What's more, Australians don't just want to get love letters, they're giving them too: 82 % of those in the survey said that they believe love letters to be a vital part of a happy relationship, with 75 % of men and a whopping 89 % of women stating that they've written some form
of love letter in the past.
What's more, New Zealanders don't just want to get love letters, they're giving them too: 81 % of those in the survey said that they believe love letters to be a vital part of a happy relationship, with 77 % of men and a whopping 85 % of women stating that they've written some form
of love letter in the past.
Pope Francis» Joy
of Love letter in April 2016 previously prompted four cardinals to request answers to their questions on the text.
Not exact matches
«I had a most extraordinary Christmas, and I have come to the conclusion that I would not have spent it out
of the trenches for worlds,» another British soldier said
in a
letter to
loved ones.
He could win Eliza's
love with his barrage
of love letters, but he still broke her heart by drowning himself
in work and acting carelessly.
In the
letter, Gates, who pleaded not guilty to charges announced last October, told his family that had «a change
of heart» and that he ultimately settled on the «gut - wrenching decision» to plead guilty for the sake
of his
loved ones.
WESTFIELD, N.J. (AP)-- A
love letter lost
in the walls
of a New Jersey home has reached a World War II veteran 72 years after it was written.
«My MIL wrote her son a
letter a week before we got married telling him to think very carefully about what he was doing, as he needed to be sure he was marrying someone he
loved and trusted... She later walked out
of our wedding
in tears, drove home (seven hours away!)
«When I chose to disclose classified information, I did so out
of a
love for my country and a sense
of duty for others,» Manning said after her sentencing
in a
letter sent to then President Barack Obama.
«Our thoughts and prayers are with all
of the victims and their
loved ones,» the company wrote
in a
letter to customers.
Michael Bloomberg welcomed Justin Trudeau to his corporate home
in New York this week with a
love letter of such intensity that even Stephen Harper would blush.
Mass murderer Nikolas Cruz is getting stacks
of fan mail and
love letters sent to the Broward County jail, along with hundreds
of dollars
in contributions to his commissary account.
Would you care to explain how it is that «primitive sheep herders» as most
of you
love to derogatorily call them were able to
in and
of themselves write scripture such that the first two books Genesis & Exodus spell TORAH = LAW for every equidistant
letter sequence
of the 50th
letter... and does the same backwards HAROT for Numbers & Deuteronomy, and the 3rd book that they're pointing towards Leviticus, every 7th
letter (7 is God's number for perfection) spells YHWH = The name
of God.
* I
love the irony
of that verse being
in a
letter to and from the same people as the main proof text used for exclusion
of females.
In a letter announcing his retirement from the army at the close of the War, he wrote: «I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their fellow Citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served in the Field, and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.&raqu
In a
letter announcing his retirement from the army at the close
of the War, he wrote: «I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside,
in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another, for their fellow Citizens of the United States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served in the Field, and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.&raqu
in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts
of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit
of subordination and obedience to Government, to entertain a brotherly affection and
love for one another, for their fellow Citizens
of the United States at large, and particularly for their brethren who have served
in the Field, and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper of mind, which were the Characteristicks of the Divine Author of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.&raqu
in the Field, and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all, to do Justice, to
love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that Charity, humility and pacific temper
of mind, which were the Characteristicks
of the Divine Author
of our blessed Religion, and without an humble imitation
of whose example
in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.&raqu
in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation.»
I may be mistaken, but it seems
in his
letter that Cardinal Kasper is denying that
in the book he said mercy is essential to God, but rather that it is only «the mirror»
of God's
love among the Trinity, that the
love between the Father and the Son from which proceeds the Holy Spirit has a counterpart
in God's merciful
love for creation.
The writer
of the
letter to the Hebrews tells us
in chapter 10: «Let us consider how to stir up one another to
love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit
of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.»
Moreover,
in keeping with the Church's teachings on subsidiarity, free will and real
love, it seems most if not all the issues raised
in the
letter questioning Speaker Boehner's faith would be more efficient, effective, just and respectful
of human dignity if they were left to the individual, family, community or state level.
In his famous hymn to love in his first letter to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul wrote that «the greatest of these is love» (1 Corinthians 13:13
In his famous hymn to
love in his first letter to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul wrote that «the greatest of these is love» (1 Corinthians 13:13
in his first
letter to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul wrote that «the greatest
of these is
love» (1 Corinthians 13:13).
In fact He Himself broke the letter of the law, and defended others in doing so, on many occasions when keeping it violated the greater good of lov
In fact He Himself broke the
letter of the law, and defended others
in doing so, on many occasions when keeping it violated the greater good of lov
in doing so, on many occasions when keeping it violated the greater good
of love.
The Servant
of God Pope John Paul II wrote a
letter to the priests
of the world, starting with a passage from St. John: «For God so
loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes
in him should not perish but have eternal life.»
But as I studied God's
letter for myself and began to discipline myself
in reading, even before my age was marked with double digits, I found time and time again that this was true; the Bible was constantly reminding me
of God's
love for me
in the words that He said about me and
in the great acts
of love He displayed.
Best
of all, suppose that somebody you
love very deeply has written you a
letter in which he speaks
of what he has lately been doing,
of how much he misses you,
of things that you have done together and may again be able to do.
In these
letters, we explored our values and all the day - to - day practical concerns that, if left unresolved, could trigger domestic wars, potentially break a marriage, and kill the sparkle and warm blush
of romantic
love.
