Sentences with phrase «offers prayers for»

The American Sporting Dog Alliance offers our prayers for the speedy and full recovery of Sadie, and also for the continuation of the fine work done by many Chicago rescue and sheltering programs, which are among the finest in the nation.

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

«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.

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

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

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

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.

At the end of a speech addressing sexual slavery in Italy, Sister Bonetti offered a prayer for a 21 - year - old murdered sex slave named Tina.

The priest stands bringing down not fire, but the Holy Spirit; and he offers prayer for a long space, not that a fire may be kindled from above and destroy the offering, but that grace may fall on the sacrifice through that prayer and kindle the souls of all....

The Vice President was accompanied by the Ashanti Regional Minister, Hon. Alexander Ackon and other dignitaries, where the head pastor of the church Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Opambour Adarkwa Yiadom offered prayers for the team.

@SpeakerRyan & @SenateMajLdr have offered prayers for each of these tragedies.

«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!

Aregbesola said it is obliged on every citizen to always offer prayers for the success of every government just as it behoves on governments to fulfil their constitutional obligations on the citizenry.

«We offer him our prayers for a speedy recovery.

At the march, Rabbi Eli Cohen of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council offered a prayer for Gabay.

Muslims faithful in the state and Daura Emirate Council also offered prayers for the President's quick recovery.

Tagged, «Prayer and Peace Summit,» with all chapters of the 23 local government areas represented, the women offered prayers for God's intervention to restore peace in Southern Kaduna.

* * * Once a month, Poornima went to the temple on Indravalli Konda to offer prayers for her mother.

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.

Your post was inspiring and I was extremely touched to read that you offer prayers for we followers of your lovely blog..........

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The company offers a series of «mindful lunches» conducted in complete silence except for the ringing of prayer bells.

The speaker has not given a reason for his decision to oust the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy, who offers the opening prayer and serves as pastoral counsel to the House community.

For them it would have happened anyway: like the person who had cancer and there was an intercessory prayer offered up and the cancer disappeared, to the unbeliever it was just a fluke because you can't give credit to something, which to them, doesn't exist.

To her and to daughter Hannah and sons Matthew and Jeremy and all the family I offer deepest sympathy and prayers, which will include prayers of deep thankfulness for this faithful servant of Jesus Christ.»

But for the great majority of us, sports provides a pleasurable interlude in life for which we not only need not repent, but for which we should offer continuing prayers of gratitude.

For now, venture capitalist Peter Thiel has put his name and money behind Instapray, a social network offering «a safe place that connects people around the world through prayers.»

The study can only look for an effect from prayers offered as part of the research, they said.They also said they had no explanation for the higher complication rate in patients who knew they were being prayed for, in comparison to patients who only knew it was possible prayers were being said for them.»

The government should not be permitted to create incentives for religious practice or belief (like giving favored status to religious organizations, as compared to other nonprofits), to facilitate the religious practices of some at the expense of others (like offering vocal prayers in public schools), or to accommodate one religion but not others with similar needs or problems (like limiting draft exemptions to members of traditional «peace churches») Within these guidelines, religious accommodations are fully in keeping with the First Amendment — albeit in conflict with strict separation.

Meanwhile, Eucharistic adoration throughout the night is always filled with young people offering up an unceasing litany ofRosaries, Chaplets of Divine Mercy, songs, and silent prayer, while any priest who sits down and puts on a stole to offer the Sacrament of Penance will quickly find a line of young people forming for confession and could easily spend several hours dispensing the healing power of Christ's sacramental grace to his children.

There still remain places and occasions when a designated person of faith is called upon to offer an invocation, a benediction, grace before a meal, a prayer of dedication for a new building or a blessing for a bike race.

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

Fully yielded to the will of God, this young, peasant girl offered a bold and subversive prayer that reveals her own hopes for this special child and the future of Israel:

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.

Prayers are offered up for the persecuted and interventions attempted in the hope that their life may be saved even though the persecuted may endure their suffering with joy.

and second, the approach to God by way of animal offerings had been so central in Judaism that, while the sacrifices were always accompanied by supplications, they had competed with personal prayer, had furnished for many people a public substitute for it, so that when the bloody altars were gone a devout rabbi could mingle his exaltation of private communion with the lament «We have nothing to bring but prayer.»

After the final destruction of the temple in Jerusalem, Jewish rabbis began teaching prayer as a substitute for the old offerings.

In consequence, it is not alone to the prophetic tradition, with its distaste for priestcraft and animal offering, that we must look in the Old Testament to find personal prayer.

The best definition I have found is in the words of the Westminster Shorter Catechism, «Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to His will.»

The pastor should regularly offer guidance for the practice of prayer in sermons and in adult education courses.

One hopes that non-sexist readers (of both sexes) will reject that possibility, and that the devout among them will offer a good - hearted and caring prayer for Noddings and for those who take her book seriously.

For example, the old translation said only: «Lord, accept our prayers and offerings.»

Apart from the Lord's Prayer, what few practical «rules» for praying that Jesus did offer can be reduced to three slogans: keep it secret (Matt.

My dear friends, this is also the structure of the Mass — the greatest prayer we can offer for Dad, because it's not our prayer but the Lord's.

This excitement was related to then Cardinal Borgoglio's actions in Argentina as represented in the picture of prayers being offered for him by Raniero....

The church also offers intercessory prayers for public authorities, both ecclesiastical and political.

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.

«Prayer,» as The Westminster Shorter Catechism puts it in matchless simplicity, «is an offering up of our desires unto God, for things agreeable to his will...» (Question 98) It is the attempt to become consciously aware of God's presence, to discover his will for our lives, to surrender our vagrant thoughts and self - centered desires to his controlling purpose, and to find in him power for living.

The purpose of this article is twofold: first to explore why wilderness offers an unsurpassed setting for prayer and spiritual retreat.

At her request, he had agreed to pray for her, yet felt unable to offer up any prayers of his own.

Outside, a handmade rock labyrinth offers a path for contemplative prayer.