Sentences with phrase «exhortation of»

If the point of every sermon is «just believe the Gospel» and this is the only exhortation of the message week in and week out, then there is actually very little room for application.

Bearing in mind the sagely exhortation of Michael Pollan to always «eat food» as opposed to food - like substances, this should be reason enough to think a while longer about that meal that can evidently stay happy for a lot longer than anyone thought.

The 90th Academy Awards turned Sunday night's ceremony in Los Angeles into a celebration and exhortation of representation and inclusion, after a year marked by seismic cultural change in Hollywood that rippled across the world.

This saying, also, the Christians expounded further in their effort to produce as many of Jesus» instructions as possible for individual situations in their own life: they understood it as an exhortation of Jesus to the amicable settlement of lawsuits (Matt.

Somewhat similar was the idea formulated by Jeremiah in his exhortation of his contemporaries:

Resources: ««Humanae Vitae» Author Pope Paul VI Moves Toward Sainthood,» Catholic News Agency, December 20, 2012 Evangelii Nuntiandi, Apostolic Exhortation of Paul VI (1975) Sacerdotalis Caelibatus (on priestly celibacy), Encyclical Letter of Paul VI (1967) Populorom Progressio, Encyclical Letter of Paul VI, 1967 Humanae Vitae, Encyclical Letter of Paul VI (1968) Declaration on Procured Abortion, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, approved by Paul VI, 1974 Persona Humana, Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, approved by Paul VI, 1975 Inter Insigniores, Declaration on the Question of Admission of Women to the Ministerial Priesthood, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, approved by Paul VI, 1976 Become a fan of First Things on Facebook, subscribe to First Things via RSS, and follow First Things on Twitter.

For example, an apostolic exhortation of one pontificate does not possess more authority than an encyclical of a prior papacy.

Verbum Domini» [1] is the 2010 Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Benedict XVI following the 12th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops of October 2008.

The exhortation of James to «come near to God and he will come near to you» would be but a cruel proclamation.

As R. R. Reno noted last week, progressive commentators strained to cast Trump's exhortation of the West as a nasty case of white nationalism and racism.

1 CORINTHIANS Chapter 9 * [9:1 — 27] This chapter is an emotionally charged expansion of Paul's appeal to his own example in 1 Cor 8:13; its purpose is to reinforce the exhortation of 1 Cor 8:9.

Thus the final exhortation of Paul to his beloved community in Philippians 4:8: «Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.»

Two recent documents from the Holy See — Pastores Gregis, the post-synod apostolic exhortation of Pope John Paul II, and the Directory for the Pastoral Ministry of Bishops from the Congregation for Bishops — vigorously affirm the value and necessity of national episcopal conferences while refining and clarifying their proper role.

This question introduces the concluding exhortation of Jesus» inaugural sermon in Q (6:46).

Quite the contrary, this is the candid exhortation of a leader who has understood a hard truth about the condition of his people, i.e., that to be able to look their emancipator squarely in the eye, they must first raise themselves from their current level.

And if we could stick to our discipline for a few more weeks until then, he would like us to read Familiaris Consortio, the 1981 papal exhortation of St. John Paul II, our «pre-Cana,» as it were.

While the exhortations of Leo XIII and the precepts of Pius X were duly noted by Benedict and his successors, rigorous enforcement proved to be the exception rather than the rule.

In the past I remember listening intently as Genesis 1, the account of the Passover, or the exhortations of Deuteronomy were read to the newly baptized.

I can't escape the exhortations of joy, the call to joy, the prayer for joy, the yearning for joy in Scripture and in the Spirit and in the Christian tradition.

Christian responsibilities are not therefore predicated upon the exhortations of a particular minister (who can be replaced!)

mzh, enough of your insincere exhortations of «peace» already.

His presentation was heavy on exhortations of the importance of caring and the value in fully developing each person's true self.

His exhortations of behalf of national transportation funding have been documented in the Washington Post.

If, on the other hand, completing her degree was based on nothing more than fulfilling the exhortations of her parents, she would have only self - control to drive her, and her emotional experiential memory would constantly rebel.

At a style swap, all that self - talk about what will and will not look good on you gets drowned out by the gleeful exhortations of others.

Ultimately, the powerful prospect of a better life (and for some, the exhortations of their parents) keeps most of them marching on.

