Sentences with phrase «than the consolations of»

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But if it is any consolation, Canadian rates are closer to the U.S. and Euro plans now, than they were earlier this year, by a factor of up to 25x!

There is consolation in the fact that the Times is bought by less than one out of twenty people in the New York area, and the audience for television networks and movies has been declining for years.

Actually, for most pastors the offering of support, consolation and care to the partner is likely to come much more naturally in the situation than he or she might have expected.

Lay Church - goers seeking consolation rather than understanding from their religion often form «lord of the flies» packs to silence they fellow lay persons who refuse to drink the KoolAid without an explanation for why they should do so.

The only difference now is I'm choosing to overcome through the authority of His name, and would have never been going through this if I didn't search consolation through a drug rather than the Holy Spirit who is the Only Comforter.

You are a sad, small - minded, individual and right now my sole consolation is that the content of your comment assures me that you yourself will never hold a «key position» and become anything more than the irrelevant hatemonger you are today.

And I might also quote here St. Francis de Sales» appropriate comment: «We are to seek the God of consolations rather than the consolations given by God.»

More likely than not, many of them assumed that, having lived through some difficult years, I was turning to faith for some form of irrational consolation.

These things provide me with the consolations of a life more pleasantly employed than what my grandfather would have enjoyed» my father and my uncle in addition» had they gained a senator's position.

Farrell comments: «In this famous passage, Faust again reenacts the Enlightenment's annihilation of traditional, religious, and metaphysical culture and at the same time curses the results: the mind recognizes itself as a slave of «make - belief,» of «smug» self - delusion; it recognizes the phenomena of the natural world as no more than a source of distraction and confusion; and, given these recognitions, heroism, family life, love, even greed and intoxication lose their allure, nor can the Christian virtues offer consolation.

In fact, such texts, most of which date no earlier than the late second century, favor an extreme dualism between spirit and body and offer little consolation for those hoping to celebrate the sexual passions that are so much on Brown's mind.

The mysterious depth of God's future may first present itself to us as an abyss to be avoided rather than as a ground of consolation.

And other texts: Letter of Consolation to all who Suffer Persecution (1522), Temporal Authority: to what extent it should be obeyed (1523), covering a wide range of the responsibilities of the state, Ordinance of a Common Chest (1523), That Jesus Christ was born a Jew (1523), a defence of the teaching that Jesus was the promised «Messiah» of the Jews, To all Christians in Worms (1523), Concerning the Ministry (1523), Trade and Usuary (1524), stricter than some earlier medieval theories but not in practice greatly different (and he sent a letter to the Saxon Chancellor, Gregory Bruck on the same topic), To the Councillors of all Cities in Germany that they establish and maintain Christian Schools (1525), How God rescued an Honourable Nun (1524), the story of an escape from a convent, A Christian Letter of Consolation to the People of Miltenberg (1524).

But he experienced the fact, only too often, that possessions come between a man and God; to these men of wealth his words apply: «Woe to you, for you have received your consolation» (Luke 6:24); and so does his hard saying, not to be softened by anything in the figure employed, «It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God» (Mark 10:25).

The Olympics should be the acme of an athlete's career — the competition his greatest challenge, the victory his greatest moment of exultation — and yet repeatedly the most notable Olympians, the winners, found more consolation in the completion of the task than joy in the achievement.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan was able to slot home what turned out to be nothing more than a consolation goal against his former club, but there were no second guesses for the winner of the goal of the game.

Well, the record shows that the declarations by our majority shareholder and CEO are no more than hot air which have come our way before which have yielded nothing but consolation prizes while we surrender the change of winning big to the new breed of bigger clubs.

A taut player of the year race is supposed to be the consolation, but three of the five candidates — Jim Furyk, Davis Love III and Mike Weir — are sputtering to the finish line, having collectively failed to finish better than 10th since the start of September.

Fabio Borini scored a brilliant goal of his own but it was nothing more than a mere consolation effort for David Moyes» side as the former United boss endured a miserable return to Old Trafford.

Mark Hudson's side then had two huge chances to draw level before a Palace second, with Regan Booty's third of the Under - 23 campaign deep into injury time proving to be nothing more than a consolation.

No team brings more late drama to the fore than Everton, with three of their nine league goals scored at Goodison this season coming in stoppage time, while Tim Cahill's consolation against Arsenal two weeks ago came in the 89th minute.

Breastfeeding my first child quickly became more than providing her with nourishment; it became a method of consolation.

After Gordon Brown's Autumn horribilis, it may be little Christmas consolation to think that others have dug themselves out of considerably larger holes than he finds himself in.

True, it had the potential to clean up California's air, although that may be of little consolation to people living near coal - fired power plants, which supply more than 50 percent of America's electricity.

They know they've benefited deeply from the solitude of self - work, but they're queasy about yoga being mostly the refuge of a privileged class that often wants consolation more than justice.

The material was lighter than i expected when it arrived and also bigger even though i chose size XS (the smallest size) but I liked the shade of grey, the length and style so, that was enough consolation for me, i can still wear it on warmer days but i have to find a thicker grey trench for winter.

Abbie Cornish may have received less than her due this awards season, but she at least has the consolation of gracing the cover of this year's Vanity Fair Hollywood issue — that annual measure of the screen's hottest up - and - comers.

If «120 Beats Per Minute» is inescapably a period piece, a flashback to a moment when AIDS was decimating the gay community in much higher numbers than it is today, the movie nevertheless unfolds in a brisk, urgent present tense that refuses the consolations of nostalgia.

If it's any consolation to fans of this franchise, The Hangover Part III, is a better motion picture than «The Hangover Part II.

You do have the consolation, however, of knowing a $ 33,835 Nissan Juke loaded with every possible optional extra is only $ 135 more expensive than the most basic Audi Q3 on sale today, and nearly a grand cheaper than an entry - level BMW X1 (a car that doesn't even come with a reversing camera as standard!)

I understand that some think that more markets mean more opportunity, and on its face that would make sense, but if the odds are really about 99 % against you making anything more than a few sales or ever turning a profit, the number of markets you still aren't selling in will be slim consolation.

Although it is little consolation to the American city dweller whose water is turned off several hours a day, and who can not water the lawn, wash the car, or fill the swimming pool, our country is so much better off than the rest of the world as to be swimming in surplus water by comparison.

I can't think of a worse consolation prize than that.

As something of a consolation, the all - female group show has become a rampant trope — filling galleries more than museums, but in some cases, representing a side of recent art history that has been woefully absent from exhibitions and art history curricula.

The only consolation for me in all of this is the fact that attorneys, probably far more so than bikers, are studied as a group and targeted by marketers.

Sure, it's a consolation prize, but it's better than having the specter of student loans hanging over their heads for even longer.

That's a huge chunk of change for an Android Wear device that's functionally no different than models costing a fourth of that price although if it's any consolation, the company will allow buyers to trade in their device towards the purchase of a traditional mechanical watch after two years of ownership.

I guarantee you that you will learn a lot from your experience, you will feel more confident talking to sellers and buyers, you will know what buyers are looking for in the area, how much they are willing to pay, plus you will add at least 10 people to your buyer's list and if it's any consolation, you are better than 95 % of people who spend 1000s of dollars on seminars and courses and do nothing.