Mortality is the pacing of a brief and dangerous watch, and to all sentinels, whether at Elsinore or on the battlements at Mycenae, the coming of dawn has its breath of miracle.

As the child addresses the shepherd in a dream, light -- in the form of the major mode -- begins to appear, and at the moment of the miracle we hear a clear and shining D major.

The deeper wonder is how this miracle was accomplished in decades, rather than in centuries and by immigrant minorities at that.

The 5th-7th century texts that refer to the miracle at Chonae formed the basis of specific paradigms for " properly approaching " angelic intermediaries for more effective prayers within the Christian culture.

Having already made his first appearance as a minor actor in " Aladdin and the miracle lamp " at the National Theatre of Hanover, he studied acting in Hamburg.

Neither can the hapless Brian find solace back at the PFJ's headquarters, where people fling their afflicted bodies at him demanding miracle cures.

The Paraguayan economic miracle of the 1970s came to a halt in 1982 because of the completion of construction at Itaipú, lower commodity prices for cotton and soybeans, and world recession.

An early 20th century depiction of Saint Columba's miracle at the gate of King Bridei I of the Picts | Bridei's fortress, described in Adomnán's late 7th century Vita Columbae

His best-known miracle is said to have taken place when he was preaching in the middle of a large crowd at the Synod of Brefi: the village of Llanddewi Brefi is said to stand on the spot where the ground on which he stood is reputed to have risen up to form a small hill.

The story of this otherwise unknown Poppo or Poppa's miracle and baptism of Harald is also depicted on the gilded altar piece in the Church of Tandrup in Denmark, a detail of which is at the top of this article.

The mytheme of the staff that Joseph of Arimathea set in the ground at Glastonbury, which broke into leaf and flower as the Glastonbury Thorn is a common miracle in hagiography.

They were able to get away with innuendo that would have been unheard of a mere ten years before — in one episode, Sandy refers to Julian and his skill at the piano as: " a miracle of dexterity at the cottage upright "; innocuous in itself, unless one knows that a ' cottage ' was the polari term for a public toilet where men met for anonymous sexual encounters and ' upright ' referred to an erection.

Ichadon prophesied to the king that at his execution a wonderful miracle would convince the opposing court faction of Buddhism's power.

The account of the calling of Nathaniel of Cana occurs at the end of John 1, immediately followed by the account of Jesus ' miracle at the Marriage at Cana in John 2.

A photostatic copy of a page from Ilustração Portuguesa, October 29, 1917, showing the crowd looking at the miracle of the sun during the Fátima apparitions ( attributed to the Blessed Virgin Mary ( Roman Catholic ) | Blessed Virgin Mary )

Ichadon prophesied to the king that at his execution a wonderful miracle would convince the opposing court faction of Buddhism's power.

The Ruhr was at the center of the German economic miracle of the 1950s and 1960s, as very rapid economic growth ( 9 % a year ) created a heavy demand for coal and steel.

In his book he describes Kessingland beach fishermen with their oilskins and thermoses as resembling " the last stragglers of some nomadic people ... at the outermost limit of the earth, in expectation of the miracle longed for since time immemorial, the miracle which would justify all their erstwhile privations and wanderings.

Desperate, he heads to the Philippines to seek a medical “ miracle ” ( actually psychic surgery ), where doctors supposedly pull out infected organs from the body ; he discovers the scam and laughs at the irony.

According to the Nican Mopohua Zumárraga acknowledged the miracle and within two weeks, ordered a shrine to be built where the Virgin Mary had appeared.

In the culture and practice of some Christian churches-mainly, but not solely, the Roman Catholic Church-a Shrine to the Virgin Mary ( or Marian shrine ) is a shrine marking an apparition or other miracle ascribed to the Blessed Virgin Mary, or a site on which is centered a historically strong Marian devotion.

In Tabriz, prolonged efforts were made to preserve bast at various mosques in the city, and recourse was even had to the alleged miracle of a cow that twice escaped the slaughterhouse by running into the shrine known as Boqʿa-ye Saheb-al-amr.

The first reported miracle at the site happened during the shrine ’ s construction.

Many pilgrims came to the shrine hoping to receive a miracle while others like Anne of Austria supported the shrine from their homes.

