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.

Old Testament and New Testament readings for daily prayer were specified in tabular format as were the Psalms ; and canticles, mostly biblical, that were provided to be said or sung between the readings.

35 or 50-between 98 and 117 ), one of the Apostolic Fathers, mentions the Eucharist as " the flesh of our Saviour Jesus Christ ", and Justin Martyr speaks of it as more than a meal: " the food over which the prayer of thanksgiving, the word received from Christ, has been said ... is the flesh and blood of this Jesus who became flesh ... and the deacons carry some to those who are absent.

He was said to possess the ability to heal through prayer and was indeed able to give the boy some relief, in spite of the doctors ' prediction that he would die.

The term " hesychasm ", he said, refers to a practice of prayer marked by deep tranquillity of the spirit intent on contemplating God unceasingly by invoking the name of Jesus.

In an interview with BBC2's Newsnight, Nasiri said Libi " needed the conflict in Iraq because months before I heard him telling us when a question was asked in the mosque after the prayer in the evening, where is the best country to fight the jihad?

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.

In many countries like Singapore where Muslims are not the majority, mosques are prohibited from loudly broadcasting the call to prayer ( adhan ), although it is supposed to be said loudly to the surrounding community.

The iqama, which is similar to the adhan and said immediately before the start of prayer, is usually not said from the minaret even if a mosque has one.

" Smith further claimed that in answer to his prayer: " I was answered Jesus that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong ; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight ; that those professors were all corrupt ; that: " they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.

The only change in the liturgy is that in some communities Tachanun, a penitential prayer omitted on holidays, is not said.

However, it is said that even turning it while distracted has benefits and merits, and it is stated in the lineage text that even insects that cross a prayer wheel's shadow will get some benefit.

Simply touching a prayer wheel is said to bring great purification to negative karmas and obscurations.

A separate article, Jewish prayer, discusses the prayers that appear in the siddur, and when they are said.

Sikhs recommend five prayers in the morning between 1 and 6 am ( the five prayers can be said in succession within one hour for the well-versed ): Japji, Anand Sahib, Jaap Sahib, Tav-Prasad Savaiye, Chaupai and Ardas ; one prayer in the evening from 5 to 7 pm: Rehras and Ardas ; and one before sleeping, around 8 to 10 pm: Kirtan Sohila and Ardas.

In this way prayers can still be said even if the service books are for some reason unavailable or the person is not literate or otherwise unable to recite the service ; the use of a prayer rope is a very practical tool in such cases, simply for keeping count of the prayers said.

It is said that the method of tying the prayer rope had its origins from the Father of Orthodox Monasticism, Saint Anthony the Great.

" I changed my prayer ," she said.

The one prayer that typifies the Lenten services is the Prayer of Saint Ephrem, which is said at each service on weekdays, accompanied by full prostrations.

The only time the " Hail Mary " is said is at the end of the Mysteries on the medal, where it is then replaced with the " Pre-Trent " version of the prayer ( which omits " Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death ").

In Kristoffer Nyrop's book, The Kiss and its History, Nyrop describes the kiss of love as an " exultant message of the longing of love, love eternally young, the burning prayer of hot desire, which is born on the lovers ' lips, and ' rises ,' as Charles Fuster has said, ' up to the blue sky from the green plains ,' like a tender, trembling thank-offering.

Just before a soldier placed a black hood over his head, the attending chaplain said to Slovik, " Eddie, when you get Up There, say a little prayer for me.

The 17th blessing of the daily Amidah prayer said in Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform services is " Blessed are You, God, who returns His Presence ( shekhinato ) to Zion.