Word: pray
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...believe totally," emphasizes Father Christian, "in the New Testament, especially Matthew 5:44 ['But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you.']" At the center of the Process belief is the "Law of the Universe," manifest in Christ's belief that "as you give, so shall you receive." It is, for them, a law reflected everywhere. Those who have difficulties in life are only receiving what they have put into life; those who kill must expect...
...went on, "without associating it in my mind, as bishop and pastor, with thoughts of the abandonment, of the flight of so many brethren in the priesthood." His voice shaking, the Pontiff castigated the "vile earthly reasons" many had for leaving the priesthood and asked the congregation to pray "for those runaway brethren and for the communities they deserted and scandalized...
...Incumbent Mayor Justin Lacaze planned to build a stone's throw from the site of Bernadette's vision. If he were removed from office, Lacaze threatened, ecclesiastical authorities might build a parking lot in a meadow on the other side of the grotto, enabling pilgrims to park, pray and go away without even passing through Lourdes (pop. 18,000). But townsfolk failed to fall for that and for the first time in history voted in an anticlerical Radical Socialist Francois Abadie, who opposed building a garage anywhere...
...Taylor sings with "dignity," "restraint" and talent, then what adjectives, pray tell, are we to use for the Bernsteins, Coplands, Mozarts and even Sinatras of the world...
...cutout page of emergency telephone numbers-for firemen, police, suicide prevention, addict assistance, a 24-hour locksmith, air pollution, a poison-control center and dial-a-prayer. The recorded prayer: "Oh Lord, I am very aware that I live in a world of muggers and purse snatchers. I earnestly pray for help to keep my perspective . . . and even if I am a victim of a crime, that I might pray for those who have thus abused...