The great words
of the
letter, life, light,
love, figure importantly
in the Fourth Gospel also, and
in its meditative and yet epigrammatic style the
letter resembles the Gospel.
That true version
of yourself — the one that needs the wholeness
of creativity and work and service altogether — exists
in a family and
in a community and as part
of God's
love letter to the world.
A personal favorite
of mine
in 2016, Sing Street is a
love letter to»80s music from the perspective
of a bullied teen
in Dublin.
The
letter came after Pope Francis issued his Amoris laetitia («Joy
of Love»
in English) declaration last year which sparked fears among critics that he was opening the door to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics receiving Communion.
Bits
of the prose, like «I
love you to pieces, distraction, etc.» from Franny's
letter to her boyfriend Lane, rattled about
in my adolescent head for weeks, despite the fact that the sentiment
in the phrase is revealed to be utterly ingenuous.
Of course,
in the Epistles,
letters to people who have repented and believed already, there is much talk about God's
love.
He left us
in that deeply personal
letter a road map for our own «journey to the Father» so that every sufferer might, through his suffering, become a conduit for the
love of Christ.
«God is
Love», says the first
letter of St. John, summing up
in that simple three - word phrase the conviction to which the primitive Christian community had come when it thought about, meditated upon, responded to, and
in profound acceptance came to grasp what indeed God was «up to»
in that crucial event which took place at a given moment
in history.
In what was perceived to be response to the pressure, the Cardinal issued a
letter that said homosexual friendship can be «a way
of loving,» and declared that «homophobia should have no place among Catholics.»
The same writer,
in the same chapter
of his
letter, goes on to say, «Herein is
love, not that we
loved God».
At the end
of that
letter to the Corinthians, Paul tells us that even though we see through the glass darkly, «for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily
in God, hope unswervingly,
love extravagantly.
I
love the story
of the churches
in Macedonia, Paul refers to Macedonian Christians, or the province, 16 times
in six
of his
letters.
For de Lisle has unearthed key new facts, from ambassador reports home and
love letters between key protagonists, and has corrected common falsehoods, such as significant details
of the ceremonial accession
of the «nine day» Queen Jane, and that she was not born
in the same month as her predecessor on the throne, the boy - king Edward.
In his
letter to Timothy, Paul urged his young protégé to «flee from these things, you man
of God, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith,
love, perseverance, and gentleness...» Was Paul warning against a) homosexuality, b) pornography, or c) wealth?
The cross
of Christ is the centerpiece
of this
letter,
in its disclosure about the true character
of Jesus (radica1 obedience, humility, self - giving
love) and also
in its shaping
of the early Christian community.
Kirsch says, «It is the secular verse
of Jack Donne — the
love poems, verse
letters, elegies, and satires — that really keeps his fame alive
in our secular age.»
The combination
of law and fulfillment, as well as the combination
of law and
love, is mentioned repeatedly
in the New Testament, particularly
in the
letters to the Romans and the Galatians.
It is especially true
in writing that it is The Blessed Holy Spirit who Breathed Life into The Bible, The Living Word
of God: Our «
Love Letter» from Our ABBA ~ FATHER.
Love and Salt: A Spiritual Friendship Shared
in Letters by amy andrews and jessica mesman griffith loyola, 324 pages, $ 14.95 Over the course
of three years, Amy Andrews and Jessica Mesman Griffith wrote each other what were, for a while, daily
letters.
Because Tebow's reference is
in The Gospel
of John, not «The First
Letter of John»: ««For God so
loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes
in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Starting with an aspect
of love In terms of Cardinal Bertone's helpful summary of the Open Letter, the theological ground upon which we are being invited to build includes: «belief in the one God, the provident Creator... (and that) we are all called to commit ourselves totally to him...» From the point of view of the Catholic faith the latter is an aspect of love for God, an aspect even of communio
In terms
of Cardinal Bertone's helpful summary
of the Open
Letter, the theological ground upon which we are being invited to build includes: «belief
in the one God, the provident Creator... (and that) we are all called to commit ourselves totally to him...» From the point of view of the Catholic faith the latter is an aspect of love for God, an aspect even of communio
in the one God, the provident Creator... (and that) we are all called to commit ourselves totally to him...» From the point
of view
of the Catholic faith the latter is an aspect
of love for God, an aspect even
of communion.
We just need to show that the Open
Letter's noble picture
of God commanding us to
love in ways that use our natural capacities to their full potential is beautifully completed by the fact that He
loves us
in ways that enable us, body and soul, to return it.
And then they look for loopholes
in the law which allows them to live selfishly and dangerously (not
in love) while still obeying the
letter of the law.
All through the
letter there runs this constant sense
of the obligation and the responsibility which the mercy and the grace and the
love of God
in Jesus Christ have laid upon the Christian.
The historian
of non-violence, William Robert Miller, says that the first explicit reference to non-violence
in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott came from a white librarian, Juliette Morgan, who compared the boycott to Gandhi's salt march
in a
letter to the Montgomery Advertiser on December 12, 1955.35 The development
of non-violent strategies
in the civil rights movement
of the 1950's and 60's arose partly from belief
in pacifism as an expression
of love in the Fellowship
of Reconciliation and Society
of Friends from whom many leaders
of the movement for racial justice came.
Pete If you are referring to the inaccurate statement from the Smithsonian that atheists
love to post regarding the Bible at least read the entire
letter which excludes this: `... On the other hand, much
of the Bible,
in particular the historical books
of the old testament, are as accurate historical documents as any that we have from antiquity and are
in fact more accurate than many
of the Egyptian, Mesopotamian, or Greek histories.