Sentences with phrase «of pilgrimage for»

There's no doubt, Brittany's construction of the Bayside Bungalow was an act of pilgrimage for the tiny house movement.

«The Hepworth Wakefield will become a place of pilgrimage for all lovers of sculpture and now with the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds and Yorkshire Sculpture Park in West Bretton, Yorkshire will be a place of inspiration for all.»

Artist Anthony Gormley said: «The Hepworth Wakefield will become a place of pilgrimage for all lovers of sculpture and, with the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds and Yorkshire Sculpture Park in West Bretton, Yorkshire will be a place of inspiration for all.»

The desert city in Nevada, which has become such a place of pilgrimage for gamblers, is the ultimate distillation of the capitalist drive, of the risk - all mentality, and of the oft - fatal lure of the ever - imminent win which pushes the punter further towards the precipice.

«Lenden» as it's known has become a historic site of pilgrimage for wealthy Arabs seeking the forbidden fruits of sex, drugs and alcohol.

A place of pilgrimage for lovers of design and architecture [it has a very good shop too]

Rich in history and the centre of pilgrimage for the ancient Maya civilization for over 1,000 years, Chichen Itza is full of interesting facts.

Chichen Itza was largely abandoned by the time the Spanish conquerors arrived in the Yucatan in the 16th century, but its Cenote Sagrado (Sacred Cenote) continued to be a place of pilgrimage for the Mayans.

Overlooking Dreamland beach and with jaw - dropping views all the way out to Uluwatu, El Kabron has become something of a pilgrimage for savvy sunset worshippers who know that this is one of the best spots to watch the end - of - day show.

Rome is not only a fantastic city for art, food and entertainment: it's also a place of pilgrimage for

This lesson looks at Lourdes as a site of pilgrimage for Christians.

Walking on Wall Street is sort of a pilgrimage for us financial fans.

«On June 4th, a day of pilgrimage for Sikhs when thousands had gathered at the Golden Temple, army tanks moved into the Temple Complex, smashing into the sanctum and shooting everyone in sight.

Bethel Church has been a place of pilgrimage for charismatics who travel from across the globe to attend its high - energy ministry conferences.

Though he seemed barely capable of affection for his family (his occasional devotions to Holly were not fully reciprocated), in late middle age he began an impassioned study of his genealogy, and the bare Pennsylvania church yards where his ancestors lay buried became sites of pilgrimage for him.

Not exact matches

«Some schools long ago saw the need to travel to the coast to get a sense of the Silicon Valley - Bay Area ecosystem; more and more are following their lead, making such pilgrimages de rigeur for the best programs,» according to Poets and Quants.

The 2017 recipients of the Ellis Island Medals of Honor gathered Saturday for a brief and rainy pilgrimage to the island that served as the landing point for the ancestors of an estimated 40 % of Americans.

The idea is simple: avoid getting worn down by a European or American winter and build your venture from «Silicon Bali,» as Ubud — mostly known as a pilgrimage place for wellness seekers since Elizabeth Gilbert wrote a part of Eat Pray Love there — has been dubbed.

Of course, God has a personal relationship with each of us, but it is the fact that we love one another, help one another, and pray for one another that makes it possible for us to complete our pilgrimagOf course, God has a personal relationship with each of us, but it is the fact that we love one another, help one another, and pray for one another that makes it possible for us to complete our pilgrimagof us, but it is the fact that we love one another, help one another, and pray for one another that makes it possible for us to complete our pilgrimage.

As for the somewhat chaotic condition in the Vatican in the latter years of the pontificate — not to mention the poor preparation for the 2012 pilgrimage to Mexico and Cuba, which seems to have had an impact far beyond the Caribbean — why did Pope Benedict not ind himself a more competent «prime minister» than Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, whose record as Secretary of State the pope emeritus continues to defend in Last Testament: a defence that may be admirable as personal loyalty, but is inexplicable otherwise?

John Kavanaugh, a brilliant ethicist, went to live for three months in Mother Teresa's House of the Dying in Calcutta on a personal pilgrimage to find guidance and a clear vision for the rest of his life.

It is always dangerous to try and pinpoint exact decisive moments in such massive changes, but surely one of the more dramatic ones was Pope John Paul II's 1993 pilgrimage to Denver, Colorado for the sole World Youth Day to date to have been held in these United States.

The resumption of pilgrimage (often on foot) was matched by a revival in the historical and artistic studies relating to the pilgrimage, and the first modern society for this was the Société des Amis de St Jacques and Centre des Études Compostellanes, founded in Paris in 1950.

