After an ektenia ( litany ), during which petitions are offered that God will have mercy on those who err and bring them back to the truth, and that he will " make hatred, enmity, strife, vengeance, falsehood and all other abominations to cease, and cause true love to reign in our hearts …", the bishop ( or abbot ) says a prayer during which he beseeches God to: " look down now upon Thy Church, and behold how that, though we have joyously received the Gospel of salvation, we are but stony ground.

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, this doxology takes up " the first three petitions to our Father: the glorification of his name, the coming of his reign, and the power of his saving will.

In the overwhelming majority of cases, however, the Pardon Attorney will consider only petitions from persons who have completed their sentences and, in addition, have demonstrated their ability to lead a responsible and productive life for a significant period after conviction or release from confinement.

Successful petitions will then be considered by the Executive.

Many states and municipalities allow for write-in votes in a partisan primary where no candidate is listed on the ballot to have the same functional effect as nominating petitions: for example, if there are no Reform Party members on the ballot for state general assembly and a candidate receives more than 200 write-in votes when the primary election is held ( or the other number of signatures that were required for ballot access ), the candidate will be placed on the ballot on that ballot line for the general election.

Some petitions in these litanies will have twelve or even forty repetitions of the phrase as a response.

The use of the name of Jesus in petitions is stressed in John 16: 23 when Jesus states: " If you ask the Father anything in my name he will give it you.

The use of the name of Jesus in petitions is stressed in John 16: 23 when Jesus states: " If you ask the Father anything in my name he will give it you.

( Naturally, the minority party will often support discharge petitions precisely to embarrass the leadership.

The petitions of the ekenias are usually chanted by a deacon ( but if there is no deacon the priest will say the petitions ), to each of which the choir ( chanters ) will respond.

The Board will also entertain petitions to resolve disputes whether individuals in a new classification should be added to or remain within the unit.

WED 2012 will emphasize how individual actions can have an exponential impact, with a variety of activities ranging from a marathon, to community clean-ups, car-free days, green blogging competitions, exhibits, green petitions, nationwide green campaigns and much more.

If W. S. Gunn's son petitions to be named chief and is, then the Lyon Court will design his arms at that time.

In some courts, the rules require that before certain types of motions or petitions will be heard by the judge, the lawyers must " meet and confer " to try to resolve the matter.

However, because his petitions failed to contain anywhere near the requisite 15, 000 signatures, the nomination will go to Redlich ; it has been speculated that Sloan is using the ploy to file a lawsuit against Redlich in his long-running dispute with the state Libertarian Party.

Anna petitions for medical emancipation with the help of lawyer Campbell Alexander, so that she will be able to make her own decisions regarding her medical treatment and the donation of her kidney.

Five per cent of the voters in each county must sign petitions requesting that the Republicans be allowed to place names of candidates on the general election ballot, or 2

The law which governs home rule charter petitions states that they must be referred to the chairman of the board of canvassers for verification of the signatures within 10 days and Mr. Martinelli happens to hold that post.

Whilst members of the Independent Catholic movement take seriously the issue of valid orders, it is highly significant that the relevant Vatican Congregations tend not to respond to petitions from Independent Catholic bishops and clergy who seek to be received into communion with the Holy See, hoping to continue in some sacramental role.

* Some deists believe that God is not an entity that can be contacted by human beings through petitions for relief ; rather, God can only be experienced through the nature of the universe.

In 1866, Anderson and Davies presented petitions signed by more than 1, 500 asking that women heads of household be given the vote.

In the House Adams became a champion of free speech, demanding that petitions against slavery be heard despite a " gag rule " that said they could not be heard.

As a result of these efforts as well as attempts at mosques to keep Muslims informed about the issues facing the Muslim community, regular mosque attendants are more likely to participate in protests, sign petitions, and otherwise be involved in politics.

It was possible to obtain a legislative divorce in Canada by application to the Canadian Senate, which reviewed and investigated petitions for divorce, which would then be voted upon by the Senate and subsequently made into law.

At the age of thirteen, Novinha, a cold and distant girl, successfully petitions to be made the official biologist of the colony ( roughly the equivalent of a master's degree ); from then on, she contributes to the work of father-and-son xenologers ( alien anthropology ) Pipo and Libo, and for a short time there is family and camaraderie.

Having no other choice but to drink the poison, she died on the eve of Samhain, after which the festival came to be known as Mongfind's Feast, " wherefore women and the rabble make petitions to her on samain-eve.

But such petitions tend to be subject to severe length constraints, and are necessarily much more narrowly targeted ( usually to one or two particularly prejudicial errors ) than a long opening appellate brief to an intermediate appellate court ( which may touch upon several alleged errors by the trial court ).

According to the Supreme Court, " redress of grievances " is to be construed broadly: it includes not solely appeals by the public to the government for the redressing of a grievance in the traditional sense, but also, petitions on behalf of private interests seeking personal gain.

