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"Creator ineffabilis" (Latin for "O Creator Ineffable") is a Christian prayer composed by the 13th-century Doctor of the Church Thomas Aquinas.It is also called the "Prayer of the St. Thomas Aquinas Before Study" (Latin: Orátio S. Thomæ Aquinátis ante stúdium) because St. Thomas "would often recite this prayer before he began his studies, writing, or preaching."
The eternal providence has appointed me to watch over the life and health of Thy creatures. May the love for my art actuate me at all times; may neither avarice nor miserliness, nor thirst for glory or for a great reputation engage my mind; for the enemies of truth and philanthropy could easily deceive me and make me forgetful of my lofty aim of doing good to Thy children.
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In 1964, Pope Paul VI established a World Day of Prayer for Vocations [6] to coincide with Good Shepherd Sunday, [7] now celebrated on the Fourth Sunday of Easter. For this reason, this day is also known in the Catholic Church as Vocations Sunday. [8] The Church of England also celebrates Vocations Sunday on this day. [9]
Thérèse of Lisieux describes prayer as "… a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy." [1] By prayer one acknowledges God's power and goodness, and one's own neediness and dependence.
A Prayer for a Friend to Travel Safely "Heavenly Father, This prayer of safe travel is for my friends for them to have their safe trip. Oh God, who hast commissioned thy angels, allow very little ...
In Christian liturgical worship, Preces (Latin for 'prayers'; / ˈ p r iː s iː z / PREE-seez), also known in Anglican prayer as the Suffrages or Responses, [1] describe a series [2] of short petitions said or sung as versicles and responses by the officiant and congregation respectively.
Thomas Aquinas, e.g., only explicitly uses the term vocation to refer to vocation to grace or conversion, or to enter religious life, though it has been argued that his teaching may be logically extended to include marriage as a vocation. [2] In the 20th century there has been a growing movement to extend the use of the term widely.