Sentence examples for repeat a prayer from inspiring English sources
He tells me about the crucifixion and the resurrection, and asks me to repeat a prayer after him.
When I need to get my game face on, or am feeling particularly anxious, or just need a little centering, I repeat a prayer taken from the Episcopal baptismal service in the Book of Common Prayer: "Dear Lord, sustain me in your grace; grant me an inquiring and discerning heart, the courage to will and persevere, the spirit to know and to love you, and the gift of joy and wonder in all your works".
Norma repeated a prayer in her mind when she felt scared: "Protect me from all danger".
Like the religious fanatic who repeats a prayer over and over again, in vain, Van constantly turns over phrases, mining them for their mysticism until they are licked clean.
At nine o'clock, all Moose are directed to face toward Mooseheart with bowed heads and folded arms and repeat a silent prayer "Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not for such is the Kingdom of Heaven".
Shirtless and dazed, his skin hung from his body, and he repeated a basic prayer as he stared at the crowd.
She told me she had been here since before dawn, on her knees in a neighbor's driveway, repeating a simple prayer: ''Please allow ABC to be led to this family.'' For more than two years, the congregants at Fletcher's church had maintained a ''prayer chain'' in which they took turns praying — 24 hours a day, 365 days a year — for the executives at ABC to select the Akerses.
I repeated a silent prayer: Please.
Practical ways you can practice meditation are repeating a mantra, prayer, taking time to focus on breathing, or reflecting on what you have read.
"There were no words I could say to him," she said, "but something arose so simple and spontaneous that I repeated it like a prayer: 'Thank you, Daddy.' ".
At Temple Emanu-El the congregation, according to The New York Times, "as if by a simultaneous impulse rose and repeated the Kaddish, a prayer for the nearest deceased relative".
