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"As we celebrate with our festive gatherings the birthday of this great man, the Lord's forerunner, the blessed John, let us ask for the help of his prayers.Because he is the friend of the bridegroom you see, he can also obtain for us that we can belong to the bridegroom, that we may be thought worthy to obtain his grace."
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Relief print of Daniel's prayer by Edward Poynter, 1865. Daniel 6 describes how Daniel prayed even though threatened with death, while Daniel 9 records a prayer that he prayed. Prayer in the Hebrew Bible is an evolving means of interacting with God , most frequently through a spontaneous, individual or collective, unorganized form of ...
As an example, Psalm 69:24 states toward God, "Pour out Your indignation on them, and let Your burning anger overtake them." The Psalms ( Tehilim , תהילים , or "praises"), considered part of both Hebrew and Christian Scripture , served as ancient Israel 's " psalter " or " hymnbook ", which was used during temple and private worship .
A page of Matthew, from Papyrus 1, c. 250. Prayer in the New Testament is presented as a positive command (Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:17).The people of God are challenged to include prayer in their everyday life, even in the busy struggles of marriage (1 Corinthians 7:5) as it is thought to bring the faithful closer to God.
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The most common prayer among Christians is the Lord's Prayer, which according to the gospel accounts (e.g. Matthew 6:9–13) is how Jesus taught his disciples to pray. [88] The Lord's Prayer is a model for prayers of adoration, confession and petition in Christianity. [88]
It is also called the Angelical Salutation, as the prayer is based on the Archangel Gabriel's words to Mary. [3] The Hail Mary is a prayer of praise for and of petition to Mary, regarded as the Theotokos (Mother of God). Since the 16th century, the version of the prayer used in the Catholic Church closes with an appeal for her intercession. The ...