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A Blessing for Friendship. May you be blessed with good friends. May you learn to be a good friend to yourself. May you be able to journey to that place in your soul where there is great love ...
In Jewish philosophy and in Rabbinic literature, it is noted that the Hebrew verb for prayer— hitpallel ( התפלל )—is in fact the reflexive form of palal ( פלל ), to judge. Thus, "to pray" conveys the notion of "judging oneself": [a] ultimately, the purpose of prayer— tefillah ( תפלה )—is to transform oneself.
Call to prayer. A call to prayer is a summons for participants of a faith to attend a group worship or to begin a required set of prayers. The call is one of the earliest forms of telecommunication, communicating to people across great distances. All religions have a form of prayer, and many major religions have a form of the call to prayer.
מודה אני . Modeh Ani is a short prayer recited first thing after waking in the morning. Thanking God for all he does. Elohai Neshamah. אלהי נשמה . Thanking God for restoring the soul in the morning. Said following washing the hands and Asher Yatzar blessings. Blessings over the Torah.
I absolve you: Part of the formula of Catholic sacramental absolution, i. e., spoken by a priest as part of the Sacrament of Penance (see also absolvo). ego te provoco: I challenge you: Used as a challenge; "I dare you". Can also be written as te provoco. eheu fugaces labuntur anni: Alas, the fleeting years slip by: From Horace's Odes, 2, 14 ...
Christian prayer is an important activity in Christianity, and there are several different forms used for this practice. [ 1] Christian prayers are diverse: they can be completely spontaneous, or read entirely from a text, such as from a breviary, which contains the canonical hours that are said at fixed prayer times.
Ignatian spirituality, similar in most aspects to, but distinct from Jesuit spirituality, is a Catholic spirituality founded on the experiences of the 16th-century Spanish Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order. The main idea of this form of spirituality comes from Ignatius's Spiritual Exercises, the aim of which is to help one ...
Vespers. Benedictine monks singing vespers on Holy Saturday. Vespers (from Latin vesper 'evening' [ 1]) is a liturgy of evening prayer, one of the canonical hours in Catholic (both Latin and Eastern Catholic liturgical rites ), Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Lutheran liturgies. The word for this prayer time comes from the Latin vesper ...