#prayer

Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#ignorance #prayer

God’s side is determined not by geography, but by those who do His will. If Germans, English, Japanese, and Americans prayed right, they would all be praying for the same intention: Thy Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. And what is that Will? The reign of Justice and Charity in the hearts of men. Through a prayerful contemplation of war we will see not soldiers of different nations in combat, but one great family, quarreling, fighting, wounding, and all in need of the peace and charity of Christ which we hope to obtain by our supplications. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#prayer #the-church #family

The candidate was required to prepare himself by confession, fasting, and passing the night in prayer. ↗

— Horatio Alger

#confession #fasting #himself #night #passing

The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

#embrace #music #only #prayer #sexual

I realize how depraved it was to instill false guilt in an innocent child's conscience, causing a distorted image of life, God, & self, leaving little if any feeling of personal worth. ↗

— Mary Griffith

#gay #leroy-arrons #lgbt #marry-griffith #prayers-for-bobby

The circumstances of our lives are pieces of a larger scheme in the puzzle of life, and in His Perfect Wisdom, the pieces fit. ↗

— Renae Jones

#cancer #circumstances #death #dying #faith

I really feel like life will dictate itself. You should allow it to unfold as naturally as possible. Just go with the flow. When you're really desperate, you say a few prayers and hope for the best. That's the way I've always lived my life. ↗

— Shania Twain

#always #best #desperate #dictate #feel

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden. ↗

— Corrie Ten Boom

#burden #concern #into #made #prayer

There is no problem with the opening of new houses of prayer for Lutherans and Pentecostals. ↗

— Vladimir Zhirinovsky

#new #no problem #opening #prayer #problem

Their prayers impacted the outcome of the fight. ↗

— K. Howard Joslin

#fight #prayer #faith