Perhaps its signiicance in the future may be for Moslem pilgrimages, attracted by the extraordinary link with the founder of their religion, open in new ways to the truth of Christ and the Church.

Muslim pilgrims gather in Medina, the burial place of the prophet Mohammed, for the Hajj pilgrimage.

C. S. Lewis wrote in a 1939 sermon: «If we thought we were building up a heaven on earth, if we looked for something that would turn the present world from a place of pilgrimage into a permanent city satisfying the soul of man, we are disillusioned.»

In modern times the improvement in travel facilities has made it possible for large numbers of people to make the pilgrimage even from distant lands, an important factor in bringing the Muslims of the Far East into closer relations with their brothers of the Turkish and Arab areas of Islam.

After almost fourteen centuries the pilgrimage retains its importance for Islam in spite of the development of new means of communication, for there Muslims from all over the world, religious leaders and common folk, meet and exchange views.

The problems began, he said, after his supervisors learned he was using his approved vacation time for Hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia during the last month of the Islamic calendar.

«Christians understand the importance of making a pilgrimage - it is a time of deep significance for those making the journey.

For instance, once a man asked him if it would be proper to perform a pilgrimage on behalf of his deceased mother.

No complete system of Christian faith is yet possible, for the Church is still on her pilgrimage.

Although the pilgrimage is compulsory only for those who have the means to accomplish it, Muslims exert every effort to attain the heights of happiness by making the pilgrimage and often thereafter proudly add the title Hajj to their name.

He is also a board member of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) and the director of racial reconciliation pilgrimages for the Pacific Southwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church.

The Hijaz is called the Holy Land, for there stands the Ka «ba, which is the goal of thousands of pilgrims every year, and nearby is Arafat where pilgrims slaughter their sacrifices at the great Feast of the Sacrifice (Id al - Qurban) which terminates the pilgrimage.

, Newman saw these assorted proto - revelations as themselves signs, not just of the presence of God's logoi spermatikoi in all of human society but also as pathmarkers for the Church's evangelizing pilgrimage through salvation history, a journey he describes in one of the most magnificent passages in his Essay on Development:

Meanwhile, 50,900 adults make the pilgrimage to Notre Dame for a Pentecostal rally, a teen - age guru turns on young people from coast to coast, and demand rises for books that run the gamut from thin prayer guides to thick encyclopedias of theology.

Christian scripture depicts the end of the human pilgrimage as a heavenly city, the New Jerusalem; and the relationship between this world and the next was articulated paradigmatically for Christians in the fifth century in St. Augustine's classic The City of God.

And still more, faith — looking at death through the prism of the crucified and risen Jesus — trusts that this evil can be used for good, that the boundary of death will prove to be not the negation but the fulfillment of our pilgrimage.

In the month of Shawwal 628, Muhammad ordered his followers to obtain sacrificial animals and to make preparations for a pilgrimage (umrah) to Mecca, saying that God had promised him the fulfillment of this goal in a vision where he was shaving his head after the completion of the Hajj

The Czech «Velvet Revolution» was also stimulated to a certain extent by a religious event: a pilgrimage of ten thousand Czechs and Slovaks to Rome for the sanctification of Agnes of Bohemia.

Concretely physical, the ancient practice of pilgrimage pushes beyond the usual crop of spiritual disciplines that are only for the introverted, contemplative or intuitive.

Webb - Mitchell believes that pilgrimage is the richest paradigm for describing Christian growth: «The length and breadth of the Christian life is a pilgrimage and... it is through the actual practice of pilgrimage that we may best understand the experience of growth and change.»

Ultimately, he says, authentic pilgrimage bears fruit when we return home, «spiritually seasoned and refreshed for service in the kingdom of God.»

When asked why other Christians should follow his example and tour the Holy Land, Welby answered: «A pilgrimage here is the most marvellous opportunity for reflection on the common truths that all Christians hold that bring us before the face of Christ.

He does not confine the meaning of pilgrimage to an internal process, and he writes frequently about sojourns that he's taken or led for others.

The ancient prophet Elijah made a pilgrimage to the holy mountain of God and looked for God in the tornado, the earthquake and the fire.

For instance, Telos pilgrimage participants meet Rev. Mitri Raheb, the pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem.

When the Berlin Wall fell a decade after John Paul's pilgrimage to Poland, many credited him with helping to lay the groundwork for the rebirth of freedom in Eastern Europe.

So, for instance, when archaeologists discovered the house of a descendent of Muhammad, King Fahd had it bulldozed so that it could not become a pilgrimage destination.