Sentence examples for extended prayer from inspiring English sources
After Iftar every day, the occasion of Taraweeh--an extended prayer performed in congregation--invokes a sense of unity amongst the Muslim brotherhood, which further elucidates the importance of unity and fosters a sense of clear direction and focus.
The couple wake up at 6 30 a.m. for an extended prayer session.
TV pundits rushed to parse the 44-year-old's personal appeal as she explained her religious faith (closing her address with an extended prayer), and related the story of her oldest child's diagnosis with Down's Syndrome.
The King said an extended prayer, acknowledging their "right to sovereignty, the right to keep and bear arms, the right to inherit the earth and protect it from socialism, communism and political Satanism". Husbands and wives then exchanged rings.
The town, State College, and the university community were in anguish, yet the student in the interview is irked by the public displays of guilt and redemption — such as a candlelight vigil for the victims held in place of the usual Friday-night pre-game pep rally and an extended prayer session on the playing field before the game on Saturday.
Presented as an extended prayer to God, Augustine is not merely telling the tale of his own life, but also using his life as a concrete example of how an isolated individual soul can extricate itself from this state and Neoplatonically ascend to a unity that overcomes this isolation and attains to rest in God.
Performances are extended prayers: meditations that move, after great deliberation, into rhythmic chants of the Sama Veda.
After extended prayers, which the prime minister joined midway, most of the crowd broke the fast with a few dates and water.
It has started to rumble again in recent weeks, with demands by Jewish militants to extend prayer rights, riots by Palestinians and the killing of several Israelis in knife or car-ramming attacks.
After the Chicago shooting, the medical community returned to Twitter, extending prayers and pledging to fight.
"We ask Minnesotans to help comfort the families and friends of the victims who are suffering unimaginable pain by extending prayers and expressions of support," said the Minnesota state governor, Tim Pawlenty.
