Eastern Orthodoxy - Liturgy, Sacraments, Prayer: By its theological richness, spiritual significance, and variety, the worship of the Orthodox church represents one of the most significant factors in the church’s continuity and identity. It helps to acc
A Diary of Private Prayer: “I Would Kneel before Thee…” A Diary of Private Prayer: “Incline My Heart to Follow in His Way…” A Diary of Private Prayer: “The Great Fact for Which All Religion Stands…” A Diary Private Prayer: “The Call Is God’s, and the Response Is Mine…...
: a hymn of praise found in the third chapter of the book of Daniel in the Septuagint and included in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canons of the Old Testament and in the Protestant Apocrypha abbreviation Pr Aza, Pr Azar called also Song of the Three Holy Children see Bible ...
I ought not to give up the good old habit of prayer before going to bed; but guard must be kept against sleep. When I awake in the night, I ought to rise and pray. A little time after breakfast might be given to intercession." This was the praying plan of Robert McCheyne. The ...
Psalm 74-84 New Catholic Bible Psalm 74[a] Prayer in Time of Calamity 1 A maskil[b] of Asaph. Why, O God, have you cast us off forever? Why[c] does your anger blaze forth against the sheep of your pasture?2 Remember the people that you purchased long ago, the tribe that you ...
The psalmist does not seem to go before God with fixed and orderly petitions so much as simply to pour out his feelings and desires, whether sweet or bitter, troubled or peaceful. Consequently the prayers of the Psalmist consist of varying moods: complaint, supplication, confession, despondency,...
The Nicene Creed I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all worlds; God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God...
Praying in the Spirit Chapter VI. Always Praying and Not Fainting Chapter VII. Abiding in Christ Chapter VIII. Praying with Thanksgiving Chapter IX. Hindrances to Prayer Chapter X. When to Pray Chapter XI. The Need of A General Revival Chapter XII. The Place of Prayer Before and During Revi...
Augustine was steeped in pagan philosophy before he knew Scripture and from this, developed a concept of Christian love calledCaritas. He attempted a synthesis ofErosandAgape, which the early church rightly saw as two different and utterly contradictory concepts of love.Erosis the love of whatever...
In our communal enforced solitude we may have just the right hermitage for facing into the truth of ourselves and going deeper into our prayer and silence. In the Winter issue ofHoly Ground,which I wrote before the virus erupted, “Deep personal and communal changes are not something we roll...