Grasping the bloody dagger, he swore by Mars and all the other gods that he would do everything in his power to overthrow the dominion of the Tarquinii and that he would neither be reconciled to the tyrants himself nor tolerate any who should be reconciled to them, but would look upon every man who thought otherwise as an enemy and till his death would pursue with unrelenting hatred both the tyranny and its abettors ; and if he should violate his oath, he prayed that he and his children might meet with the same end as Lucretia.

These were seen as corrupt since they distracted priests from other work and that all should be prayed for equally.

Saints and popes have emphasized the meditative and contemplative elements of the rosary and provided specific teachings for how the rosary should be prayed, for instance the need for " focus, respect, reverence and purity of intention " during rosary recitations and contemplations.

He emphasized the power of the rosary and provided specific instructions on how it should be prayed, e. g. with attention, devotion and modesty ( reverence ), with reflective pauses between the beads and smaller pauses between phrases of the prayers.

A change of government in Britain in June led to a new proposal: only Muslim works in the sector near where Jews prayed should be subject to mandatory authorisation: Jews could employ ritual objects, but the introduction of seats and screens would be subject to Muslim authorisation.

: Rabbi Alexandri said in the name of Rabi Yehoshua ben Levi: One who has prayed should take three steps backward and afterwards pray for peace.

Pope Felix insisted that heretics and favourers of heresy should not be prayed for publicly ; Euphemius repeated his attempts at reconciliation to Pope Gelasius I, but the problem of his predecessors remained ; Euphemius could not remove their names from the diptychs without causing embarrassment or insult to those they had baptized and ordained.

In the book ' Saint Brigid ' by Iain MacDonald, Saint Brigid had an eye disease, she put her finger under her eye and plucked it out of her head so that it lay on her cheek, and when Dubthach and her brethren beheld that, they promised that she should never be told to go to a husband except for the husband whom she should like ; then Saint Brigid prayed to God put her palm to her eye, and it was healed at once, Saint Brigid was able to miraculously put her eye back in its socket in her head, restoring and healing her own eye.

Therefore, they should be prayed giving reference to Hadith of Muhammad.

It teaches the oneness and ultimate unity of believers for which our Lord prayed, and that this should be visibly displayed " that the world may know, see, and believe " God ’ s glory, the coming of His Son, and the great love He has for His people ( John 17: 20 – 23 ).

Of Geneta Mana, he poses the dual question of why a bitch is offered to her as a victim, and why it is prayed that no members of one's household should become " good ":

After having selected a solitary spot in the wilderness, he prayed and then threw his axe into the thicket ; the spot on which the axe fell he regarded as the place where God intended he should build his cell.

She prayed for the jivs ( living souls ) remaining in se –- like particles of gold dust in a lump of wax — during the long period of pralaya ( deluge ) night, that they should, upon becoming active again, have His blessings, but only if they worshipped Him just as she did.

Towards the end of the eleventh century, it was decreed by the Pope, and zealously supported by the ecclesiastical authorities all over Europe, that such persons as wore long hair should be excommunicated while living, and not be prayed for when dead.

According to ` Abd Allah ibn ` Umar, Muhammad said, " The night prayer is offered as two rakat followed by two rakat and so on and if anyone is afraid of the approaching dawn ( fajr prayer ) he should pray one raka ' ah and this will be a witr for all the rakat which he has prayed before.

In the St. Lawrence Valley ( in present-day Quebec province ) in February 1536 the French explorer prayed to the Blessed Virgin under the title of Our Lady of Rocamadour that he would make a pilgrimage to her shrine " if he should obtain the grace to return to France safely.

First, John Perrot, previously a respected minister and missionary, raised questions about whether men should uncover their heads when another Friend prayed in meeting.

He and his brothers disputed who should rule, and he prayed to Poseidon to send a sign from the sea that he was the chosen of the gods, which he promised to immediately sacrifice to the god.

He prayed everyday that he should die only after finding an abode for Venugopala.

During his illness he prayed to Our Lady of Fátima that if she should cure him he would spend the rest of his life spreading devotion to her.

He had prayed over it, he said, and was convinced that it was " from God ," and that all Christians should support it.

Sunniva and her followers prayed to God that they should not fall into the hands of the heathens, upon which rocks fell down blocking the entrance to the cave.

For innocence, of all the graces of the spirit, is I believe the one most to be prayed for.

2 ) Diana was also worshipped by women who wanted to be pregnant or who, once pregnant, prayed for an easy delivery.

** Galatea, a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus ( daughter of Galatea )

He prayed to Dionysus, begging to be delivered from starvation.

