The Daily Office, or the Divine Hours, consists of four times
of prayer each day: morning prayers (Matins / Laudes), midday prayers (Sext), evening prayers (Vespers), nighttime prayers (Compline).
We scheduled the program so as to allow for the prescribed five times
of prayer each day.
We are trying to live up to the 1 % a day prayer challenge - that works out to 15 minutes
of prayer a day.
Not exact matches
«Five
days before my mother died, she gave me a journal that contained 10 years» worth
of prayers and words
of wisdom she had been writing down,» says Taylor.
We may all try to say our
prayers and take our vitamins, but at the end
of the
day, most
of us may find ourselves caught in the clutches
of some unhealthy habits.
«It's a sad
day for the National Guard, and our thoughts and
prayers are with the families
of everyone involved and everyone with the National Guard as we work through this,» he said.
36
days of thoughts and
prayers from Congress since the #LasVegasShooting obviously hasn't worked.
«Today, and in the coming
days, I hope you will hold Nick, his family, all
of the victims, as well as the Parkland community and first responders in your
prayers.»
The executive order, which will be signed in the White House Rose Garden during proceedings for the National
Day of Prayer, is likely to please Trump's evangelical base.
Today, @POTUS will sign an EO creating a new faith - based initiative, and will continue the @WhiteHouse tradition that dates to President Truman
of proclaiming the National
Day of Prayer.
President Donald Trump presided over a National
Day of Prayer event in the White House Rose Garden for the second year, pledging at the Thursday morning gathering to protect religious liberty all across America.
WASHINGTON (AP)-- President Donald Trump celebrated the National
Day of Prayer by announcing a White House initiative that he said would underpin policies recognizing the «vital role»
of religion in the country.
Trump signed the executive order during an event in the Rose Garden to mark the National
Day of Prayer.
President Donald Trump talks with White House Chief
of Staff John Kelly in the Oval Office before the start
of a National
Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden
of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 3, 2018.
Today in the Rose Garden, President Trump continued the tradition
of celebrating the National
Day of Prayer.
Each
of the recent mass shootings in the U.S. has followed a similar pattern — after the killings, there's a nationwide pang
of sadness, a hot flash
of anger; but then, after several
days of thoughts and
prayer and Facebook debates, the conversation dies down.
«This is a sad
day and our hearts go out to the family and loved ones
of the deceased customer please join us in offering our thoughts and
prayers and support to all those affected by today's tragedy.»
President Donald Trump marks the National
Day of Prayer with faith leaders in the White House Rose Garden amid a firestorm over payments to a porn actress.
The Obama campaign sent us a list
of who will be delivering the opening and closing
prayers each
day at this week's Democratic National Convention.
Does it really matter if
prayer is allowed in school for those who want to take a second out
of the
day to pray?
realist In reality I doubt 1 hour
of prayer and worship every
day could be any worse than someone who plays an Xbox or watches a ball game.
The proof your god doesn't exist the millions, upon millions, upon millions
of unanswered
prayer s that happen every
day.
Even on the National
Day of Prayer.
On this National
Day of Reason, let us be reminded as loudly as ever that nothing fails like
prayer.
Stephen Schmalhofer sends this quote from G. K. Chesterton on St. Francis
of Assisi, appropriate for this
day, and appropriate too as the basis for a
prayer for the new Holy Father:
The extraordinary meeting
of world Anglican leaders, organized by the Archbishop
of Canterbury, has ended after five
days of prayer and deliberation.
I don't think anyone knew what that meant all
of those years ago, but when the time came to start IHOP we were trying to find the way to sustain enjoyable
prayer 24 hours a
day, seven
days a week.
I'd like to add to that the idea that as a Christian we may be tempted to flee
day to
day problems by imagining that God will lift us out
of it all, or
prayer will make it go away.
So, Reality, I guess I should have just lived with my fused bones like the surgeons said instead
of spending just an hour in
prayer for 3
days & being healed in hours.
A National
Day of Prayer is (1) for non-believers, an absurd and pointless pursuit
of mass delusion, and (2) for Christians, a loving, usually unselfish, request made
of a Supreme Being.
CNN: Personal e-mail urging Mormons to fast and pray for Romney goes national A Utah woman unwittingly started a grassroots campaign when an e-mail she sent to her five children and a handful
of friends urging a
day of prayer and fasting for Mitt Romney started making the Mormon rounds.
The answer is that the Christian right in our country is constantly trying to force their religious beliefs into the public sphere (science education, school
prayer at public schools, Decalogue displays at court houses, nativity scenes on city hall property, crosses in all kinds
of public places, national
days of prayer, etc.)-- if these things stopped, the outcry from us non-believers would be greatly diminished.
Other faiths believe in burning candles or saying
prayers in behalf
of the dead — the Latter -
day Saints believe in the same concept, but taken to the next level: that we really can open a portal to salvation for every human on earth, if they want it.
The National
Day of Prayer is an embarrassment to America and makes us look as intellectually barbaric as fervent middle eastern theocracies that in many ways haven't progressed much past the last millennium.
Its pretty easy to celebrate National
Day of Prayer (if you want, it is a choice), you PRAY!
It's not National
Day of Prayer to «God»... stop trying to make a big deal out
of nothing, dumb article.
You can keep your
prayer, I'll take life, love, and freedom from religion over
prayer any
day of the week.
thebutler, I would agree, if I understand you right: ``... as a Christian we may be tempted to flee
day to
day problems by imagining that God will lift us out
of it all, or
prayer will make it go away.»
Today is an «Evangelical
Day of Prayer and Action for Immigration Reform» in Washington, D.C., with many evangelical luminaries, and even more evangelical activists, hosting advocacy worship services and lobbying Congress for immigration legislation that would legalize the approximately 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the U.S..
The Justice Department's official filing
of a «notice to appeal» Thursday came as no surprise, after White House spokesman Matt Lehrich said following the ruling that President Obama intends to recognize this year's National
Day of Prayer, which is May 6.
And you probably «don't care» about Governor Perry declaring a
day of «
prayer» because you don't pray.
Actually, God has answered many
of my
prayers, my wife was very sick, she is now better, I was my self not doing well and now doing better, things do nt happen over night when we pray it might take a
day, months or years.
And along the way they are reminding me
of some things I myself might do well to devote some effort to: fasting, night
prayer, and working on the defects
of my own soul... plus some well - dressed weightlifting might help provide a boost in these dark
days of winter and counter the calories
of Christmas parties.
For the
Day of Prayer, they re-released research specifically about the place of prayer in Am
Prayer, they re-released research specifically about the place
of prayer in Am
prayer in America.
I was nervous about this big step and wanted the comfort
of having someone stand with me in
prayer and bring my first -
day jitters before the Lord.
Indeed, Abraham Lincoln's and William Seward's use
of phrases from the Book
of Common
Prayer in their Thanksgiving proclamations
of 1863 bathes America's national feast
day in a Eucharistic hue.
He kicked off his campaign with brazen confessional gusto, bringing tens
of thousands together in an NFL stadium for a
day of prayer and fasting.
The
days following were full
of confusion,
prayer and,
of course, the essential post-break-up healthy dose
of Taylor Swift radio.
Christians have their rationalizations to explain this, but at the end
of the
day there simply is no evidence that there is a God answering any
prayer of any kind.
For monks in the Benedictine tradition, daily
prayer structures the entire
day and the whole
of their life in community.