Sentence examples for continuous prayers from inspiring English sources
But the cycle of summer corn ceremonies and continuous prayers for rain form the core of their ceremonialism.
Continuous prayers of mourning were broadcast from the city's mosques, while many local television stations switched to readings of the Qur'an.
The church held a continuous prayer vigil and at home we had two televisions, one on top of the other, in case one of them went out and we missed something.
That same prayer request becomes part of the continuous prayer energy of Silent Unity (which celebrated its 120th Anniversary on Sept. 9).
Whatever form it takes, participants say, continuous prayer puts communication with God at the center of their lives, forging a more spiritual and personal connection.
"I think a lot of people have been turned off by the traditions of church: the do's and don'ts, the lectures," said Elisa Brown, the hospital's assistant chief financial officer, who introduced the idea of transforming the ground-floor chapel into a continuous prayer center this week, coinciding with the National Day of Prayer on Thursday.
In some ways, all of this sounds reminiscent of Eastern religious traditions of meditation, as well as the Russian Orthodox monastic practice of continuous prayer (which many readers will know as a central element in J.D. Salinger's "Franny and Zooey").
Written on note cards or scribbled on walls, these were the innermost wishes of mothers, fathers and children at Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital last Monday, part of a continuous chain of prayer and reflection that will go around the clock for seven days.
When you pray to it you never say Amen, because the prayer is continuous.
Some of them actually do begin to "hear" an inner voice--they learn to attend to words that rise up as an "answer to prayer" from the continuous chatter of thought that flows in the background of consciousness.
