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Prayer in the Church of Reconciliation at Taizé. The community, though Western European in origin, has sought to include people and traditions worldwide. They have sought to demonstrate this in the music and prayers where songs are sung in many languages, and have included chants and icons from the Eastern Orthodox tradition.
Brother Roger was a prized author and wrote many books on prayer and reflection, asking young people to be confident in God and committed to their local church community and to humanity. He also wrote books about Christian spirituality and prayer, some together with Mother Teresa with whom he shared a cordial friendship.
The Jesus Prayer combines three Bible verses: the Christological hymn of the Pauline epistle Philippians 2:6–11 (verse 11: "Jesus Christ is Lord"), the Annunciation of Luke 1:31–35 (verse 35: "Son of God"), and the Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican of Luke 18:9–14, in which the Pharisee demonstrates the improper way to pray (verse ...
The community of goods of the early church of Jerusalem (also known as the early Christian community of goods) refers to the transfer of all property and sharing the proceeds with those in need, which Luke's Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:44; 4:32) in the New Testament highlights as a characteristic of this first community of early Christianity in Jerusalem.
The first notable prayer [citation needed] whose text is recorded in the Torah and Hebrew Bible occurs when Abraham pleads with God not to destroy the people of Sodom, where his nephew Lot lives. [7] He bargains with God not to destroy the city if there are fifty good men within, and eventually lowers the total to ten.
The Druze believe in the unity of God, and are often known as the "People of Monotheism" or simply "Monotheists". [231] Their theology has a Neo-Platonic view about how God interacts with the world through emanations and is similar to some gnostic and other esoteric sects. Druze philosophy also shows Sufi influences.
Prayer may occur privately and individually (sometimes called affective prayer), [13] or collectively, shared by or led on behalf of fellow-believers of either a specific faith tradition or a broader grouping of people. [14] Prayer can be incorporated into a daily "thought life", in which one is in constant communication with a god.
A prayer similar to the Trisagion is a part of the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy: Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world. It is referred to as the "Holy God prayer," and is said near the end of the chaplet. [18]