Quotes About Prayers

Our prayers are often filled with selfish "wants" God always answers with what we need.

I always love to begin a journey on Sundays because I shall have the prayers of the church to preserve all that travel by land or by water.

Turn your doubts to question turn your question to prayers turn your prayers to God.

Never was he conscious that his thoughts were prayers; only that the prayers were never answered.

I know there were many prayers of thanks offered up at that quiet moment. "Let us pause also in tribute to those who have preceded us, whether to victory or failure," I spoke into the microphone, "and in our earnest hope for world peace." I glanced at Jenks and took a deep breath. "Now stand by. Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Mark! 2315 Eastern Daylight Savings Time,August 3, 1958. For the U.S. A. and the U.S.Navy—the North Pole!

Go with me, like good angels, to my end;And, as the long divorce of steel falls on me,Make of your prayers one sweet sacrifice,And lift my soul to heaven.

Fetishism and idolatry are the gateway to polytheism. Certain spirits are elevated in esteem and power so that they are now considered gods. Rituals develop; superstitions give way to prayers and sacrifices; relationships among the deities are recognized and get complicated. Nevertheless, polytheism is still just animism on a bigger scale.

Things do not always happen as one plans. There are many disappointments in life. There is always the unexpected. You plan carefully, you decide on one step after another, and then...well, that is life. We are not God. So you see, one cannot afford to be weighed down by the unexpected. You will find that only determination will bring one through, sheer determination. And faith in God. Don't ever neglect your prayers....

Me voy a los extremos todo el tiempo. A veces te maldigo tanto que hasta rezo para que te vaya mal. "Virgen Santísima, que le amputen un brazo a ese Hijo de la Chingada". Y otras estoy rezando para que me llames y me saques de aquí y nos vayamos a cualquier pinche nowhere a volvernos una feliz pareja de nobodies. Pero el resto del tiempo trato de no pensar en nada. más que en mí.

O Christ, Son of the Living God, May Your holy angels guard our sleep. May they watch over us as we rest And hover around our beds. . . . May no dreams disturb our rest And no nightmares darken our dreams. . . . May the virtue of our daily work Hallow our nightly prayers. May our sleep be deep and soft, So our work be fresh and hard. Amen. —PATRICK OF IRELAND (c. 387–c. 460)

For the first time my prayers were not for me but for everyone else, that all of those things in my notebooks, on all of those tapes, in all of those envelopes and bags in my room, that none of them were true, that the dead were alive and the lost were found, and that all of those lives could be lived anew.

I lit my last cigarette and said my little prayers. Clare, here's one for you. Susan, here's one for you. Jeanette, here's one for you. Paula, they're all for you. And the unborn. I sat there, singing along to The Little Drummer Boy, with those far off days, those days of grace, coming down. Waiting for the blue lights. Ninety miles an hour.

For the first time my prayers were not for me but for everyone else, that the dead were alive and the lost were found, and that all those lives could be lived anew.

Advisory: If your husband catches an ebolavirus, give him food and water and love and maybe prayers but keep your distance, wait patiently, hope for the best-- and, if he dies, don't clean out his bowels by hand. Better to step back, blow a kiss, and burn the hut.

When there are no words, know that the silences are carrying the thoughts and prayers of all who love you.

A goddess is the sum of all her believers, all the prayers and hopes and curses and despair ever uttered in her name.

I started worrying that maybe you only get a certain number of prayers answered in you lifetime and I'm burning through mine too fast. I'd hate to find out later on that I used up all my chits, because I've been acting like I've got an unlimited supply.

The Yogic scriptures say that God responds to the sacred prayers and efforts of human beings in any way whatsoever that mortals choose to worship - just so long as those prayers are sincere.

most of my prayers are expressions of sheer gratitude for the fullness of my contentment.

Her eyes are homes of silent prayers.

Recommended prayers cannot attain the pleasures of God for you when obligatory prayers are left unattended.

Defend your faith (in God) with the help of charity. Protect your wealth with the aid of Zakat. Let the prayers guard you from calamities and disasters.

The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.

Hell doesn't run on prayers or promises. Downtown magic is about reaching out and grabbing what you want, and that requires payment. An offering. Blood.