.

Appealing to the condition of slaves, migrants, refugees, outcasts, and marginalized peoples Figa, like A Subtlety before her, draws on the pilgrim spirit in all of us that seeks spiritual and material fulfillment at the end of a catastrophic journey.

For his pilgrims to a church in Rome, Caravaggio paints angels with dirty feet, much as Pieter Bruegel before him sought the rhythms of a peasant wedding.

In the NYSun, Maureen Mullarkey reports: «A surprisingly satisfying exhibition that showcases the work of 11 postwar pilgrims to sites abandoned by the Lost Generation well before the fall of... read more... «Postwar occupation: American painters in Paris»

Drawing on the cultural significance of Provincetown as the site of the Pilgrims» first landing in North America (before they moved on to Plymouth), Oldenburg cobbled driftwood into constructions featuring forms of the American flag.

The foundation describes it a holy relic: «Appealing to the condition of slaves, migrants, refugees, outcasts, and marginalized peoples «Figa,» like «A Subtlety» before her, draws on the pilgrim spirit in all of us that seeks spiritual and material fulfillment at the end of a catastrophic journey.»