Sentences with phrase «prayers of the people»

«The thoughts and prayers of the people of The Bronx are with her family in their time of need,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..

The fact that I stand here is not only the result of my hard work and talent but also the sacrifices and prayers of people who were not given even a fraction of the opportunities I have appreciated.

Fifteen years of parish ministry have made this parson no less Pauline, no less Augustinian, no less a believer in the common prayer of every person for a Savior, than he has ever been.

* Invite a visual artist to improvise a canvas during a sermon * Improvise music during prayers of the people.

The proselytizing prayer of this person must be met in kind.

«If you are ever in church, and for one reason or another you can not pray,» she whispered, «then ask God to unite your lazy prayers to the good prayers of the people kneeling around you.»

I'm not talking about the transitory prayers of people coming and going, but the transcendent prayers that rise unceasingly, over the busyness of our safe lives.

I believe that God can (and does) perform miracles in this world at various times and places, often (but not always) in response to the prayers of His people.

«We follow the ancient liturgy of the church (chanting the Kyrie, readings from scripture, chanting the Psalm, sermon, prayers of the people, Eucharist, benediction, etc.) We also sing the old hymns of the church.

The prayers of our people here have done everything.

It is of a loving personal God, interacting with and answering the prayer of a person in faith - relationship with him, but reminding the person that God knows best how and to whom to distribute blessing (Marston and Forster, God's Strategy in Human History, 60).

And so Pope Francis walked out on the balcony, spoke humbly of his mission, asked for the prayers of all people, and blessed the city and the world.

Then we prayed the «Prayers of the People,» culminating in these words which the congregation spoke together: «On behalf of the church which blessed your marriage, we now recognize the end of that marriage.

We may think of god differently, believe about God differently, but God listens to the prayers of all people, for God can not do otherwise.

The Book of Jonah is a protest against those who thought God listened only to the prayers of the people of Israel.

«Whatever Tim Tebow's motives might be (and I think they are pure), his prayers on the field tell the world that God hears and answers the prayers of some people more than those of others.

God does know everything and yet waits on the prayers of his people.

More recently, systematic theologian Donald Bloesch has explained that while «God's ultimate purposes, are unchangeable... his immediate will is flexible and open to change through the prayers of his people.»

It said: «May they, too, respond to the promptings of the Holy Spirit who is at work in their lives through the prayers of His people by drawing them with cords of God's unfailing and everlasting love.»

Hear our voice, O Lord our God; Spare us and have mercy upon us, And accept our prayer in mercy and favour; For thou art a God who hearkenest unto prayers and supplications: From thy presence, O our King, turn us not empty away; For thou hearkenest in mercy to the prayer of thy people Israel.

When Sunday came Daniel shyly stood up during the prayers of the people and quietly spoke.

Participated in the procession of the cross and preparation for Eucharist, and led the reciting of the Nicene Creed, prayers of the people and the reading of the Gospel

I am thankful for the love of Jesus Christ who has listened to the prayers of His people.