On Christmas Eve 1806, two decades after the church was built, the building was surrounded by Protestants incensed at a celebration going on inside — a religious observance then viewed by some in the United States as an exercise in "popish superstition," more commonly referred to as Christmas.
This is a point of contention in Israel between non-Haredi and Haredi Jews, the latter's blatant non-observance viewed as an act of gross disrespect to both the victims and living survivors.
In many interviews and columns he wrote for Catholic New York, the archdiocesan weekly newspaper, Cardinal O'Connor often recalled his early upbringing: the warmth and seriousness of family prayers and religious observances; the forceful views of his father, "a union man," on the rights of labor; the need for frugality during the hard Depression years.
The "mindfulness" refers to the nonjudmental observance of thought.
"In Japan Crash, Time Obsession May Be Culprit" (front page, April 27) includes the view that the Japanese concern for punctual observance of train schedules may be an irrational national obsession.
Some here take a more cynical view of the lack of any national observance.
An important aspect of Sabbath and festival observance is sanctification.
Other kleśas are: satkāya-dṛṣṭi (false view with regard to the satkāya (five skandhas)), attachment to extreme views, attachment to unwholesome views, attachment to practices and observances, pride, ignorance and doubt.
By contrast, those who emphasized trust tended toward a more relaxed view of nembutsu recitation and other forms of religious observance or moral rigor, insisting instead on a total trust in Amida's compassion.
The review concluded that "cultural sensitivity" among National Offender Management Service staff towards Muslim prisoners has "extended beyond the basic requirements of faith observance and could inhibit the effective confrontation of extremist views".
