Sentence examples for practices of prayer from inspiring English sources

Here he introduced the practices of prayer, private confession, and common discipline described in his book Gemeinsames Leben (1939; Life Together).

Field is a devout Catholic, something that he reported helped him deal with his chronic health issues and depression, especially the spiritual practices of prayer and devotion to the Virgin Mary as expressed by Our Lady of Guadalupe.

This history indicates that the district intended to preserve the practice of prayer before football games...

Eremitic (solitary) monasticism, favouring the personal and individual practice of prayer and asceticism, often competed with cenobitic (communal) monastic life, in which prayer was mainly liturgical and corporate.

He added: "But the religious liberty protected by the Constitution is abridged when the state affirmatively sponsors the particular practice of prayer".

In many religions the practice of prayer requires the use of certain objects, among which rosaries (strings of beads) and chaplets (circular strings of beads) occupy an important place in the popular piety.

[Excerpts, Page A22.] The case came from a small school district in South Texas, typical of communities across the South where the practice of prayer at graduations, assemblies and athletic contests has persisted as officials have tried to navigate the obstacle course created by Supreme Court and lower court decisions.

Through the practice of prayer to God our longing is transformed into a Spirit of love.

Like me, Taylor expresses consternation at trying to formulate a clear theology and practice of prayer.

For most of my adult life I've engaged in the spiritual and religious practice of prayer that includes repeated ritual either alone or in a community.

Religion depended on knowledge and the correct practice of prayer, ritual, and sacrifice, not on faith or dogma, although Latin literature preserves learned speculation on the nature of the divine and its relation to human affairs.