Prayer beads

pleads, “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do...” (Luke 23: 34). If Jesus is capable of forgiving his abusers, then regular people should be expected to forgive others for transgressions. It is also an important part of the Lord 's Prayer. By forgiving each other, humanity can break the cycle of hate and ascend to something more…

got angry in the synagogue. She also did not like how he valued people more than animals. Zooey points out that Franny has not been saying the Jesus Prayer to Jesus. Rather, she has been saying it to “Jesus and St. Francis and Seymour and Heidi’s grandfather all in one”’ (Salinger 166). He tells her that her efforts in saying the Jesus Prayer are futile if she does not say it to Jesus. The Gutres family misinterprets the role of Christ because of their illiteracy. They change Christ into…

begins explaining the real meaning behind the prayers they have been saying and thinking. The stranger begins with the trying to make them understand that everything they ask for has a consequence for someone else. He used an example of a rainstorm being taken from one individual to satisfy the prayer given to another. Therefore, causing harm to the individual who had the rain taken away from them. He also goes ahead to examine and breakdown the other prayer that was kept silent but asked for…

Similar to how theater works, the setting sets the scene for a book. Authors use setting to let the reader picture what is happening; the more intricate a setting is the more a reader can visualize it. Authors also use setting to help the reader connect to the characters. JD Salinger and F Scott Fitzgerald both used detailed setting so the readers can picture where Franny and Zooey, and Gatsby and Nick are during the story. The setting plays an important role in how characters interact with each…

Theological Definition: Prayer Prayer is a privilege and an obligation of Christian where we communicate with God. It is how we convey our confession (1 John 1:9), requests (1 Tim. 2:1-3), intercessions (James 5:5), thanksgiving (Phil. 4:6), etc., to our holy God. We are commanded to pray (1 Thess. 5:17). The principle of pray is, prayer is our lifeline for victory, every person’s journey in prayer is as unique as they are, prayer begins with the voice of God. And He is waiting for your voice,…

Opening Prayer: Lord, we give you praise and thanks for this day, for your accompaniment throughout it as we encountered graces and trials, both beckoning us to draw us closer. We ask that you send your Holy Spirit down upon me as an instrument of your love and Word. May you reveal the hunger within each of us and satisfy it. As we pray together, "Bless us, O Lord, and these, Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty. Through Christ, our Lord. Amen. And bless the cook!"…

wasn’t sincere and I lacked compassion but Jesus changed all of that. My heart became softened. It started to be transformed. It didn’t happen all at once for me, it was a process that started with prayer. I turned to God on a daily basis, I began to memorize His Word, petitioning the Lord with prayer, looking for ways to bless God and others. I found my heart being drawn into the heart of Christ. I made Christ feel at home in my heart, after all He is the rightful owner of my heart and it…

War Prayer: A Psychological Analysis Samuel Langhorne Clemens, or more commonly known by his pseudonym Mark Twain, wrote the brilliant and powerful short story War Prayer as a result of his views on American Imperialism. War Prayer was originally penned in 1905, by which time Mark Twain had already traveled the world quite extensively and had seen the impact that the policies American and British Imperialism had other on countries around the world. War Prayer is Twain’s satirical attempt to…

pieces of satire that represent his idea of wartime emotions. An example of one of these satirical pieces is Twain’s The War Prayer. In Mark Twain’s “The War Prayer,” he uses various satirical devices, such as hyperbole and irony, in order to convey his opinion on the connection between religion and war. One of the satirical devices that Mark Twain uses in his piece “The War Prayer” is hyperbole. Twain uses hyperbole, exaggeration, to express his beliefs and argue his opinions on war. He states…

Authors profusely use themes to add dimension, help the reader understand, and direct the reader in following the path of novel’s intention. Providing a novel with the structural value of a theme, the author keeps the reader guided. In a Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving uses themes to combine the complexity of his work. Without the theme of religion/doubt tying in with fate versus free will, the novel would lose substance and value. Faith and religion, without a doubt, is the underlying main…