Sentences with word «ministration»

A sweet little fable about how a delusional man - child is helped by the loving ministrations of his family and community, the kind of throwback flick where human nature is seen as inherently good — a notion so quaint that it feels damn near buoyant.

Alas, unless your mom is a trained copy editor, her loving ministrations are unlikely to be good enough.

No question about it, the listening is demanding, not only because of the writer's rhetorical style but also because of the assumption that the reader knows the Old Testament and the wilderness life of Israel, a life centered in the tabernacle and the daily ministrations of the priest.

Such physical ministration is inherent to the purely physical realm below man, including the evolution of its most sophisticated organ, the brain.

We never even get a diagnosis for Ali McGraw's Jenny in Love Story, though we can probably assume it's leukemia, which destroys you from within, not without, so she too dies under the tender ministrations of the lighting department.

The streets of Yharnam are overrun by beasts and culled by hunters like you - who survive through regular blood ministration.

Rather than the sinner being captured by God's forgiveness in Christ through the regular ministrations of the Church and so being grasped by religion, revivalism insists that the sinner «gets religion.»

Swathed in his American flag costume, he leads his men into battle while pursuing Nazi mad scientist Red Skull (Hugo Weaving), who was himself subjected to Dr. Erskine's ministrations back in the old country and is now so bonkers that he thinks he can take over the world without Hitler's help.

But the machine is beautiful — the most gorgeous SUV currently available, we think, thanks to the aesthetic ministrations of designer Ian Callum.

The agony of many a gay man dying of AIDS is eased by the faithful ministrations of a partner who stays with him and ministers to him until death does them part.

All other celestial ministrations are no more than partial, transient, and practically adapted to local conditions in time and space.

The religions of authority crystallize into lifeless creeds; the religion of the spirit grows into the increasing joy and liberty of ennobling deeds of loving service and merciful ministration.

In classic religious fashion, that which is most dangerous and polluting is transformed by the proper ministrations of members of a holy caste («priests» in this case) into a potent source of sanctity and holiness.

Unless these clearly powerful and increasingly well defined influences on the lives of church members are met by equally powerful and well - defined influences of grace for living the Christian life, the role of clergy is in danger of being reduced to the role of chaplains, summoned for brief, emergency ministrations to a life cycle unfolding in complete isolation from the life of faith.

It would be most propitious, however, to study as well the possibility of reclaiming the singular possessive adjective mea (my) and thereby in the context of the priest's essential liturgical ministrations reaffirming the broadly ecclesial dimension operative in sacramental reconciliation.

But the priest's personal holiness is not likewise guaranteed even though his sacramental ministration within the Church is no less necessary.

These people, many of them alienated, unfulfilled, forgotten, or ignored, but also many dynamic, independent, and searching, are going to find what solace and direction they can from the superficial and ultimately harmful ministrations of the electronic church if they can not find it in the mainline churches.

Under the gentle ministrations of Jockey Conn McCreary, Miss Grillo won $ 250,000 before she was retired, but without McCreary aboard she could do little.

I am sure that Mr. Ramsey would much rather have been out beering it up with his Welsh colleagues but instead he has been under the delicate ministrations of our medical team, hopefully he will be fit for selection on the weekend.

Our well - intentioned but over-exuberant ministrations of water, soaps, and lotions, strip away the skin's natural oils leading to dryness and irritation, and frequently expose your baby's tender skin to harsh (and, arguably, toxic) ingredients such as sodium lauryl sulfate, preservatives, and artificial fragrances.

The president and his associates were welcomed with song ministrations.

He was elected to lead the Church of England's holy ministrations at the start of this year.

On Gov. Paterson's lengthy list of busi ness left over from the Spitzer ad ministration is an important issue concerning the State Police.

Cathy is the sort of rich person who likes to think of employees like Beatriz as «one of the family,» particularly since Beatriz's ministrations greatly helped Cathy's college - age daughter.

The similarities between House of Sand and Fog and In the Bedroom (a film based on Dubus Sr.'s short story «Killings») are obvious, but where the latter allows its cast to breathe, House of Sand and Fog smothers Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly in a fatal dose of Horner's saccharine ministrations.

Acting honors went to Jamie Foxx, for his dazzling diddy - bop through the life of Ray Charles, and Imelda Staunton, for her finely - tuned VERA DRAKE portrait of a housewife whose homely ministrations include back - room abortions.

As a new teacher, I benefited greatly from the patient ministrations of several seasoned teachers who showed me the ropes of grading, discipline, effective lessons, and ways to manage the volume of work.

This award - winning book, recently released in paperback, is full of the small details that make setting and characters come to life: Minty's doll with one foot and cracked buttons for eyes, her mother's soothing ministrations after the whipping.

With a unibody based on that of the competent S - type, a suspension using the XK's setup front and rear with Computer Active Technology Suspension (CATS) damping, the XK's vented disc brakes, and the magic ministrations of Mike Cross and his crack development team, the XF was bound to be brilliant to drive.

Forget silence: Whatever you were listening to — the noisy ministrations of New York City sanitation professionals, the sound of trust - funders» wailing preschoolers, the clanging racket of a pile driver building luxury condos --- all the morning sounds of Manhattan's SoHo are obliterated by the ripping blast of evil intent that greets occupants and those in the general vicinity of the new 550 - horsepower 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR when ignition is ordered.

This engine feels properly punchy, and it's rare to experience any turbo lag thanks to the smooth, accurate ministrations of the eight - speed automatic gearbox, which does a near - faultless job of keeping the engine in its power band.

He was happy to have money and power and a «girl on the side», but when the girl threatened his comfort he was eager to consign her to shame, poverty, danger and the demented ministrations of the Henley's to save his own skin (a deliberate use of that word!).

There's Nina, a recent arrival from Russia, for whom the colorful abundance of the vegetable markets in New York represents her own fresh hopes and dreams... Luda and Milena, who battle over a widower in their English class with competing recipes for cheese puffs, spinach pies, and meatballs... Sergey, who finds more comfort in the borscht made by a paid female companion than in her sexual ministrations.

She and her team migrated all of my content to the new site while at the same time streamlining much of what had become clunky and outdated under my own ministrations.

Aboard the boat, we'll cruise where we like, stopping to snorkel and swim, then nosh as we desire on the chef's multi-course ministrations.

And to ease those tired muscles after the day's exhausting but totally rewarding Palawan adventure, guests can surrender themselves to the expert ministrations of trained therapists from Sparkle, which provides spa services right in the comforts of one's hotel room.

Wolff Olins's latest ministrations suggest that Met Breuer is setting a cool, modern tone for a shaggy historical institution.

The London art world would starve to death these days but for the culinary ministrations of Caprice Group's Mark Hix, the chef of the moment and the man behind the menu at the Artangel Dinner, held on Saturday evening in the Great Hall at St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

Even with her kind ministrations, at school, among family, no matter where I was, I felt like an outsider, always looking in, never a part of the «party.»

(TPL p. 11) For Fr Holloway orthodox doctrine concerning priesthood was not just something one gleaned from teachers, but also through one's daily ministrations.