Sentence examples for forms of prayer from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bronfman's gentle rendering of the slow movement let its alternately elegant and painterly forms of prayer come through with touching beauty, and his nimble account of the finale suggested Bartok's attention returning to the here and now.

The discrimination of the various forms of prayer and the distinction between acquired contemplation, for which the believer could strive with the help of grace, and infused contemplation, which was a pure and unmerited gift, framed much of this discussion.

Verbal acts involve mantra-recitations and other forms of prayer formulas or chants and verses (dhâranīs).

One of my favorite forms of prayer is singing.

Through these higher forms of prayer, we are confronted with the infinite bodiless, mindless freedom of our common Source.

The earnest wishes expressed in the practices of lovingkindness and compassion -- may I be happy, may You be free from suffering -- are forms of prayer.

In Scotland John Knox helped formulate Presbyterian worship in The Forms of Prayers in 1556.

She said that even if I did not feel prayerful I should at least go through the form of prayer, and if I only repeated the prescribed prayers every day, then slowly something would waken in my heart.

So fishing for me is a form of prayer.

Here's how one review begins: Terrence Malick's new film is a form of prayer.

Reading was faith; writing a call-and-response form of prayer.