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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A child praying before lunch in the United States, during the Great Depression in 1936. The efficacy of prayerhas been studied since at least 1872, generally through experimentsto determine whether prayeror intercessory prayerhas a measurable effecton the health of the person for whom prayer is offered.
e. In Western Christianity, Lectio Divina ( Latin for "Divine Reading") is a traditional monastic practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intended to promote communion with God and to increase the knowledge of God's word. [1] In the view of one commentator, it does not treat Scripture as texts to be studied, but as the living word ...
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 ...
December 1912. ( 1912-12) The anonymous text that is usually called the Prayer of Saint Francis (or Peace Prayer, or Simple Prayer for Peace, or Make us an Instrument of Your Peace) is a widely known Christian prayer for peace. Often associated with the Italian Saint Francis of Assisi ( c. 1182 – 1226), but entirely absent from his writings ...
Sinner's prayer. William Holman Hunt 's 19th century The Light of the World is an allegory of Jesus knocking on the door of the sinner's heart. The Sinner's prayer (also called the Consecration prayer and Salvation prayer) is an evangelical Baptist term referring to any prayer of repentance, prayed by individuals who feel sin in their lives and ...
Centering prayer is a form of Christian contemplative prayer, to center awareness on the presence of God. [web 1] [web 2] This modern movement in Christianity was initiated by three Trappist monks of St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts in the 1970s, Fr. William Meninger, Fr. M. Basil Pennington and Abbot Thomas Keating, in response to the growing popularity of Asian meditation methods.
Qutbi Bohra) Islam portal. v. t. e. Salah ( Arabic: ٱلصَّلَاةُ, romanized : aṣ-Ṣalāh) is the principal form of worship in Islam. Facing Mecca, it consists of units called rak'ah (specific set of movements), during which the Quran is recited, and prayers from the Sunnah are typically said. The number of rak'ah varies from prayer ...
30 New Year's Prayers. 1. "Dear God, Thank you that you make all things new. Thank you for all that you've allowed into our lives this past year, the good along with the hard things, which have ...