Sentences with phrase «to meditate upon»

The relentless protest against the encyclical is an example of the dangerous nature of «wild, living intellect» which, as our editorial shows, Newman prophesied would build a radically new and aggressively agnostic society, an important contemporary dimension of which William Oddie meditates upon in this issue.

Set within the iconic location of Bath Abbey, this exhibition brings together seven art works, each of which meditate upon the fragility, as well as the infinite possibility, of human existence.

To meditate upon God is to think about God and his great goodness, his neverfailing care, our place in his Kingdom, what he requires of us.

In preparation for the Year of Faith, all of the faithful are invited to read closely and meditate upon Pope Benedict XVI's Apostolic Letter Porta Fidei.

Psalm 119 gives several blessings that come from studying and meditating upon Scripture.

Where before you got an extra half hour of sleep, you now spend time meditating upon the words of Christ.

Jonathan Walls's essay «Riddled with Bullets,» reminds us «our sinful world... [is] much in need of miracles,» stimulating us to meditate upon divine imminence and intervention.

While it is helpful to memorize scriptural passages to discipline our mind, to have encouraging things to remember, and to have passages to meditate upon when we prepare to pray, it is also important to be aware of and understand the context from which the passage comes.

Dajczer meditates upon how our infinitely loving Eucharistic Lord tirelessly pines from eternity, waiting for each of us as an unrequited lover.

But you'd be wasting your breath because I've heard it from myself many times and simply hearing it — even meditating upon it — really hasn't made my mind any more stable yet.)

The trekkers meditate upon the next step.

Running 131 minutes, this film of limited consequence still goes dragged out, with excess filler and material that, rather than livening things up, allows you to further meditate upon things like the natural shortcomings and sentimentality, through all of the genuinely strong aspects.

Never fully resigning itself to a single medium, each piece meditates upon perception, while drawing on the framework of architecture and design.

But Als is always meditating upon his personal relationships at the same time as he imagines them: He is a reflexive chronicler, not a diarist.

Nina Canell meditates upon the loss of information and energy that occurs during processes of transference in her sculptural constellation of stumps and cross-sections of telecommunication and power cables, each becoming sentences cut - off mid-flow or instances of material forgetfulness.

The Buddha meditating upon himself points to the self - reflexivity of the experience of the television viewer — a wry comment that equates the TV viewing experience to the practice of Zen meditation as means to achieve a higher level of consciousness.

Referencing a text by the 18th century American theologian Jonathan Edwards, the work meditates upon an American orthodox theological tradition which perceives the natural world as clear evidence of the Divine and as a series of sequential «images», each of which is pre-figured in the bible.

Then real scientists might contemplate sitting down with those five winners and meditate upon what makes them winners — what makes them come out the closest to reality — and see if they could figure out ways of making them work even better.

There had grown up a body of secret doctrine, an esoteric type of thought; not to be taught to the uninitiated in the villages, but to be meditated upon in the forest.

This exhibition, a collaboration between bo.lee projects and St Edmund in the City, brings together a collection of artworks which meditate upon the passage of life and inevitability of death.

... meditate upon Pope Benedict XVI's Apostolic Letter, Porta fidei.

Though ever Christian should read, study and meditate upon Scripture, God uses Bible exposition for the optimal enhancement of his spiritual growth.

The «literalness» of the above verses of scripture needs to be meditated upon and thoughfully considered when ones oscilating the above verses dares to be rationed.

The word was meant to me straightforward and blunt sometimes and then mystery in others and all together something that would be meditated upon, prayed about, and studied intently.

Have you memorized this verse and meditate upon it for encouragement when you're feeling down?

Many Christians like to quote this verse and meditate upon it.

In Catholic circles, the believer may not have been so likely to use lengthy passages in the Bible in this way; perhaps he was content to take a very brief passage, maybe only a verse or so, and meditate upon it, or even to use a passage from the Fathers of the Church or some «spiritual classic.»

Matthew grasped that the joy of the resurrection could only be fully grasped by one who had meditated upon the despair of the crucifixion.

I ask you to meditate upon it and pray.

By beholding we are to become changed, and as we meditate upon the perfections of our divine Model, we shall desire to become wholly transformed and renewed in the image of His purity.

For the first time in awhile, I felt regret for not reading the Bible, wishing I had a psalm or gospel parable to meditate upon.

That's why it's crucial we keep our eyes upon the truth, read and meditate upon the Bible, pray with humility and ask God for forgiveness and insight into our hearts and His, and act in ways that He leads us no matter what other people do or say.

It's all about how he wants to read it, and think about it, and know it, and understand it, and apply it, and meditate upon it, and obey it, and live it, and remember it.

I find it incredibly difficult to ready my Bible every day and meditate upon it throughout the day so that I can apply it's truths to my life.

I ask you to meditate upon it and pray over it.

Its task is to remember and meditate upon the text, though it must never make that the determining principle of its activity or the reality by which it stands or falls.

«God is Love», says the first letter of St. John, summing up in that simple three - word phrase the conviction to which the primitive Christian community had come when it thought about, meditated upon, responded to, and in profound acceptance came to grasp what indeed God was «up to» in that crucial event which took place at a given moment in history.

You see, on Sunday morning, or Sunday night, or in your devotions, you dine on the Word, you feed on the Word, but by taking notes, or listening to the sermon a second, or third time, you meditate upon the Word, you digest the Word.

The Word of God is the Sword of the Spirit, so as you feed on the Word of God, as you meditate upon it, it fills you.