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.

Longer prayer ropes frequently have a tassel at the end of the cross ; its purpose is to dry the tears shed due to heartfelt compunction for one's sins.

Mrs. Murphy frequently invited friends to her home where secret prayer meetings were held while sentinels kept guard to warn of approaching danger.

It is second only to the Kaddish ( counting all its forms ) as the most frequently recited prayer in current synagogue liturgy.

In the other four gospels, Jesus is frequently called upon to explain the meanings of parables or the correct procedure for prayer.

Areas where there are large ( but not necessarily majority ) Muslim populations have overflowing attendances at the mosque for the Eid ul-Fitr prayer and police frequently block off roads and divert traffic to cater for the prayer and subsequent festivities.

The boundaries of this rule are frequently tested, with court cases challenging the treatment of traditional religious holidays, displays of religious articles and documents such as the Ten Commandments, the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance ( which since 1954 has described the U. S. as " one nation under God "), and how prayer should be accommodated in the classroom.

Turkish pile rugs and kilims are also frequently used as tent decorations, grain bags, camel and donkey bags, ground cushions, oven covers, sofa covers, bed and cushion covers, blankets, curtains, eating blankets, table top spreads, prayer rugs, and for ceremonial occasions.

A kippah or kipa ( ; or ; plural: kippot or ), also known as a yarmulke ( or from ), kapele (), is a hemispherical or platter-shaped cap, usually made of cloth, often worn by Orthodox Jewish men to fulfill the customary requirement held by some orthodox halachic authorities that their head be covered at all times, and usually worn by men and, less frequently, women in Conservative and Reform communities at times of prayer.

Although these informal prayer circles have been practiced for centuries, their recent resurgence in popularity is frequently attributed to their use in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal movement.

But, he was frequently called on to open their sessions with prayer and a sermon.

They built a little retreat where they lived isolated and in poverty, entirely occupied in prayer and study, for these men had a reputation for learning, and were frequently honored by the visits of St. Hugh who became like one of themselves.

It is common, practiced openly and frequently not distinguishable from prayer.

The Illatio corresponding to the Roman Preface and most frequently the longest part of the Mozarabic eucharistic prayer.

The Roman rite of Mass is more ordered: in its Tridentine form it left almost nothing to the choice of the celebrant ; the present ( Mass of Paul VI ), though it limits extemporaneous variations to the words of introduction to certain ceremonies, frequently allows a choice between different formulas of prayer.

This option costs less than the above fixed options and is used frequently by synagogues that wish to use their prayer halls for mixed-sex functions in addition to separate sex prayer.

Although prayer is mentioned most frequently in the Holy Scriptures, and thereby the encouragement to ' Pray without ceasing ' - ( 1 Thessalonians 1: 17 ), there is no biblical directive that prayer be carried out 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

* Formula A ( A prayer often called the Confiteor, and less frequently the Mea Culpa ):

She can use her prayer stick as a weapon, and frequently expels spirits out of Kazumi using her " Asahina Special " exorcism attack.

In both cases, the text used is not only taken from a Greek addition, the readings also are the prayer of Mordecai, and nothing of Esther's own words is ever used.

The Book of Common Prayer is the short title of a number of related prayer books used in the Anglican Communion, as well as by the Continuing Anglican, " Anglican realignment " and other Anglican churches.

Cranmer's work of simplification and revision was also applied to the Daily Offices, which were to become Morning, and Evening Prayer ; and which he hoped would also serve as a daily form of prayer to be used by the Laity, thus replacing both the late medieval lay observation of the Latin Hours of the Virgin, and its English equivalent, the Primer.

These churches at first used and then revised the use of the Prayer Book, until they, like their parent, produced prayer books which took into account the developments in liturgical study and practice in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, which come under the general heading of the Liturgical Movement.

Churches worldwide hold a one-hour service each Sunday, consisting of hymns, prayer, and currently, readings from the King James Version ( KJV ) of the Bible ( although there is no requirement that this version of the Bible be used ) and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.

Hebrew has always been used as the language of prayer and study, and the following pronunciation systems are found.

Saint John Cassian ( c. 360 – 435 ) presents as the formula used in Egypt for repetitive prayer, not the Jesus Prayer, but " O God, make speed to save me: O Lord, make haste to help me ".

Books used by the Hesychast include the Philokalia, a collection of texts on prayer and solitary mental ascesis written from the 4th to the 15th Centuries, this collection existing in a number of independent redactions ; the Ladder of Divine Ascent ; the collected works of St Symeon the New Theologian ( 949 – 1022 ); and the works of St Isaac the Syrian ( 7th C .?– 8th C .?

This is the same prayer posture used by the Christian Hesychists and is the reason that they were mocked by their opponents as " navel gazers " ( omphalopsychites ).

The term " Kaddish " is often used to refer specifically to " The Mourners ' Kaddish ", said as part of the mourning rituals in Judaism in all prayer services as well as at funerals and memorials.

The ideology of the ancestors and the descendants of the mojo hand used this " prayer in a bag " based on their belief of spiritual inheritance, where the omniscient forefathers of their families would provide protection and favor ; especially when they used the mojo.

Consequently, mosque architects borrowed the shape of the bell tower for their minarets, which were used for essentially the same purpose — calling the faithful to prayer ..

Often, a limited part of the prayer hall is sanctified formally as a masjid in the sharia sense ( although the term masjid is also used for the larger mosque complex as well ).

When language is used, prayer may take the form of a hymn, incantation, formal creed, or a spontaneous utterance in the praying person.

According to the lineage texts on prayer wheels, prayer wheels are used to accumulate wisdom and merit ( good karma ) and to purify negativities ( bad karma ).

The first Sigal responsum used the Talmud's general prayer obligation and examples of cases in which women were traditionally obligated to say specific prayers and inferred from them a public prayer obligation identical to that of men.

Sometimes the term mahzor is also used for the prayer books for the three pilgrim festivals, Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot.

During Islamic prayer, a kneeling bow called sajdah is used, with forehead, nose, hands, knees, and toes all touching the ground.

For example, when some Orthodox Jews make audio recordings of prayer services, they generally substitute HaShem for Adonai ; a few others have used Amonai.

Sanctuaries were erected in various places and were used to express devotion to Yahweh by means of sacrifice, festival meals and celebrations, prayer, and praise.