Sentences with phrase «offering prayers»

Layla, offering prayers for you today and every day, that God will unite you and Kevin with your son very soon, and fill your hearts with peace until you are together.

By staying at your post, speaking positively to members of the community at large, and offering your prayers and words of comfort to those who have been stricken, you make yourself part of the solution.

Within hours, people describing themselves as atheists were offering prayers.

Dozens of Balinese Hindus took part in ceremonies near the volcano on Sunday, offering prayers in the hope of preventing an eruption.

Grandfather David Monongye, the Hopi elder and holder of the Prophesies, gathered the shells as late as 1973 by offering prayers and sweet grass offerings to the Goddess of the Ocean to deliver up a good supply.

Kurpiel said that the publicity about his disappearance prompted calls from as far away as North Carolina and Baltimore with people offering their prayers and tips for searching for lost dogs.

The researchers also reported a common pattern of call - and - response in asking for and offering prayers.

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. — A Roman Catholic bishop is offering prayers to New York - area commuters facing what's been billed as a «Summer of Hell.»

«Notwithstanding that the president took Nigerians for granted, he was not impeached, but rather Nigerians were offering prayers for his recovery, daily, only for him to return with a language of combat and insult, describing his own citizens as «irresponsible elements!

It would be recalled that the last 50 days of the one - year celebration started on April 8, 2017 with the symbolic appearance of the Three Wise Men in some parts of the state offering prayers and gifts to citizens.

Every family has a bed time routine like dinner, brushing teeth, story time then tucked in soft blankets, offering prayers, then lights off and your child goes to sleep.

Hundreds of people have comment on his Facebook page offering prayers to the priest who's based in Iraq.

There is something about expressing love and offering prayers for those who are cruel and evil that makes even the most virtuous Christian hesitate.

She is banned from offering prayers in church meetings and can not vote for church officers.

As a closing prayer, Mark Kelly offered a prayer given over Giffords» hospital bed just after the shooting by the rabbi who married the couple in 2007 - that the angel Michael watch over the right side, the angel Gabriel over the left, the angel Uriel - God's angel of light - guiding the path and the angel Raphael - the angel of healing - be behind, and overhead the presence of the Divine.

I would like to offer prayers...

For roughly a decade, it invited local Christians — and only Christians — to offer prayers opening its Town Board meetings.

I offer this prayer as a small contribution to this effort:

The educated people, if they pray at all, offer their prayers at home.

Yet the same messenger told the children that souls were going to hell because there was no one to offer prayers or make sacrifices for them.

It is only on the occasion of the two great annual festivals that the people visit the mosques in large numbers and offer their prayers there.

Now I do not offer prayer, I ask what can I do to ease your burden.

CNN: Lutheran pastor apologizes for praying in Newtown vigil A Lutheran pastor has apologized after being chastised by his denomination's leader for offering a prayer at an interfaith vigil for the victims of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

The short prayer — which you can read here — offers prayers for the country's leaders, service members, first responders, politicians and for unity.

People offered their prayer requests from the pews, and the ministers would report back to the congregation the gist of what had been said, using the pulpit microphone.

Why not do silent prayers instead this way everyone have a chance to offer prayers in their own religion, instead of banning prayers altogether.

«When I wrote to him last weekend to offer my prayers for his battle with prostate cancer, he replied with these words: «Wonderful that you over there will soon have women bishops.

«In the spirit of mutual respect and flourishing for all in the Church of England, we offer our prayers and good wishes to Libby on her appointment as Bishop of Stockport.

The day may not be far off when in every branch of Christendom the centrality of the Lord's Supper will again be recognized, as the Catholic tradition and the great Reformers recognized it, and the eucharistic action will again be the usual and normal way in which, Sunday by Sunday, Christians gather to offer their prayer and praise to God through Christ, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

On Wednesday, I will offer a prayer at the Republican National Convention from my Sikh faith.

«The Cardinal made it clear to the RNC (and to the Democratic National Committee as well) that he was only there to offer a prayer, not to engage in any partisan politics,» the spokesman, Joseph Zwilling, said in an e-mail, «and that he would be willing to accept a similar invitation from the DNC if they were to invite him to pray at their Convention as well.»

Religious liberty and pledging support for Israel, but no rabbi offering a prayer like the other religions.

Washington (CNN)-- A Lutheran pastor has apologized after being chastised by his denomination's leader for offering a prayer at an interfaith vigil for the victims of the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

The year group would be brought together and the Head would break the news, after which the Dean would read a passage of scripture and then I would say a few words and offer a prayer.

On this day, we offer a prayer of thanks that so many people of faith have chosen to join us in the spirit that animates so many religions: the golden rule to do unto others what you would like them to do unto you, and a belief in equity, charity, and the elimination of unnecessary suffering in the world.

AME leaders expressed their remorse and grief for the shootings at Emanuel and offered prayers for the congregation there.

Every member who doesn't attend on Sunday gets a phone call asking the reason and offering prayer.

In the UK Christians are not allowed to offer prayer in a hospital to the sick, on airlines wearing a Christian symbol of a cross is not allowed, Christian teaching in school must not be taught as the only truth, and a blind eye is turned to extreme religious life styles.

Photo credit: Ajay Aggarwal / Hindustan Times via Getty Images Hindu devotees offer prayers to the sun during the Chhath Festival while standing in a water body near New Delhi, India.

Then the Christians offer prayer.

The courageous work of pro-life groups in vigils at abortion clinics, of street pastors working with clubbers at night - time in city centres, of those offering prayer ministry for healing in shopping centres, of street evangelisers such as the St Patrick's group in Soho - all these examples need to be better known, and imitated.1 Then there's the output of media groups working through radio, TV, internet sites, blogs and video teaching programmes, such as Catholic Evangelisation Services; these too, while offering an independent type of Christian teaching, provide an important stimulus to on - the - ground evangelising.

At the same time, the world church has become alert to the poor and the oppressed who have no voice, and many are being given one as we properly offer our prayers, our resources and our time to aid the dispossessed.

As you respond to God's loving call in your life, I offer this prayer from Ephesians for your journey:

«Again, respect of persons, in uncovering the head and bowing the knee or body in salutation, was a practice I had been much in the use of; and this, being one of the vain customs of the world, introduced by the spirit of the world, instead of the true honor which this is a false representation of, and used in deceit as a token of respect by persons one to another, who bear no real respect one to another; and besides this, being a type and a proper emblem of that divine honor which all ought to pay to Almighty God, and which all of all sorts, who take upon them the Christian name, appear in when they offer their prayers to him, and therefore should not be given to men; - I found this to be one of those evils which I had been too long doing; therefore I was now required to put it away and cease from it.

I would advise against having meetings where everyone offers a prayer request.

If a group was going to offer a prayer to Allah, would you bow your head in respect?

Christian charities are providing assistance and offering prayer for people affected by the mudslides... More

Just as a Muslim person may wish to wear a certain item of clothing in public or stop to pray at a given time of the day... or a Jew may wish to wear a Star of David or yarmulke and offer prayer while dining... they are not forcing their religions upon anyone, but expressing their personal beliefs.

When Rick Warren prayed in the name of Yeshua, he did so using «I,» as in «I, Rick Warren, offer this prayer in the name of Yeshua.»

Last night vicars from across Newport took part in a service ahead of the event whilst this morning they'll gather again to offer prayers for peace.