One avenue of individual appeal from government action which continues to be important is the custom of xinfang or petitions by citizens to the individuals officials for change.

Automatic ballot access means that no petitions need be filed to gain access to a ballot line for statewide and special elections, and parties may designate candidates through their own conventions.

Various petitions are currently taking place in favour of renaming, their impact and importance remain to be seen.

And as women have never consented to, been represented in, or recognized by this government, it is evident that in justice no allegiance can be claimed from them ... Our numerous and yearly petitions for this most desirable object having been disregarded, we now ask your august body, to abolish all laws which hold married women more accountable for their acts than infants, idiots, and lunatics.

While collateral attacks on criminal convictions, such as state level habeas corpus petitions, are usually considered to be technically civil cases, because they are not brought by a prosecutor and do not seek to convict someone of a crime, these suits are, in both states, appealed to the criminal court of last resort, rather than the civil court of last resort.

) And what do you think of this latest comedy, the coronation at Milan, the comedy of the people of Genoa and Lucca laying their petitions be annexed to France before Monsieur Buonaparte, and Monsieur Buonaparte sitting on a throne and granting the petitions of the nations?

The Synodicon continues to be proclaimed annually, together with additional prayers and petitions in cathedrals and major monasteries throughout the Orthodox Church.

It is the duty of the Home Secretary to submit such petitions to his Majesty and to advise his Majesty to the reply to be returned.

Henry petitions to be admitted ( fully aware of the kind of life he had led ), but there is some doubt as to his qualifications.

He was then deluged with petitions urging him to call it together, and this agitation was opposed by Sir George Jeffreys and Francis Wythens, who presented addresses expressing abhorrence of the Petitioners, and thus initiated the movement of the abhorrers, who supported the action of the king.

Further petitions organised by him were presented on 1 May 1838 ( from Dunbar and Cupar ), 14 May 1838 ( from the county of Forfar ) and 12 June 1839.

All these petitions were presented after Hill ’ s proposals had been published.

The National Assembly was not empowered with legislative powers, rather it was closer to a public forum where petitions were heard and government legislation and policies were presented, debated and criticized, though elected members of the assembly sought to gain legislative powers.

Seabury Ford presented petitions against its creation.

Two petitions were presented to the House of Assembly in that year requesting that the county be divided.

While both appeals of right and cert petitions often present several alleged errors of the lower courts for appellate review, the Court normally grants review only of one or two questions presented in a certiorari petition.

Among the petitions presented to Edward I for maintenance of wives of those whose estates had been seized because of their opposition to his claims, appears that of Isabella, widow of Simon of Dundemore, 3d September 1296.

The petitions were presented to the Assembly ; they were debated, but no legislative action was taken, and after 1800 there was less and less religious opposition to slavery.

These included two large national petitions presented to the New Zealand government which led to a joint New Zealand and Australian Government action to take France to the International Court of Justice ( 1972 ).

The committee presented the route to Parliament in 1876, but despite a pledge of £ 740, 000 by Parliament towards construction costs, and petitions from Kiama coal-miners, it was rejected.

Co-op City residents presented Bronx state Supreme Court Justice John Byrne with petitions and hundreds of letters asking for jail time, but — in a plea deal — Rosen was ordered to pay $ 38, 575 and Aulenbach $ 32, 363 in restitution to The Gloria Wise Club.

Although there were several petitions presented Ivens's his favour ( he had improved the financial status of McDougall during his time as its minister ), the overseeing body removed him from the church in June 1918 in an effort to restore local unity.

This resulted in several unsuccessful petitions, calling for their removal, being presented to the council.

He frequently presented petitions and deployed arguments and reports drawn directly from these disfranchised towns and people.

First he presented numerous petitions against the system from workers in Staffordshire and Gloucestershire.

Hatherton presented numerous petitions, and took up the cause of several small towns, in the campaign preceding the Municipal Corporations Act 1835.

Hatherton presented many petitions on the subject in the 1830s and in 1840 he focussed his attention on the demand for a law to stop Sunday traffic on the canals and railways.

Although it had never dominated Hatherton's radicalism, he had long been loyal to the anti-Corn Law cause and had spoken most effectively on the subject when he presented no less than six petitions from Wolverhampton in 1839 There was never any doubt of his support for the repeal of the laws in 1846, a volte-face for the Tory party that split it more disastrously and more permanently than Maynooth and brought down Peel's government.

At the meeting of the estates which opened in Paris in October 1356 le Coq played a leading role and was one of the most outspoken of the orators, especially when petitions were presented to the dauphin Charles, denouncing the bad government of the realm and demanding the banishment of the royal councillors.

The Secretary was constantly to attend the King's person, receive the petitions and memorials that were presented to him, and write the King's answers upon them.

Several GetUp-initiated petitions have been presented in the Australian Senate by representatives of different political parties.

Her highly organized members campaigned for temperance candidates, developed letter writing campaigns, obtained temperance endorsements from leading citizens, presented legislators with petitions, and packed open hearings on proposed bills.