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As a supplication or prayer, an invocation implies calling upon God, a god, goddess, or person.When a person calls upon God, a god, or goddess to ask for something (protection, a favour, or their spiritual presence in a ceremony) or simply for worship, this can be done in a pre-established form or with the invoker's own words or actions.
In Islam, duʿāʾ (Arabic: دعاء IPA: [duˈʕæːʔ], plural: ʾadʿiyah أدعية [ʔædˈʕijæ]) is a prayer of invocation, supplication or request, [1] [2] asking help or assistance from God. Duʿāʾ is an integral aspect of Islamic worship and spirituality, serving as a direct line of communication between a believer and Allah.
Invocation by Myrlie Evers-Williams, the first woman and non-clergy to deliver an inaugural prayer. Benediction by Rev. Dr. Luis León – Episcopalian, fourteenth rector of St. John's Church . Pastor Louie Giglio had originally been tapped by the inaugural committee but withdrew amid controversy regarding a sermon perceived by some as anti-gay ...
A version of the Serenity prayer appearing on an Alcoholics Anonymous medallion (date unknown).. The Serenity Prayer is an invocation by the petitioner for wisdom to understand the difference between circumstances ("things") that can and cannot be changed, asking courage to take action in the case of the former, and serenity to accept in the case of the latter.
The Ancient Greek term epíklēsis (ἐπίκλησις; literally 'calling upon') can be translated as 'surname, additional name', or as 'invocation, appeal'. [1]In ancient Greek religion, the epiclesis was used as the surname that was associated with a deity during religious invocations, in contrast to the more general term 'epithet' (ἐπίθετον), which is used in poetic contexts.
In the official communiqué he added that "Russian mystics and the great saints of all the traditions advised, in moments of spiritual turbulence, to shelter beneath the mantle of the Holy Mother of God pronouncing the invocation 'Sub Tuum Praesidium'". [17] In Poland, this prayer is often recited at the end of the Holy Rosary.
Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication.In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act of supplication or intercession directed towards a deity or a deified ancestor.
Examples of such prayers are given in the old Raccolta under the numbers 19, 20, 38, 57, 59, 63, 77, 82, 83, 133, 154, 166, 181. [77] They are also known as aspirations, invocations or exclamations and include the Jesus Prayer. [78] Johnson's Dictionary defined "ejaculation" as "a short prayer darted out occasionally, without solemn retirement ...