Word: prayerfulness
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...slight of build in simple, but heavy white papal vestments for the cold morning. His normally brisk walk was even brisker than usual, seemingly eager to arrive before the pascal candle to pray. Silently he knelt down, and remained on his knees, eyes open, but otherwise lost in his prayer for more than two minutes...
...prayer he read was a simple and direct, a call for peace and comprehension: "God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the earth. Turn to your way of love those whose hearts and minds are consumed with hatred. God of understanding, overwhelmed by the magnitude of this tragedy, we seek your light and guidance as we confront such terrible events...
...collection began with a small prayer rug purchased from a souk in the old city of Damascus, to celebrate the safe completion of a stint working in Iraq. The Syrian capital has always been a particularly good place to shop for rugs, ever since Silk Road travelers from the great weaving cultures of Central Asia passed through this final arc of the fertile crescent on their way to the Holy lands. Those days are long gone, but Iranian pilgrims visiting Shi'ite Muslim shrines in Syria still sometimes bring in rugs as a way to circumvent Tehran's restrictions...
...Somerville’s Either/Orchestra, a ten-piece fusion group influenced by Sun Ra that has been working with Astatke since 2004, deftly navigated his delicate balance of Ethiopian and American tonality.The performance opened with a music video based on Astatke’s study of the maqwammiya, a prayer staff used in ceremonies of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The music featured a traditional Ethiopian chant backed by synthesizers, strings, and African percussion instruments such as the timbale. The strings and synthesizers played Ethiopian scales, but the arrangement drew heavily on European classical music, setting up tension through suspended notes...
...markets any number of recipes for human fulfillment." Said he: "I think in particular of our need to speak to the hearts of young people who, despite their constant exposure to messages contrary to the Gospel, continue to thirst for authenticity, goodness and truth." Key to all this is prayer itself, which can even address the nagging vocations shortage in America by allowing a would-be priest to know that it is his destiny. "If they know how to pray, they can be trusted to know what to do with God's call...