Word: prays
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...whatever the angle, the conclusion was the same. "With all of our best efforts, neither my generation nor the younger generation is going to bring utopia to earth. Only Christ will do that. We are to work at it and pray for it but ultimately and eventually utopia will only come when human nature has been transformed." Then he'd raise his arms and voice in a clarion call to the unsaved to come forward and accept Christ. He had confronted them with problems of human relations, of social inequality, of government corruption--problems that dwarf men into insignificance...
...Catholics' chill and poignant ending, the abbot capitulates to Rome, then has to repair the shattered faith of his charges by leading them in prayer, a communal task he has long avoided. He knows, as he begins to pray, that the action will plunge his bleak but compassionate soul into an endless spiritual void. As the camera closes in on Howard's tortured, searching eyes, it captures all the anguish of the dark night of the Soul...
...prove their Americanism, continued to reshape traditional Jewish customs and worship toward the image of Protestantism. The vernacular replaced Hebrew as the principal language of worship; organ music and Sunday services became widely popular. Confirmation replaced the bar mitzvah; dietary restrictions were relaxed. While Orthodox Jews continued to pray, in the traditional phrase, for their return "next year" to Jerusalem, Reform Jews became anti-Zionist, awaiting instead a "universal" kingdom...
...then he should be impeached. If you are going to have a democracy, you've got to take the people in to your confidence. You have to sit down and be friends with people who don't agree with you. This is a part of leadership. I pray for the President. I cry for him. If he asked me for spiritual advice, I'd give it to him. But he hasn...
Five prominent activists this week beseeched American college students to fast and pray against racism on Thanksgiving...