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Karakia are Māori incantations and prayer used to invoke spiritual guidance and protection. [1] They are also considered a formal greeting when beginning a ceremony . According to legend, there was a curse on the Waiapu River which was lifted when George Gage (Hori Keeti) performed karakia.
"God Defend New Zealand" is a poem [2] that was written by Thomas Bracken in the 1870s. It was set to music and first publicly performed in 1876. [5] A Māori translation of the original English was produced in 1878 by Thomas Henry Smith. [10] In 1940 the New Zealand Government bought the copyright and made it New Zealand's 'national hymn' in ...
"God Defend New Zealand" (Māori: "Aotearoa", [a] meaning 'New Zealand') is one of two national anthems of New Zealand, the other being "God Save the King". Legally the two have equal status, but "God Defend New Zealand" is more commonly used. Originally written as a poem, it was set to music as part of a competition in 1876.
Jesus teaching the children, outside Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church, Draper, Utah. A Christian child's prayer is Christian prayer recited primarily by children that is typically short, rhyming, or has a memorable tune. It is usually said before bedtime, to give thanks for a meal, or as a nursery rhyme.
A New Zealand Prayer Book, He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa, providing liturgy for "a multitude of voices", [26] contains a liturgical calendar, forms of daily prayer, of baptism, of the Eucharist (also known as Holy Communion), and other texts for services such as marriage, funerals, and ordination, as well as a catechism for instruction in the ...
In the Byzantine Rite, whenever a priest is officiating, after the Lord's Prayer he intones this augmented form of the doxology, "For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory: of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages.", [k] and in either instance, reciter(s) of the prayer reply "Amen".
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Rhema Media is the New Zealand publisher of The Word For Today, a free daily devotional written by Bob Gass and published around the world by the United Christian Broadcasters group. [57] An initial print run of 3,500 copies was made in April 1994 in the United Kingdom before it was expanded to New Zealand in 1997. [57]