Sentences with phrase «intense prayer»

Telling persons that they shouldn't pray intensely implies that God doesn't listen to or answer intense prayers, God only listens to or answers non-intense prayers, which certainly sounds absurd.

The rest of the film is a frantic search through the slums of several cities for Annika, punctuated by intense prayers and frustration.

Brief but intense prayers are offered.

This, in the opinion of many authors, should be part of that stripping away of all that belongs to human weakness, that circumcision of the heart, which is accomplished «by the Spirit's immediate presence... Bodily fasting alone is not enough to bring aboutself - restraint and true purity; it must be accompanied by contrition, intense prayer to God, frequent meditation on the Scriptures, toil, and manual labour.»

A famous Wiccan High Priestess once said that «magic is like an intense prayer» and I agree wholeheartedly.

First of all, Dominic was a man of prayer, and the fruitfulness of his mission lay in those years of preparation «in the wilderness», in his intense prayer as his Order spread and took root.

Those of us that follow the Jewish calendar year have just exited an extended period of focused and intense prayer.

Jesus ended the meal and dialogue with an intense prayer.

Preferably with the blessing of a spiritual director and as a fruit and accompaniment to intense prayer, fasting seeks to train the gaze heavenward to a nourishment beyond words from our Father in heaven.

Pope Francis earlier offered «intense prayers» on their behalf.