Every six minutes, 30 visitors follow the exhortations of a wizened voiceover actor with a Semitic accent (spoiler: it's the Old Testament prophet Ezra) to reenact the creation of Earth, Man, and Israel.

Not exact matches

Zuckerberg's tone went from paternal lecture to martial exhortation, the drama mounting with every mention of the threat Google represented.

From novel scheduling systems, to exhortations to invest in health, and even spiritual reminders that «work - life balance» is really a modern spin on the ancient and fundamentally difficult question of what constitutes a life well lived, you can spend hours upon hours neither working nor living but simply reading through posts and columns on the topic.

Although couched in terms of encouragement, Sandberg's exhortation contains more than a note of reproach.

A group of more than sixty Catholic theologians and clergy, including some well - known traditionalist writers and scholars, have signed a document, addressed to Pope Francis and recently released to the public, alleging that the pope has promoted heresy through his statements regarding the post-synodal apostolic exhortation Amoris laetitia.

Of course, the government has taken on this human responsibility because the churches — filled with the Christian Right — have failed abysmally in following Christ's exhortations regarding taking care of the needOf course, the government has taken on this human responsibility because the churches — filled with the Christian Right — have failed abysmally in following Christ's exhortations regarding taking care of the needof the needy.

Michael J. Perry, a leading legal scholar, argues that judicial review should serve the role of «prophecy,» calling us to a deeper understanding of ourselves through moral exhortation by the Supreme Court.

For the consecrated life (as John Paul II taught in the 1996 apostolic exhortation Vita Consecrata) is the spiritual engine of the Church, in which the energies of evangelism are refined and shared in a great exchange of gifts by which the entire Church, the bride of Christ, strives for union with her divine spouse.

It was a message projected into an already overheated Catholic conversation about the proper interpretation of the apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia.

I could just as easily have added Love and Responsibility; the Theology of the Body; the 1981 apostolic exhortation, Familiaris Consortio; the 1988 apostolic letter on women, Mulieris Dignitatem; and the 1995 Letter to Families.

It was easy to recognize, in the words of this latest exhortation to more faithfully follow the gospel in the economic and global - political realm, the voice of our dear shepherd» to see the sharp intellectual and moral challenge of his mind, coupled with the loving understanding of his heart, so passionate to bring Christ to the world and the world to Christ.

The point is that almost all of us, unless we are exceptionally gifted or precocious, require more than bureaucratic exhortation or the abstract knowledge that the study of the humanities is important.

Pope Francis's apostolic exhortation, fittingly published in April, is full of springtime hope.

Then, with an impending operation that would tie me to the house until the New Year, I had to shut my face against a litany of exhortations to get to unobtainable confessionals before Christmas.

The event, titled «The Joy of the Gospel in America,» was aimed at presenting the exhortation to Americans.

Like, for example, the recent apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, the meaning of which seems to have the College of Cardinals currently at odds.

All of the Sophia drawings resonate with me... The one that sits atop my bedroom bookcase at just the right angle to be seen first thing in the morning still fills me with the same joy and exhortation to keep being me — the real me — as the very first time I saw it.

But no matter where you stand on the Institutional, organized, house, or Hot tub Gathering you can not deny that Gods word... (which hasn't been sited here) Declares that the Gathering of ourselves shouldn't be forsaken Heb, 10:25 not a guilt trip, control tactic etc. but instruction and exhortation from The Word of God.

In «Evangelii Gaudium» (The Joy of the Gospel), officially known as an «apostolic exhortation,» Francis calls for church reforms, urges Catholics to be more bold and joyful, and castigates elements of modern capitalism.

At the end of Deuteronomy, after Moses» long exhortation to the children of Israel at the boundary of the Promised Land, he climbed Mt. Nebo to see the Promised Land from a distance.

To such a presentation we can add recitations of mountaintop experiences we have known, followed by exhortations to return to the valley ready to serve.

For all churches, large or small, my exhortation is to think biblically about how the church might make much of Jesus, multiply and grow disciples, and, ultimately, die and be forgotten.

The scattered, shattered body of Christ, shifting and rumbling in the many corners of this world, will not be united by means of conferences, declarations, exhortations or negotiations, though we must engage in those things to work out our salvation.

In a commencement speech, Admiral William McRaven provoked graduates from the University of Texas with this exhortation: «If every one of you changed the lives of just 10 people, and each one of those folks changed the lives of another 10 people — just 10 — then in six generations this class will have changed the lives of the entire population of the world, eight billion people.»