Last year, Mr. Wiley called on his followers to say imprecatory prayers — pleas for misfortune or death — against Mr. Lynn because he had complained to the I.R.S. that Mr. Wiley had endorsed former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas in e-mail messages using his church's letterhead.
The awkward affixing of a happy ending to a fundamentally tragic story was a form of prayer, a plea that life might imitate art.
It was a time punctuated by prayers of supplication and pleas for divine intervention.
The welfare minister, Sadeq Mahsooli, said prayers and pleas for forgiveness were the best "formulae to repel earthquakes.
Between prayers and pleas for their dreams to be realized, they've sold homemade tacos and enchiladas after Sunday Mass, deejayed dance parties on Valentine's Day and Cinco de Mayo, hawked chocolate bars in the winter and washed cars during the muggy summer.
The nameplate goes on to quote Psalm 143: "Lord, hear my prayer, answer my plea".
Kennedy's speech was itself a prayer, a quiet plea for a shared understanding.
So there would be no quick prayer, just a plea for mercy from the skunk as MacMillan crept closer.
By Jeff Shesol April 4, 2018 Kennedy's speech in Indianapolis was a prayer, a quiet plea for a shared understanding.
The nameplate goes on to quote Psalm 143: "Lord, hear my prayer, answer my plea". But Mexican Catholics are the ones struggling with how to respond.
He titled it "Pray For Me," concisely recounted the incident and concluded: "The prayer includes a plea to God asking him to cure Dean's cold".
