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Lords Prayer
Lord's Prayer or Our Father, the principal Christian prayer that Jesus in the New Testament (Mat. 6.9-13; Luke 11.2-4) taught his followers, beginning, "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name." It summarizes Jesus' teaching and stresses the concern of honoring God before that of... Read more |
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paternoster
paternoster (in the Roman Catholic Church) the Lord's Prayer, especially in Latin. Also, any of a number of special beads occurring at regular intervals in a rosary, indicating that the Lord's Prayer is to be recited. The name comes from Latin ‘Pater noster [our Father]’, the first... Read more |
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Venite
Venite [Lat.,=come], Psalm 95, so called from its opening, "O come, let us sing unto the Lord." It is the opening psalm of the Roman Catholic matins and of the Anglican morning prayer.... Read more |
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Prayer of Manasseh
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prayers for the dead
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prayer wheel
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rosary
rosary [rose garden], prayer of Roman Catholics, in which beads are used as counters. The term, applied also to the beads, is extended to Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist prayers that use beads. The traditional Catholic rosary is a series of 15 meditations on events (mysteries) in the lives of Jesus and... Read more |
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Kyrie eleison
Kyrie eleison [Gr.,=Lord, have mercy], in the Roman Catholic Church, prayer of the Mass coming after the introit, the only ordinary part of the traditional liturgy said not in Latin but in Greek. It has nine lines: "Lord have mercy (thrice), Christ have mercy (thrice), Lord have mercy... Read more |
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Savoy conference
Savoy conference, 1661. This was an attempt to reach a compromise at the Restoration between the presbyterians and the Anglicans. Twelve clerics from each side met at the Savoy hospital in April 1661 under the chairmanship of Sheldon, bishop of London and a future archbishop of Canterbury. The... Read more |
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Ave Maria
Ave Maria [Lat.,=hail, Mary], prayer to the Virgin Mary universal among Roman Catholics, also called the Ave, the Hail Mary, and the Angelic Salutation. The words in English are: "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy... Read more |
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A Memorial Day prayer.(The Culture)
...deserve our prayers, and so do...that "the kingdom of heaven...model for prayer (the Lord's Prayer) includes the lines "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done...which our ... |
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God's plan for our broken world
...Christians use familiar "Lord's Prayer" words: "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth...These are powerful prayers.Remember: Jesus...day your Lord will come... ... |
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The priest and soapmaker.(Word Alive)
...after all the prayers, sermons and...inaugurated this kingdom, a kingdom of...still pray in the Lord's Prayer "Thy kingdom come. Your will be...compare God's kingdom to a ... |
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THIS IS A SEASON FOR REFLECTION
...render unto the Lord for all his benefits...from the Lord's prayer: (Thy kingdom come) -- Help me to...uninspired day. (Thy will be done...to earn an honest living without anxiety...is, then ... |
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What good is religion?(Word Alive)
...after all the prayers, sermons and...world as God's Kingdom. When Christ...still pray in the Lord's Prayer "Thy kingdom come." We might compare God's kingdom to a plant...because we're not ... |
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Jehovah's Witnesses in Tucson
...the local event come from all over...buildings called Kingdom Halls. The Tucson...believe we are living in the End Times...Indeed, we are living in what the Bible...Makin: "Like the Lord's Prayer: Thy ... |
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Use Scripture as your guide
...the power of one line in the Lord's Prayer: "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on Earth, as it...pray for: God's kingdom to come among us on the Earth! Heaven...proclaiming Jesus Christ as ... |
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An Advent Gift: The Eschatological Promise
...his parousia) and the kingdom (reign, dominion...from thence he shall come to judge the quick and...the petition in the Lord's Prayer, "thy kingdom come," show little interest...our hope set on the ... |
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Seeking a fresh reading of the nativity
...has the Holy Family living in Bethlehem before...references to the kingdom of God as a direct...Jesus meant the kingdom of God to be an earthly...the afterlife; the Lord's Prayer pleads that "thy kingdom ... |
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A time for courage; First published as an editorial in the Christian Science...
...human breast and lights the living way of Life" ("The First...show the truth that, as the Lord's Prayer promises, "Thy kingdom come." Not will come, but is come, now. Be...thou dismayed: for ... |