There was a measure of protection in its concrete walls and ceiling, but the engineers who hastily installed it were well aware that concrete is not much better than prayer, if as efficacious, when a direct hit comes along.

The feeling of individual inferiority, defeat, or humilation growing out of various social situations or individual deficiencies or failures is compensated for by communion in worship or prayer with a friendly, but all-victorious Father-God, as well as by sympathetic fellowship with others who share this faith, and by opportunities in religious acts for giving vent to emotions and energies.

It takes many forms, this prayer, but in essence it is always a request for guidance, for open minds and gentle hearts, for honesty and sincerity, for the wisdom and the insights that will help Guideposts' readers.

This had the effect of inculcating the principle of lex orandi, lex credendi (" the law of prayer is the law of belief ") as the foundation of Anglican identity and confession.

# The Primates ' Meeting ( first met in 1979 ) is the most recent manifestation of international consultation and deliberation, having been first convened by Archbishop Donald Coggan as a forum for " leisurely thought, prayer and deep consultation ".

The Roman Catholic celebration is associated with the doctrine that the souls of the faithful who at death have not been cleansed from the temporal punishment due to venial sins and from attachment to mortal sins cannot immediately attain the beatific vision in heaven, and that they may be helped to do so by prayer and by the sacrifice of the Mass.

While 2 November remained the liturgical celebration, in time the entire month of November became associated in the Western Catholic tradition with prayer for the departed ; lists of names of those to be remembered being placed in the proximity of the altar on which the sacrifice of the mass is offered.

* Giuseppe Barzilai goes back for explanation to the first verse of the prayer attributed to Rabbi Nehunya ben HaKanah, the literal rendering of which is “ O, with thy mighty right hand deliver the unhappy ,” forming from the initial and final letters of the words the word Abrakd ( pronounced Abrakad ), with the meaning “ the host of the winged ones ,” i. e., angels.

The following fragment of a hymn to Castor and Polydeuces ( the Dioscuri ) is possibly another example of this though some scholars interpret it instead as a prayer for a safe voyage.

Both books have a more prominent attention to prayer than is found in the other gospels.

In the Greek Church the sacrament is called Euchelaion ( Greek Εὐχέλαιον, from εὐχή, " prayer ", and ἔλαιον, " oil ").

If the sick person wishes to receive the sacrament of penance, it is preferable that the priest make himself available for this during a previous visit ; but if the sick person must confess during the celebration of the sacrament of anointing, this confession replaces the penitential rite A passage of Scripture is read, and the priest may give a brief explanation of the reading, a short litany is said, and the priest lays his hands on the head of the sick person and then says a prayer of thanksgiving over the already blessed oil or, if necessary, blesses the oil himself.

The actual anointing of the sick person is done on the forehead, with the prayer " Through this holy anointing may the Lord in his love and mercy help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit ", and on the hands, with the prayer " May the Lord who frees you from sin save you and raise you up ".

The rite performed by them is thus seen as having the same by no means negligible value of any other form of prayer offered for the sick or dying.

An anthem is a form of church music, particularly in the service of the Church of England, in which it is appointed by the rubrics to follow the third collect at both morning and evening prayer.

There is also a fountain ( şadırvan ) where worshipers can perform ritual ablutions before prayer ; the dome over the şadırvan is capped by a skylight which creates a soft, serene light below ; thus playing an important role in the illumination of the large building.

A tight communal timetable ( horarium ) is meant to ensure that the time given by God is not wasted but in whichever way necessary used in his service, whether for prayer, work, meals, spiritual reading, sleep.

According to the Bahá ' í teachings the human purpose is to learn to know and love God through such methods as prayer, reflection, and being of service to humankind.

It is derived from the washing of the bell with holy water by the bishop, before he anoints it with the oil of the infirm without and with chrism within ; a fuming censer is placed under it and the bishop prays that these sacramentals of the Church may, at the sound of the bell, put the demons to flight, protect from storms, and call the faithful to prayer.

* prayer is intended to train a person to focus on the recipient through philosophy and intellectual contemplation

* prayer is intended to enable a person to gain a direct experience of the recipient

* prayer is intended to affect the very fabric of reality as we perceive it

" Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop an individual's inner life.

There are even small, 10-knot prayer ropes intended to be worn on the finger.

The Kabbalists considered the tallit as a special garment for the service of God, intended, in connection with the tefillin, to inspire awe and reverence for God at prayer.

The important works which have perished include the uncompleted chalice intended for Clement VII ; a gold cover for a prayer book as a gift from Pope Paul III to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor – both described at length in his autobiography ; large silver statues of Jupiter, Vulcan and Mars, wrought for Francis I during his sojourn in Paris ; a bust of Julius Caesar ; and a silver cup for the cardinal of Ferrara.

At the time, it was among the largest health facilities of its kind in the world and was intended to merge prayer and medicine in the healing process.

The US Supreme Court decision in Wallace v. Jaffree ( 1984 ) held that a moment of silence in schools for the purpose of individual prayer or meditation constituted a valid application of the Free Exercise Clause, while a moment of silence for the clear intended purpose of a state-approved devotional activity constituted a violation of the Establishment Clause.

The coffin's footboard contains an Atenist prayer that was originally intended for a woman, but was later revised to a refer to a man – with enough grammatical errors to betray the gender of the original speaker.

The prayer book is a specialized form of the siddur, which is generally intended for use in weekday and Shabbat services.

He intended to devote the rest of his life to prayer in this rather out of the way and obscure monastery.

Spirituality – can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality ; an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his / her being ; or the “ deepest values and meanings by which people live .” Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop an individual's inner life ; spiritual experience includes that of connectedness with a larger reality, yielding a more comprehensive self ; with other individuals or the human community ; with nature or the cosmos ; or with the divine realm.

Some adherents directly recite Biblical examples in prayer intended to command a demon to depart an afflicted person, and do not believe an ordained clergy is required to perform the deliverance.

The blue stripes are intended to symbolize the stripes on a tallit, the traditional Jewish prayer shawl.

Many of the sermons are straightforward exhortations to read scripture daily and lead a life of prayer and faith in Jesus Christ ; the other works are lengthy scholarly treatises intended to inform church leaders in theology, church history, the fall of the Byzantine Empire and the alleged heresies of the Roman Catholic Church.

One example is decorated with human hands in what could be interpreted as a prayer gesture, with a simple stole or surplice engraved above ; this may be intended to signify a temple priest.

* Teresa of Avila ( 1515 – 1582 ): Two of her works, The Interior Castle and The Way of Perfection were intended as instruction in ( profoundly mystic ) prayer based upon her experiences.

These chapels originally contained altars — they were screened off and intended for private prayer for members of the royal family — but their dedication is no longer known.

A votive candle or prayer candle is a small candle, typically white or beeswax yellow, intended to be burnt as a votive offering in a religious ceremony.

Whenever he intended to offer the Witr prayer, he used to wake me up and I would offer the Witr prayer too.

A prie-dieu ( French: literally, " pray God ", plural prie-dieux ) is a type of prayer desk primarily intended for private devotional use, but may also be found in churches.

Additionally, the site instructs that, " Although family home evening should begin and end with prayer, it is not intended to be a formal class ," and quotes the 1915 First Presidency as saying, " formality and stiffness should be studiously avoided, and all the family should participate in the exercises.