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Affirmative prayer is a form of prayer or a metaphysical technique that is focused on a positive outcome rather than a negative situation. For instance, a person who is experiencing some form of illness would focus the prayer on the desired state of perfect health and affirm this desired intention "as if already happened" rather than identifying the illness and then asking God for help to ...
4. "Lord, You have shown me that falling is not always failing. You pick me up and rescue me when I am overwhelmed. You are Jehovah-Sabaoth, the Lord of hosts, a tower of strength for me. I have ...
Efficacy of prayer. A child praying before lunch in the United States, during the Great Depression in 1936. The efficacy of prayer has been studied since at least 1872, generally through experiments to determine whether prayer or intercessory prayer has a measurable effect on the health of the person for whom prayer is offered.
v. t. e. Prayer in the Catholic Church is "the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God." [1] It is an act of the moral virtue of religion, which Catholic theologians identify as a part of the cardinal virtue of justice. [2] Prayer may be expressed vocally or mentally. Vocal prayer may be spoken or sung.
The Jesus Prayer, [a] also known as The Prayer, [b] is a short formulaic prayer, esteemed and advocated especially in Eastern Christianity and Catholicism: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. It is often repeated continually as a part of personal ascetic practice, its use being an integral part of the eremitic tradition ...
For Your Friendships. May the three enfold you, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, hold you safe and hold you strong. May the three encompass you, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, encircle your life each ...
ISBN. 0-241-11962-6 (Paperback edition) OCLC. 29357384. Answered Prayers is an unfinished novel by American author Truman Capote, published posthumously in 1986 in England and 1987 in the United States.
Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel by Pope Leo XIII: Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray: and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into hell satan and all of the other evil spirits who prowl about ...