“Good Lord, on my son’s birthday I thank you for giving me the best thing I have ever had, and pray that he would have a blessed birthday and a long life. As he is a new year older today, I thank you for the memories of past year and pray this special prayer for my beloved...
St Paul prayed, was dead. Outside the Bible the proof of the early use of prayers for the dead has been carried a step farther by Professor Ramsay's discoveries, for it is now impossible to doubt the genuineness of the copy (contained in the spurious acts of the saint) of the inscript...
At Beth David, a Reform congregation in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, a Yom Kippur afternoon “Yizkor/Memorial Service for 10/7 Victims” will “shift from personal mourning to our communal mourning.” Some groups will take the rituals of Yizkor to mark October 7th to make a pointed political stateme...
The celebration of the Christian season of Advent has two aspects to it. The first is one of personal anticipation and preparation in being ready to celebrate the coming of the Messiah Jesus in a manger in Bethlehem. The second element is the expectation and longing for Christ to come again...
Wedding Wishes And Messages For Niece 31. I’m so excited to celebrate a momentous occasion in your life with you Today. I’m honored to be part of this celebration, and I wish you all the best as you begin your new life together. ...
Make All Saints day more than a kind of congregational memorial day. Make it a festival of the whole church, a day of baptismal renewal, a day to thank God that, by grace, all of us who truly “want to be in that number” surely will be. By these and many other practices, make ...
Mother's Day has historically been a day to honor Moms everywhere. Traditionally Moms were recognized in Church. Parishioners wore symbolic carnations as a means to honor mothers both living and dead. So it’s natural that prayers would take a central part in any Mother’s Day celebration. ...
Make All Saints day more than a kind of congregational memorial day. Make it a festival of the whole church, a day of baptismal renewal, a day to thank God that, by grace, all of us who truly “want to be in that number” surely will be. By these and many other practices, make ...
This makes the diverse liturgical tradition of the Middle Ages especially suitable for posing historical questions The Carolingian Libri memoriales have a particular significance in this group of texts. They record many thousands of names, originally set out in an ordered system which, in the course...
This is your special day, my dearest mother. My prayer for you today is that God never stops showering His divine blessings in your life. Have a beautiful birthday celebration. I want to tell the whole world of how great a mother you are to me. May the light of God shine on you eve...