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Thus consolation implies a period of transition: a preparation for a time when the present suffering will have turned. Consolation promises that turning. [1] In some contexts, particularly in religious terminology, consolation is described as the opposite or counterpart to the experience of "desolation", or complete loss. [2]
The consolatio literary tradition ("consolation" in English) is a broad literary genre encompassing various forms of consolatory speeches, essays, poems, and personal letters. consolatio works are united by their treatment of bereavement, by unique rhetorical structure and topoi, and by their use of universal themes to offer solace. [ 3 ]
The Madonna and Child of Consolation enshrined within the Church of Saint Francis, Tenerife, Spain. The feast of Our Lady of Consolation is observed in several Catholic countries within orders or religious institutes. The Order of Saint Augustine observe it on September 4. [11] The Order of Friars Minor Conventual observe it on May 25 [1]
In Western Christianity, Lectio Divina (Latin for "Divine Reading") is a traditional monastic practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intended to promote communion with God and to increase the knowledge of God's word. [1] In the view of one commentator, it does not treat Scripture as texts to be studied, but as the living word. [2]
This story was originally published on May 10, 2019. It has been republished for Mother’s Day 2023. Mother’s Day, depending on the status of your relationship with either your mom or your kids ...
Seneca was most likely motivated to write this letter of consolation to Marcia in order to gain her favor; Marcia was the daughter of a prominent historian, Aulus Cremutius Cordus, and her family's enormous wealth and influence most likely inspired Seneca to write this letter of consolation. Through the essay he sticks to philosophical ...
First page of lesson-sermon on Life from January 20, 1918 1918 Lesson on Life, page 2 1918 Lesson on Life, page 3. The Christian Science Quarterly (Bible Lessons) is a publication of the Christian Science Publishing Society that sets out the Bible lessons for all students of Christian Science. Each lesson serves as the Sunday sermon in church ...
In Agony in the Garden, Jesus prays in the garden after the Last Supper while the disciples sleep and Judas leads the mob, by Andrea Mantegna c. 1460.. In Roman Catholic tradition, the Agony in the Garden is the first Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary [8] and the First Station of the Scriptural Way of the Cross (second station in the Philippine version).