Word: prayers
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...word "debts" probably appears in the Lord's Prayer through a mistranslation of the Aramaic word Christ used-a word which can also mean "sins." > The parable of the Prodigal Son parallels ancient Sumerian and Nuzi inheritance laws...
...which a newsreel of the Commissioner was shown." He transferred all four Dutch radio transmitting stations to State ownership because of sly jibes in their broadcasts. He was outraged by a decision of the annual synod of the Dutch Reformed Church to begin all church services with a prayer for "Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina, other members of the Royal Family and The Netherlands Government." He lost all patience when the churchmen informed him that and-Jewish laws were contrary to Christian ideals and asked him to withdraw them. To show the Protestants what might be in store for them...
...edged through the rose window, on the guard of honor, the Union Jack, the Ambassadors, the Supreme Court Justices, the generals, the Cabinet officers, the wreaths of chrysanthemums from President Roosevelt, of laurel and palm from King George VI. In the middle of the service there was a special prayer: "Most merciful and compassionate God and Father of all men, we commend to Thy loving care and protection the people of Great Britain. In this hour of their need do Thou strengthen and sustain them. Guard and save them from the violence of their enemies...
...Cologne the Nazis were able to get Catholic churches to pray not for victory but "for our soldiers." The prayer also included a pointed reference to Saint Conrad of Parzham, a Bavarian monk whom Pope Pius XI canonized in 1934 as an example of deep humility as opposed to Naziism's "racial pride which is neither Christian nor human." In Munster, the massive, adroit bishop, Count Clemens August von Galen, instead of telling his diocese to pray for victory, ordered daily recitation of the prayer: "Lord, grant us peace! Queen of Heaven, pray...
...served in the Navy during World War I, has been at big (1,419 communicants), fashionable St. Luke's since 1924. There he has introduced, but not publicized, two services which most Episcopalians do not even know exist, though provision was made for them in the last prayer-book revision of 1928. These are Holy Unction (anointment of the sick with olive oil specially blessed by a bishop), and a Laying on of Hands at the altar rail for spiritual healing. Father Conkling says: "I have never known a single case where there was not some benefit, spiritual...