Sentence examples for called for prayer from inspiring English sources

As blacks and whites struggled with the racial implications of the debate, many called for prayer and peace and urged that there be no escalation of violence.

On Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI called for prayer for "the victims of traffickers and criminals, such as the drama of the hostages, Eritreans and of other nationalities, in the Sinai desert".

Others called for prayers.

The luncheon continued and the president called for prayers.

At a prayer vigil Tuesday afternoon, a pastor, Jeremiah Hale, called for prayers for the family.

Mr. Foster countered that elected leaders all over the United States often called for prayers in times of disaster and hardship.

In St Paul's in 1982, after the Falklands, Archbishop Robert Runcie preached a sermon which called for prayers for the Argentinian dead, denounced nationalism, condemned the global arms trade and characterised war as "a sign of human failure".

Speaking to a packed St Peter's Square, he called for prayers for the Syrian people to be spared further suffering and asked that, "the parties in conflict... guarantee access to humanitarian aid".

Knight's family called for prayers for the mogul.

At the National Prayer Breakfast, he jokingly called for prayers to lift Arnold Schwarzenegger's ratings for "The Apprentice".

A Jimmy Kimmel writer had a blistering response to lawmakers who called for prayers.