Sentences with phrase «disciplined prayer life»

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Unlike death obsession, which seeks to control or deflect death, remembrance of death is a metaphysical discipline that transforms the mourning stirred by our certain demise into a positive prayer discipline to help us to live a fuller and more holy life.

The heroic virtue he displayed in death was the result of a life rooted in deep personal prayer and ascetic discipline.

At a personal level the prayer of the Divine Office also strengthens the virgin in her own seeking of Christ by uniting her with the whole Church, and that discipline and objective reality of the Office will sustain her in the inevitable times of aridity in her spiritual life.

Pious heathen of ancient and modern times all want to come to God themselves, by prayer, by a virtuous life, by stern discipline, by a holy life.

In contrast to the visible, worldly life of the Christian in the realm of the «things before last» (penultimate), there must be a hidden, disciplined life of devotion and prayer that is grounded in the belief on the «last things» (ultimate).

Eight years it took for Rome to discipline the Rev Marcial Maciel, and require him to live a life of reserved prayer.

I'm in my temple, I know, and every thought, every bit of this noticing, this discipline of being here, right now, living my life while it's happening, feels like the most pure - hearted prayer I've ever spoken out loud.

For it is one thing to suggest that the life of learning will always be in some sense dependent upon the exercise of spiritual virtues in however attenuated a form, quite another to imagine that the universities will turn to the practice of those spiritual disciplines, such as prayer, that give such virtues meaning and strength.

I pretty much agreed with most of what you have said and i think that the sinners prayer has been misused as a get out of Jail free card.A couple of things that people miss is that God is in charge.As soon as you offer yourself to God and accept Jesus Chris the holy spirit has liberty to work on you.Because he loves us he will discipline us so that we do repent of our sins.The downside of living a walk like that you are a hypocrite until you admit your sinfulness the holy spirit can not help us because of our pride.The second part was you talking about disciplining the flesh personally you cant discipline that which is corrupt our hearts are deceitfully wicked we need new hearts no amount of effort on our part will transform our hearts that is the work of the holy spirit he changes our hearts so that we no longer desire to sin we would rather serve the Lord with all our hearts instead.brentnz

On the other hand, the purpose of the classical disciplines of the life of prayer — such as postures, directing of thoughts, or devotional objects — is to provide what have proved in actual experience to be the most favorable conditions for real prayer.