Quotes About Prayers

In so many multifarious ways, John Henry Newman has been a blessing to the Church. How appropriate, therefore, that the Church has now conferred a great blessing upon Newman by raising him to the altar. The beatified Newman is in the Presence of the Beatific Vision. He has achieved the only goal for which life is worth living. As such, praise should make way for prayers. Blessed John Henry Newman, historian, theologian, philosopher, and poet, pray for us.

INTO PARADISE MAY THE ANGELS LEAD YOU,'" he'd said over my mother's grave; and so I say that one for him—I know it was one of his favorites. I am always saying prayers for Owen Meany. And

Only then were the doors of the basilica opened, and the assembled company proceeded in state for prayers at the high altar before going on to Mass in the Sistine Chapel—all except the pope, who, as one of the Venetians explained in his report, "never attended these long services.

You may not be here next to me but every second and minute your presence lingers on in my thoughts and prayers; renew my spirit to greater most highest place. Moment we share together is a memories I surely treasure forever. Your passionate way of making me feel love, care of and happy I will cheerish till death do us part.

And the gods would do nothing. Think of all the prayers they would get.

And if a minister be obliged to consider the ways, light, knowledge, and walking of his flock, in his preaching unto them, that what he teacheth may be suited unto their edification, he is no less bound unto the same consideration in his prayers also with them and for them, if he intend to pray unto their use and profit.

To evince that there is promised and actually granted an especial work of the Spirit of God in the prayers or praises of believers under the New Testament; secondly, To declare the nature of that work, wherein it doth consist, or the manner of the operation of the Holy Spirit therein.

Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.

And when that crop grew, and was harvested, no man had crumbled a hot clod in his fingers and let the earth sift past his fingertips. No man had touched the seed, or lusted for the growth. Men ate what they had not raised, had no connection with the bread. The land bore under iron, and under iron gradually died; for it was not loved or hated, it had no prayers or curses.

Los hombres comían algo que no habían cultivado y no había conexión entre ellos y el pan. La tierra daba frutos sometidos al hierro y bajo el hierro moría gradualmente; porque no había para ella ni amor ni odio, y no se le ofrecían oraciones ni se le echaban maldiciones.

...as if prayers ever put out a fire.

My deepest condolences for DJ AM, you were a great artist and will be severely missed. My thoughts and Prayers to his family and friends.

The entire Habitat family mourns the loss of our founder, a true giant in the affordable housing movement. Our prayers are with the entire Fuller family.

Courage is fear that has said its prayers.

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

It's difficult to know which road to take to reach our destinies, but with faith, prayers and hard work, we'll surely find ourselves on the right road.

A real friend warms you by his presence, trusts you with his secrets, and remembers you in his prayers.

His voice rose. "It reminds me of a room in the Château of Blois where the caretaker who was shewing me over said: 'This is where Mary Stuart used to say her prayers; I use it to keep my brooms in.' Naturally I wish to know nothing more of this house that has let itself be dishonoured

Prayers like gravel Flung at the sky's window, hoping to attract the loved one's attention . . . . . . I would have refrained long since but that peering once through my locked fingers I thought that I detected the movement of a curtain.

The spoken word has come to dominate many Protestant forms of worship: the words of prayers, responsive readings, Scripture, the sermon, and so forth. Yet the spoken word is perhaps the least effective way of reaching the heart; one must constantly pay attention with one's mind. The spoken word tends to go to our heads, not our hearts.

God is not moved from His great designs by the prayers of the righteous, how much less does He care for the whinings of the damned!

A smile makes us look younger, while prayers make us feel stronger. And friends?They make us enjoy life forever.

God sometimes delays his help to test our faith and energize our prayers. Our boat may be tossed by the waves while He sleeps but He wakes up before it sinks.

Prayers are prophecies. They are the best predictors of your spiritual future. Who you become is determined by how you pray. Ultimately, the transcript of your prayers becomes the script of your life.