Sentences with phrase «days of prayer upon»

Yet, after two days of prayer upon prayer, puja upon puja, explanation upon explanation of death and karma and the afterlife, I found a small volcano of despair within myself begin to grow and threaten to rupture.

Not exact matches

The proof your god doesn't exist the millions, upon millions, upon millions of unanswered prayer s that happen every day.

All one can do is suggest that immediately upon getting up in the morning, while dressing or (for a man) while shaving, it is perfectly possible to say some appropriate prayers of aspiration and self - commitment for the day.

Prayer of the Day: «O God, who before the passion of your only begotten Son revealed his glory upon the holy mountain: Grant to us that we, beholding by faith the light of his countenance, may be strengthened to bear our cross, and be changed into his likeness from glory to glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Apart from public worship in church or chapel, of which we shall speak separately, the most important times of private prayer are upon awaking, at bedtime, before meals, at irregular intervals through the day, and in a regular, uninterrupted, unhurried period which can be fixed for any convenient time but which ought not to be left to the mercy of circumstance.

The back page then contains a call for three «Rogation Days,» or times of prayer and procession «for protection against calamities, such as storms, pestilence, famine, and war, and for God's blessing upon our crops.»

M. Ratisbonne represents his own part in the conversations as having been of a light and chaffing order; but he notes the fact that for some days he was unable to banish the words of the prayer from his mind, and that the night before the crisis he had a sort of nightmare, in the imagery of which a black cross with no Christ upon it figured.

The early afternoon prayer is part of the school day, and, depending upon the time of the year, the late afternoon prayer is also included.

Just as a Muslim person may wish to wear a certain item of clothing in public or stop to pray at a given time of the day... or a Jew may wish to wear a Star of David or yarmulke and offer prayer while dining... they are not forcing their religions upon anyone, but expressing their personal beliefs.

Origen: On Prayer 4 The Transfiguration Today the day shines forth for us more brightly than usual, when heavenly light darts forth upon the earth, when the true light illuminates the darkness of mortal men, when the divine radiance shows itself to the human sphere in a visible, even bodily form.