Word: prays
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Recognizing The Da Vinci Code as fiction, I was surprised to learn that Opus Dei actually exists. But your description of the society as secretive was really not fair. People who pray regularly have a quiet confidence that God knows them. Avoiding a public show of faith is not being secretive. CLEMENT SILVA Bangalore, India
...puzzling that people join Opus Dei to live their faith on a daily basis. Anyone can do so without joining an esoteric group. One simply has to attend church, pray regularly, be sincere in trying to live a good life and become an active member of the local parish--no self-flagellation required. Perhaps that is too simple, similar to the injunctions in The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 25, which remind us that we treat Jesus as we treat one another. (THE REV.) TOM ZELINSKI Marathon...
...Cheney - and our own Tony Blair - committed the U.S. and its allies to a disastrous war. I wonder whether Bush & Co. ever go to the many war monuments just down the road from the White House and look at the memorials to a terrible waste of good men. I pray that in the next presidential election, someone will appear who will make the U.S. a respected and honorable country once again. David Landau Peacehaven, England Still Struggling in Kashmir Strangely enough, beauty with brains and guts is what comes to my mind when I think of Kashmir [April...
...Muslim students at Harvard, McLoughlin’s pledge is significant because it means that they will not have to travel past Central Square to the nearest mosque in order to pray...
...pity that the American public was not privileged to hear the dissenting voices of professional soldiers such as Lieut. General Greg Newbold [April 17] before incompetent civilians like George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney-- and Tony Blair--launched a disastrous war. I pray that in the next presidential election someone will appear to make America a respected and honorable country once again...