Sentences with phrase «in deep devotion»

Around the window of this tiny room throngs of pilgrims crowd — some kneeling, some weeping, some saying the rosary, but all in deep devotion and fervent expectation.

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She had a deep faith in God and devotion to Mary and was renowned for her good works.

The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and spluttering; on every hand and far down the receding and fading spread of roofs and balconies a fulttering wilderness of flags flashed in the sun; daily the young volunteers marched down the wide avenue gay and fine in their new uniforms, the proud fathers and mothers and sisters and sweethearts cheering them with voices choked with happy emotion as they swung by; nightly the packed mass meetings listened, panting, to patriot oratory with stirred the deepest deeps of their hearts, and which they interrupted at briefest intervals with cyclones of applause, the tears running down their cheeks the while; in the churches the pastors preached devotion to flag and country, and invoked the God of Battles beseeching His aid in our good cause in outpourings of fervid eloquence which moved every listener.

Though he prefers the older word «piety» — with its deep rootage in Roman history and Calvinist theology — J. I. Packer offers a succinct positive definition of Christian spirituality as an «enquiry into the whole Christian enterprise of pursuing, achieving, and cultivating communion with God, which includes both public worship and private devotion, and the results of these in actual Christian life.»

Given the steady growth of this movement, its deep grounding in prayer and sacrifice, its passionate devotion to Christ, and its sense of mission with and through the Church, we an expect good things over the next years.

We wonder why there is so much unease in the hearts of members of Christian orders and of priests, why so few deep conversions are effected in China despite the flood of missionaries, why the Christian Church, with all its superiority of benevolence and devotion, yet makes so little appeal to the working masses.

This charge was prominent in the Atomic Energy Commission's statements and decision, but was given little weight by the Personnel Security Board (the Gray Board), which after extensive hearings found «no indication of disloyalty... and eloquent and convincing testimony to his deep devotion to his country» and «a high degree of discretion reflecting an unusual ability to keep to himself vital secrets.

The prayers in this book are above all Christ - centred, often referring to Newman's deep love of the Blessed Sacrament and profound attachment to Our Lady, as wellas his devotion to other saints, not least his own spiritual father, St Philip Neri, founder of the Oratory.

One reason for this is, of course, that the actual liturgies — the forms which are employed in the conduct of such worship — are not new creations; in almost every instance they are adaptations of ancient and hallowed usages, freighted with the devotion of the ages, and they manage to convey suggestions which are much deeper than mere verbalization.

We may remark in chapter 14 the reflection of Joab's deep devotion to David (14:1); the implication of the king's accessibility to his subjects (v. 4); the stratagem which Joab and the wise woman of Tekoa employ, strongly reminiscent of Nathan's parable (vv.

Augustine never quite brings his view of sexual love within the range of his deepest insight as to what loving another in God means: turning the whole current of love for self and neighbour into the channel of the love of God «which suffers no stream to be drawn off from itself by whose diversion its own volume would be diminished».19 To turn the human loves into the stream of devotion to God is one thing, to set devotion to God apart as one kind of love which makes others inferior is another.

The Haggards have worked hard throughout the past seven years in re-establishing — through clinical Christian counseling, deep family commitment and devotion to the Bible — a stronger foundation upon which they are building their lives, faith and ministry.

I long to see deeper studies on the Cuban American devotion to N. S. de Caridad and their Afro - Cuban sense of santeria; on the Puerto Rican devotion to San Juan Bautista and other religious practices; on the Cristo Negro de Esquipulas of Guatemala and other devotions and rituals of the various Hispanic peoples living in the United States.

The great devotion to parents that is couched in poetry and song is to me nothing but an effort to cover a deep and abiding antipathy between the generations.

Existential anxiety is handled constructively only by a vital religious life, including --(a) a meaningful philosophy of life, (b) a challenging object of devotion, (c) a sense of transcending the earth - boundness of life, (d) a deep experience of trust in God and relatedness to the universe.

this sacrifice of praise, although it seems to be specially offered by a single Priest, is really offered by all the faithful, women as well as men; for those things which he touches with his hands in offering them to God are committed to God by the deep inward devotion of the whole multitude.

These tender ladies are ready to embark in a feeling of deep and strong affection, where she will give all her love and devotion.

This is Radiohead's deepest, darkest pool of devotion and doubt in a career marked by almost nothing but.

In this case, Lin serves up a piping - hot Supreme with everything on it: There are classic car races; spy movie accoutrements; an ecclesiastical devotion to the ever - growing family (the fam's 10 - deep at this point, not counting Brian's new kid); the»70s fantasy of Luke Evans» Owen Shaw and his grungy, car - flipping Formula 1 racer; Letty's soap - opera return from the grave; her vicious smackdown with Gina Carano; that giant set - piece between Vin Diesel and a tank; and the other giant set - piece between Vin Diesel and a jumbo jet — Furious 6 doesn't stop.

Naoko's struggle with tuberculosis informs one of the story's deep - set ironies: in her devotion, Naoko insists upon Jiro achieving his dreams of flight, but in the process, the couple loses valuable time to spend with each other.

«Dick Murnane has long been an admired leader within the Ed School faculty, recognized for his excellent scholarship and teaching, his wide experience and collegial style, and his deep devotion to the School and its beneficial impact on education policy and practice,» Faust said in a statement.

I should point out that clients in this type of situation often insist on keeping their house, a reflection of the deep - seated Canadian devotion to home ownership, and it takes long and difficult conversations with family, friends and trusted advisors before they come around to the realization that they have to let go of their home.

For over 30 years the Halo history is evidence in the fact that the staff, partners, and customers love and have a deep devotion to the welfare of all dogs and cats.

Now, in 2010, our patience and devotion to the thematic masterpiece has been rewarded with the chance to venture once more into the deep; a new window into the city we could never burn out of our minds: BioShock 2.

While Dodd's ambitions do not run in this direction, she can be seen as a contemporary embodiment of the way an American devotion to direct experience can create a sense that extends beyond «mere» representation, and suggests that there is something immanent in a deep perception of the ordinary.