Sentence examples for repeating prayers from inspiring English sources

The rituals include the tawaf: circling the holy Kaaba at the centre of the Grand Mosque seven times in an anticlockwise direction while repeating prayers.

The shriek of ordnance cut through an activist's frightened and repeated prayers as he filmed scenes of intense bombardment in the city of Homs, Syria.

"A week later," Paul wrote his mother, "amid the repeated prayers to God we recited to him, he has blessedly died".

According to Palestinian researcher Tawfiq Canaan, "In Jifna the priest has to go on such an occasions to the dry spring to repeat prayers and burn incense, and thus reconcile the djinniye or force her to let the water flow".

"So it needs repeated prayer and fasting and penance".

Her oft repeated prayer was "Jesus, I trust in you".

The question is whether we will participate in that work of the Spirit Paul describes, and do our part to end creation's groaning in the present; will our actions correspond to our repeated prayer, "thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven"?

Facing execution, La Pola cursed the Spaniards rather than repeating priests' prayers, refused to kneel for the firing squad and yelled with her dying breath: "Do not forget my example". A rebel indeed.

"Lord, please take over," he said yesterday, repeating the prayer.

Immediately after they let him drop, in the midst of repeating a prayer, the voices rise in urgency and begin talking excitedly.

Franny said that you didn't have to think about what you were saying; you just kept repeating the prayer until your heart took over and started repeating it for you.