Sentence examples for necessary devotion from inspiring English sources

In the end, he was overmatched: he didn't have the temperament — he was too absorbed by the fascinations of his own depression and self-loathing — to sustain the necessary devotion.

It is this necessary devotion to impact that is unravelling standards, driving them down, making the diversity of the media not the strength it should be but an impulsion towards sensation above all else".

Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 1274) said that meditation is necessary for devotion, and the Second Vatican Council called for "faithful meditation on God's word" as part of the spiritual formation of seminarians.

DVDs, CDs, T-shirts, memorabilia and a spinoff concert tour have provided ardent adherents with the relics, icons and apostolic encounters necessary for proper devotion.

He has since demonstrated the necessary responsibility in the devotion to his children and also in the rebuilding of his private life with skier Lindsey Vonn.

To decree that the drawing up of any regulations that may be necessary as to such devotions and prayers, shall be entrusted to the Rabbinate of Palestine, who shall thus re-assume full responsibility in that matter, in discharge of which responsibility they may consult the Rabbinate of the world.

This feat had impressed Abramovic, who felt that Akers had demonstrated the "hard-core" devotion to his craft necessary to understand hers.

To help the poor was proof of devotion to God and necessary to eternal salvation.

Many people will distract themselves with busyness, filling up with other seemingly "necessary" activities to avoid prayer or devotion.

Gradually increasing chanting to 16 rounds daily is considered the necessary minimum standard to progress towards bhakti (spontaneous devotion).

Discipline is necessary to stay the course and be faithful, but devotion is what takes you to the deepest realm of love in both meditation and in marriage.