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The litany was prefaced with an "Exhortation to Prayer", which was a homily-styled discourse on the nature of prayer. The "Exhortation" was intended to be read in public before the procession started. [10] Published on 27 May 1544, the litany was the first authorised English-language service. [1] It was to be used for Rogation and Lenten ...
Litany, in Christian worship and some forms of Jewish worship, is a form of prayer used in services and processions, and consisting of a number of petitions. The word comes through Latin litania from Ancient Greek λιτανεία ( litaneía ), which in turn comes from λιτή ( litḗ ), meaning " prayer , supplication ".
This prayer, also called the Possibly Proper Death Litany, is uttered by one of the main characters, Madrak, to shrive a man about to commit suicide for money (given to his family). The Agnostic's Prayer is cited by Larry Niven in his short story "What Can You Say About Chocolate-Covered Manhole Covers", where it is used as the sacrament in a ...
Billy Collins' father was a worker on Wall Street who Collins attributes as an inspiration to his humor. [ 4 ] Collins attended Archbishop Stepinac High School and received a B.A. in English from the College of the Holy Cross in 1963.
Apr. 30—Lawrence County will be celebrating National Day of Prayer at noon on Thursday on the steps of the Lawrence County Courthouse. This year's theme is "Lift up the Word, Light up the world."
the Litany of Fervent Supplication (Slavonic: Ектения сугубая / Ekteniya Sugubaya) also sometimes Impetratory Litany, Augmented Litany, Fervent Litany: This litany is remarkable because of the fervor conveyed in the petitions, and heard audibly in the responses, as indicated by the threefold response of the choir, "Lord, have ...
Once the custom grew up of reciting Marian litanies privately, and of gradually shortening the text, it was not long until the idea occurred of employing them for public devotion, especially in cases of epidemic, as had been the practice of the Church with the litanies of the Saints, which were sung in penitential processions and during public calamities.
Celeste Vander Ham, who lives further south in Rancho Capistrano, paid $1,000 a year for insurance for the first 15 years in her home, but, after the 2018 Holy Fire, she says she was told by her ...