Sentence examples for on the prayers from inspiring English sources

The Mary who sits in her darkened house in Ephesus would not, I think, willingly take on the prayers of the world; all that she wishes for, she tells us at the book's close, is to confine dreams to the night-time and living to the daytime, and to live "in full recognition of the difference between the two".

Let us concentrate more on the prayers.

She went to the nursing home to meet Mr. Spurr, and then she eased up on the prayers: "We all just fell in love with Hubie".

One way that might work would be to rely not just on other individuals to detect cheats by noticing things like slacking on the prayers or eating during fasts, but for cheats to detect and police themselves as well.

"The cardinal continues to count on the prayers of so many who have written to wish him God's blessings," according to the statement.

Focus on the nature of the prayer you are making.

Then I saw the woman on the prayer rug.

She remembered that the Spanish mystic Teresa of Avila had written a meditation on the prayer.

I skipped the wasteland of my mind and tried to focus on the prayer.

His English commentaries on the Pentateuch and on the prayer book have been widely used by Orthodox and Conservative Jews.

"It's difficult to do the commentary on the prayer," he said.