" It was no miracle that produced this shrine.

His work also had a miracle associated with it-the lay goldsmith Godric stabbed his hand with an awl during the work on the large shrine at Evesham, which was miraculously healed overnight.

The first officially confirmed miracle was that of, a disabled child miraculously cured of his ailment and his limbs restored, due to prayers at the altar of Sister Alphonsa's shrine.

The storm calmed and on his return to England, Cnut visited Wilton to give thanks for his rescue, " with solemn gifts, and published this great miracle with prolific testimony ", subsequently ordering a golden shrine to Edith to be erected at the abbey.

It is without doubt that a small shrine would have already existed at the spot before the ‘ miracle ’, tended by the shepherds who would have not been able to get to a town to take part in a Mass.

His work also had a miracle associated with it – the lay goldsmith Godric stabbed his hand with an awl during the work on the large shrine at Evesham, which was miraculously healed overnight.

Nevis was named " Nuestra Señora de las Nieves ", or " Our Lady of the Snows ", because the wreath of white clouds that usually covers the top of its volcanic peak reminded the Spaniards of the ancient Catholic miracle Our Lady of the Snows.

According to the traditional account, the original image of Our lady of Guadalupe miracle | miraculously appeared on the cloak of Juan Diego, on the hill of Tepeyac near Mexico City on December 12, 1531.

The illness reversed itself to which Schuckardt again attributed to a miracle resulting from a promise he made to Our Lady of Fatima, promising her that he would use his legs to travel and spread her message.

Among these are the decorative stone carvings and friezes on the exterior walls ; a relief of St. Ignatius in polychrome stucco intriguingly hidden behind the main altar, seven ancient retablos from both the Jesuit and Recollect periods ; ceiling murals done in the 1920s by the Cebuano artists Rey Farncia and Canuto Avila, one depicting the miracle of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the town ’ s secondary patron, during the great flood of 1876 ; carved wooden cornices and decorative corbels shaped as gargoyles or mythical animals ; and the unique three-story convent, perhaps the only one of its kind in the country.

She introduces herself as the Lady from Lourdes, a professional Miracle Inspector, come to investigate the miracle.

To ask me to believe that so inexpressibly marvelous a book was written long after all the events by some admiring follower, and was not inspired directly by the Spirit of God, is asking me to accept a miracle far greater than any of those recorded in the Bible.

But barring a miracle, and don't hold your breath for it, Chicago will not see the Leningrad-Kirov Ballet, which stems from the ballet cradle of the Maryinsky and is one of the great companies of the world.

Finally, since testimonies tend to conflict with one another when it comes to the miraculous — that is, one man's religious miracle may be contradicted by another man's miracle — any testimony relating to the fantastic is self-denunciating.

The Independent review of the 1995 National Theatre revival praised the production, writing " For three hours of gloriously barbed bliss and bewitchment, Sean Mathias's production establishes the show as a minor miracle of astringent worldly wisdom and one that is haunted by less earthy intimations.

(" Miracle Song ") It is soon revealed to Cora that the miracle is a fake, controlled by a pump inside the rock.

The only person in town who doubts the miracle is Fay Apple, an eternally skeptical young nurse from the Cookie Jar who refuses to believe in miracles.

Fay tries to get Hapgood to expose the miracle, but he warns her no one will believe it is a fake, because it works as a miracle should.

As Fay resumes work, Detmold's real new assistant arrives, and Fay is horrified to realize that she is even more practical, rigid and disbelieving than Fay herself, and the new nurse marches the Cookies off to the next town to disprove the new miracle.

Kings is " history-like ," but it mixes legends, folktales, miracle stories and fiction in with the annals, and its primary explanation for all that happens is God's offended sense of what is right ; it is therefore more fruitful to read it as theological literature in the form of history.

The debate over the credibility of the miracle of Jonah is not simply a modern one.

Augustine responds that if one is to question one miracle, then one should question all miracles as well ( section 31 ).

* If the Venerable was not a martyr – all non-martyrs are " confessors " as they " confessed " or bore witness to their faith by how they lived their lives – it must be proven that a miracle has taken place by his or her intercession: that is, that God has shown a sign that the person is enjoying the Beatific Vision by God performing a miracle in response to the Blessed's prayers.