They point out that Noah did not pray to God on behalf of those about to be destroyed, as Abraham prayed for the wicked of Sodom and Gomorrah.

His father prayed for him to be restored, but the gods instead changed him into a flower.

Sailors prayed to Poseidon for a safe voyage, sometimes drowning horses as a sacrifice ; in this way, according to a fragmentary papyrus, Alexander the Great paused at the Syrian seashore before the climactic battle of Issus, and resorted to prayers, " invoking Poseidon the sea-god, for whom he ordered a four-horse chariot to be cast into the waves.

Cyril of Jerusalem ( 346 AD ) in the sixth of his Catechetical Lectures prefaces his history of the Manichaeans by a brief account of earlier heresies: Simon Magus, he says, had given out that he was going to be translated to heaven, and was actually careening through the air in a chariot drawn by demons when Peter and Paul knelt down and prayed, and their prayers brought him to earth a mangled corpse.

Your will ( Θελημα ) be done, On earth as it is in heaven .” It is used later in the same gospel (), " He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, " My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done.

" The relationship did not develop into a new phase after their night together, and soon afterwards Gonne wrote to the poet indicating that despite the physical consummation, they could not continue as they had been: " I have prayed so hard to have all earthly desire taken from my love for you and dearest, loving you as I do, I have prayed and I am praying still that the bodily desire for me may be taken from you too.

On that day, I stood in the cave and prayed, praise be to God, ( in gratitude ) for everything '.

Cleveland issued a statement urging Democratic voters to support gold — the next convention to be held, in Illinois, unanimously supported silver ; the keynote speaker prayed for divine forgiveness for Cleveland's 1892 nomination.

I pardon those who are the cause of my misfortunes ....” He declared himself willing to die and prayed that the people of France would be spared a similar fate.

It is common to see a cemetery near the mosque, as all Muslims in the Malay or Indonesian village want to be prayed for, and to receive Allah's blessings in the afterlife.

In addition to the prescribed liturgical service, the Stations of the Cross are often prayed either in the church or outside, and a prayer service may be held from midday to 3. 00 p. m., known as the Three Hours ' Agony.

According the tradition, on the eve of the Battle of Tolbiac against the Alamanni, Clovis prayed to God, swearing to be baptised if he emerged victorious on the battlefield.

Abraham prayed for his father to be forgiven by God, and although he continued to seek forgiveness, it was only because of a promise that he had made earlier to him.

She gave birth to a son on the island and named him Anius ( as if from " to suffer "); she then put him on the altar of Apollo and prayed to the god that the baby be saved if it was his.

A tradition, which resembles that of Hannah and Samuel in the Hebrew Bible, states that Ezekiel's mother prayed to God in old age for the birth of an offspring and was given Ezekiel as a gift from God.

Marcellus concluded that this was the nicest armor, which he had previously prayed would be given by him to the gods.

On Maundy Thursday also called Covenant Thursday, which is the Thursday of holy week, a liturgy is prayed and communion is given to symbolize the last supper of Jesus.

He owned slaves, read and wrote, and prayed at camp meetings, but he also presided over a political hierarchy of pipe lighters and captains, provided food, shelter, and educational opportunities for his followers, and promulgated his vision of the Choctaw future at the foot of the mound Waiya that had given his people life.

However, before Jayda was given surgery the hole disappeared following a church service in which Morse's wife and others prayed for God's healing.

Meanwhile, his wife was worried about what to say to her husband, so she prayed to her favorite deity, who gave her a nose ring just like the one she had just given away.

After nearly 10, 000 pounds of prayer requests and letters to the Tilton ministry were found in a disposal bin at a Tulsa area recycling firm in February 1992, along with itemized receipts of their delivery from Tilton's main mail-handling service in Tulsa rather than from the church offices in Farmers Branch, Tilton admitted in a deposition given to the Texas Attorney General's office that he often prayed over computerized lists of prayer requests instead of the actual prayer requests themselves, and that prayer requests were in fact routinely thrown away after categorization.

*: … prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit …"; … as yet the Spirit had not yet come upon any of them …"; … they received the Holy Spirit …"; … the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles ' hands ….

He prayed and then drew Mark, chapter IV, " Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God ; but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables ", which he took to mean that he was neither allowed books nor needed them.

Coach Mike Holmgren was reduced to tears over the release because he said he'd prayed for Robinson every day, but said it had to be done because he was given many chances, gave many apologies and promises, and never came through on them.

He often prayed in the quiet place, but without feeling anything different for a long time ; then he thought of the Bible verse, " Ask and it will be given to you ; seek and you will find ; knock and the door will be opened to you.