Word: prayers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Roman Catholic Christian, I read with great joy your article on a possible Anglican and Catholic accord. I believe separated Christians feel a deep loneliness for one another and wish that "all may be one." Our hope and joy, translated into prayer and love, will hasten that blessed...
...Montt was approached by the Christian Democrats last October about possibly becoming a vice-presidential candidate. At that time, he asked the church elders for permission to run. "During a three-day fast and prayer session," says DeGolyer, "we received some prophecies." The message: the general's time would come in the future...
...Montt needed more time to confer with church leaders. This time they gave their approval. As Ríos Montt sat with eyes closed and palms uplifted in prayer, the elders laid their hands on his head and shoulders and asked for God's blessing. An army helicopter arrived 30 minutes later to pick up the general, but he already had departed. Church members had driven him to the National Plaza in a car with darkly tinted windows, so that he would not be spotted. An elder was sitting by his side to witness the unfolding events...
...unrepentant to the end. "I know I broke no laws," said Senator Harrison Williams before all 99 of his colleagues. He had been victimized by the FBI, "ruthless con men bearing hunting licenses," said the New Jersey Democrat. He quoted the Lord's Prayer ("Lead us not into temptation") and volunteered that "God Almighty had something to do with all of this." And then he resigned. "I leave in good spirits, good heart and strong resolve. I feel no stain. I've been strengthened...
Liberal or conservative, professors agree Ely's brand of judicial restraint could prove popular with the ascendancy of conservatism in Washington. Yet Ely brands as "probably unconstitutional" the recent efforts of the Far Right to limit the Court's jurisdiction on matters ranging from school prayer to busing to abortion. Still, conservatives appreciate the hands-off approach Ely would take on many cases. And the one current member whom Ely says has come close to following the tenets of his theory. Justice Byron "Whizzer White, has usually opposed scrutinizing legislation that allegedly violates so-called "fundamental rights," and future Reagan...