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Formal Greek prayer in the epic poems attributed to Homer is ritualized and consists of four basic stages: [citation needed] cleansing, prayer, sacrifice and libation. First, a mortal washes their hands, purifying themselves. They then attain an appropriate posture, lifting their arms. They address their gods directly, praise the divine ...
Saint Patrick's Breastplate. " Saint Patrick's Breastplate " is an Old Irish prayer of protection of the "lorica" type (hence " Lorica Sancti Patricii ", or "The Lorica of Saint Patrick") attributed to Saint Patrick. Its title is given as Faeth Fiada in the 11th-century Liber Hymnorum that records the text.
The poem was adapted as the lyrics in the song "Prayer" by Lizzie West. The last four lines of the poem were recited among others in Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy. The poem is read by Lisa (played by Kerry Godliman), the dying wife of lead character Tony (played by Ricky Gervais) in the final episode of the Netflix series After Life.
Serenity Prayer. A version of the Serenity prayer appearing on an Alcoholics Anonymous medallion (date unknown). The Serenity Prayer is an invocation by the petitioner for wisdom to understand the difference between circumstances ("things") that can and cannot be changed, asking courage to take action in the case of the former, and serenity to ...
v. t. e. Prayer in the Catholic Church is "the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God." [1] It is an act of the moral virtue of religion, which Catholic theologians identify as a part of the cardinal virtue of justice. [2] Prayer may be expressed vocally or mentally. Vocal prayer may be spoken or sung.
The work as a whole takes the form of a poem in parallel strophes, and the author, it may be surmised, has drawn on a tradition of such poems in both Egyptian and Jewish communities, in which a similarly female divinity (Isis or aspect of the divine Sophia respectively) expounds her virtues unto an attentive audience, and exhorts them to strive ...
Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act of supplication or intercession directed towards a deity or a deified ancestor. More generally, prayer can also have the purpose of thanksgiving or praise, and in comparative ...
The Dream of Gerontius is an 1865 poem written by John Henry Newman, consisting of the prayer of a dying man, and angelic and demonic responses. The poem, written after Newman's conversion from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism, [1] explores his new Catholic-held beliefs of the journey from death through Purgatory, thence to Paradise, and to God.