Modern interpretations of prayer as an inner
reconciliation with fate, a reverent submission to the purpose of God, are far removed from Jesus; his belief in prayer involves the paradox of the union of trustful petition with the will to surrender.
Not exact matches
Confident of an eventual
reconciliation, I never suspected that we were moving towards such a rapid unravelling, not only of our relationship (what
with all that silly white - slavery business and the trial) but also of his entire
fate.