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For him the birds of the air and the lilies of the field represented instructors in "religious joy", an appreciation that "there is a today". For him learning joy was to learn to let go of tomorrow, not in the sense of failing to plan or provide, but in giving one's attention to the tasks of today without knowing what they will have meant. [2]
Spiritual reading is an instruction in prayer and virtue, according to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, and thus he said that "spiritual reading and prayer are the arms by which hell is conquered and paradise won." St. Josemaría Escrivá explained that spiritual reading "builds up a store of fuel. — It looks like a lifeless heap, but I often find ...
The prayer was originally ascribed to St Anselm of Canterbury, although later scholarship now ascribes it to the inspiration of Reginald of Canterbury, who was a contemporary of Anselm. [1] A prayer with numerous similarities to the Angel of God prayer is found in Reginald's Life of St Malchus, and it is thought the current prayer is derived ...
Among the earliest documented evidence to the use of hitbodedut as a spiritual practice can be found in the teachings of the Jewish pietistic movement in Egypt. In these teachings, depending on the context, hitbodedut can mean one of three things: "either spiritual retreat to a secluded place... the meditational technique practiced during such a retreat... the psychological state resulting ...
The word "Ardās" is derived from Persian word 'Arazdashat', meaning a request, supplication, prayer, petition or an address to a superior authority. Ardās is a unique prayer based on the fact that it is one of the few well-known prayers in the Sikh religion that was not written in its entirety by the Gurus.
In its widest applications the word "blessing" has a variety of meanings in sacred writings. It can be taken in a sense that is synonymous with praise; thus the Psalmist, "I will bless the Lord at all times; praise shall be always in my mouth." [17] [18] The prayer of blessing expresses praise and honour to God and is man's response to God's gifts.
The spiritual meaning behind seeing two of them is that you should take a closer look at your relationships. "Two has a highly intuitive meaning, it is the most relationship-focused number ...
One Vyrai, for birds, was located in the heavens (simply another version of the original myth) and another underground for snakes/dragons, which is perceived as analogous to Christian hell. [ 6 ] [ 3 ] During the Christianization of Kievan Rus' and the Baptism of Poland , people were able to imagine heaven and hell based on the idea of Vyrai.