Thus even in the middle of the third century the laity preserved their «1iturgy» of electing, of bringing the offerings or tithing, of identifying
themselves with the prayers of their celebrants in antiphonal amens.97 Moreover, their consent was sought in dogmatic and moral formulations.98 Closely connected therewith was the people's prerogative in the recognition of martyrs which in the fourth century was to become the communal voice in the authoritative canonization of saints.99
How a cynic might delight in our liturgies that come stocked
with prayers of confession.
We are all familiar
with prayers of intercession and we offer them up frequently.
Your beloved one whose funeral was conducted, and who was buried today
with the prayers of the Church, does indeed exist!
That moment can be filled individually
with a prayer of any faith, with true silence for the meditation people, with nothing in particular for the atheists, or with thoughts about how you are going to remodel your kitchen next week for those who really have no idea about it.
So it's not politically correct to open this convention up
with a prayer of any faith.
The recorded words of Jesus about prayer deal almost entirely
with prayer of petition.
Let us begin
with the prayer of Samuel in 1 Samuel 3.
So far we have illustrated our discussion only
with the prayer of confession, which was shown to be especially related to the experiences of imperfection and of dependence.
We approach God
with the prayer of forgiveness, taught us by our Lord.
Luther closed his commentary on the Magnificat
with a prayer of intercession addressed to the Virgin Mary.
Wake up
with a prayer of thanks.
Not exact matches
This time, when they started driving again, one
of the brothers produced a CD
with music that Danny said sounded like a Middle Eastern call to
prayer.
My body had not quite adjusted to the time change, but within minutes (as compared to an hour or more in the past), I was wide awake and starting my «miracle morning» routine, which involved reading,
prayer / meditation, and light exercise
with a healthy dose
of good, old fashioned peace and quiet.
Liveris: I condemn the violence this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, and my thoughts and
prayers are
with those who lost loved ones and
with the people
of Virginia.
Sherazee, a Canadian
of Pakistani origin, worked
with his staff to set up the accommodations that have been installed across other OFC companies — the female
prayer room, and the partitions in offices and on factory floors to give women privacy in line
with labor regulations.
When Kat Cole traveled to Egypt
with the international director
of Cinnabon last year and the call - to -
prayer came on over the speakers, she stopped and said, «That is so beautiful.»
It's hard to explain the feeling
of watching the quarterback, Case Keenum, launch a pigskin
prayer with the final seconds ticking off the clock, and then watching Stefon Diggs jump skyward, clutch the ball in his hands, and race to the end - zone as the clock counted down to zero.
While he heard about a wide variety
of habits, most nurtured their bodies in the morning
with water, a healthy breakfast, and light exercise, and they nurtured their minds
with meditation or
prayer, inspirational reading, or journaling.
«It's a sad day for the National Guard, and our thoughts and
prayers are
with the families
of everyone involved and everyone
with the National Guard as we work through this,» he said.
«My thoughts are
with families
of the deceased and
prayers with the injured.»
This makes three weeks
of regular warnings from Goldman and other banks that stocks have soared on a wing and
prayer,
with investors hoping for, and pricing in, something that may be forthcoming only belatedly, if at all, and only in much watered down form, and perhaps without much effect on corporate earnings after all, especially since the US corporate tax code, as it is, already provides companies countless ways to shelter their income.
«Our thoughts and
prayers are
with all
of the victims and their loved ones.
I condemn the violence this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, and my thoughts and
prayers are
with those who lost loved ones and
with the people
of Virginia.
«Our thoughts and
prayers are
with all
of the victims and their loved ones,» the company wrote in a letter to customers.
A notable outburst came in 2010 when she linked public Muslim
prayers in the streets
with World War II and said it was «an occupation
of sections
of the territory.»
Thoughts and
prayers are the kind
of thing you send to sick children, patients
with cancer, friends who have lost a loved one to old age or illness.
There is nothing wrong
with offering sympathy, showing your empathy, and sending thoughts and
prayers to victims
of violence.
«Some
of our neighbors have suffered heavy losses, and our thoughts and
prayers are
with them at this difficult time,» Murdoch said in the statement.
Honor the lands... and peaceful protectors
of the land...
prayers are
with you!
But despite his prominence and the enormous physical capacity
of Lakewood Church, Osteen initially responded to Harvey
with plenty
of prayers, but few concrete plans for action.
Most Canadians have some sort
of connection
with religion through
prayer, as seen in a 2016 Angus Reid Institute poll.
President Donald Trump talks
with White House Chief
of Staff John Kelly in the Oval Office before the start
of a National Day
of Prayer event in the Rose Garden
of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 3, 2018.
The U.S. territory's governor, Ricardo Rossello, expressed his sadness, tweeting that «our
prayers are
with the families
of the Puerto Rican crew.»
«I accompany
with prayer the positive success
of the Inter-Korean summit last Friday and the courageous commitment assumed by the leaders
of the two parts to carry out a path
of sincere dialogue for a Korean Peninsula free
of nuclear weapons,» the Catholic Church leader told pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter's Square on Sunday.
President Donald Trump marks the National Day
of Prayer with faith leaders in the White House Rose Garden amid a firestorm over payments to a porn actress.
Prayers in the past were done
with the purpose
of cultivating and maintaining a close relationship
with Jehovah God; and that purpose has not changed.
«Neglected Christian truths can be revitalized only when by
prayer and long meditation we isolate them from the mass
of hazy ideas
with which our minds are filled and hold them steadily and determinedly in the focus
of the mind's attention.»
At the place where Jesus was buried, the Church
of the Holy Sepulchre, bells compete in aural space
with Muslim
prayers over loudspeakers.
What has that got to do
with the issue
of prayer?
Many Orthodox Jewish men also wear a
prayer shawl called a tallit under their clothes,
with knotted fringes at each
of the four corners.
Prayer is an act
of communication
with God.
So, Reality, I guess I should have just lived
with my fused bones like the surgeons said instead
of spending just an hour in
prayer for 3 days & being healed in hours.
So how do you go from that reasoning to «Since it wasn't accidental then it must have been this ancient male diety named (fill in blank depending on religion) who loves me and knows me and cares for me and wants me to perform rituals that have nothing to do
with morality like
prayer, not eating certain things, sabaath and many more just because he said so, even though we have no record
of him saying anything, just records
of humans who wrote things down that they claim he said, but I want to believe it all so badly I will base my beliefs on no other evidence than «it just can't be accident».
The simple act
of praying God's Word back to Him can put us back in that place
of prayer, surround us
with the truth and promises
of who He is and His love for us.
I had a professor in college who prayed for a particular person each time he turned on a light switch, and I love that idea
of partnering normal, daily actions
with intentional
prayer.
My response to «An inconvenient truth» was
with regard to his assertion regarding
prayer being responsible for the abolition
of slavery.
In the book
of Philippians, the Apostle Paul writes «Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by
prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Keep praying if it helps you sleep at night, but your
prayers are just going to you or to the group
of people you are praying
with.
Quiet time, devotional time,
prayer time, personal time — whatever you want to call it, most
of us are referring to something similar: a regular time when we seek to meet
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