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I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.~Abraham Lincoln

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23 февраля 2014, Богослужения Недели о Страшном суде / 23 February 2014, Services of the Sunday of the Last Judgment

SHARANA, Afghanistan - Members of the South Dakota Army National Guard's 211th Engineer Company (sappers), which is attached to the 203rd Engineer Battalion of the Missouri Army National Guard, bow their heads in prayer prior to departing on a route clearance mission Nov. 30. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jon E. Dougherty)

O Lord, why did I make my robe with striped fabric?

Prayer Flags/Baltimore

A woman flips the pages of her scripture book at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

Catholic tradition says this is the site where Christ was crucified. New evidence, largely considered only by protestants, instead suggests the site was actually outside the current walls of the Old City, near the garden tomb.

Mary's house is a holy site for both Christians and Muslims. The Muslims have a tradition of writing a prayer on a piece of paper or fabric and tying it onto something near a holy site.

I found them lying around on the ground and they looked really cool.

At Fairhaven Methodist Church's day of prayer.

Click on for the full story methodist.org.uk/news-and-events/the-buzz/the-buzz-archiv...

Some Tibetan Buddhist Prayer flags, Lhasa.

during the winter months, 5 times a month, the women of this village pray to Tara, a tibetan goddess. this involves one day of only prayers, one day of no speaking and no eating and a final day of only prayers again. Each time a different woman in the village plays host. I was very lucky to be here when it happened - had never heard of it.

Bhutan, that once-secretive, still-exotic, Himalayan Kingdom, is a sensory feast for the photographic enthusiast. You could be nowhere else!

For the story, please visit: www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/travel/prayers-on-the-wind-f...

Prayer Breakfast Held by Marylanders for Marriage Equality. by Jay Baker at Annapolis, Md.

Prayer flags and detail of stupa

Prayer flags in front of the temple, Kyotso Lhakang.

see also the Legend of Kyotso Lhakang

Muslim prayers in Daniel's Tomb, Samarkand

Prayer Wheel on the path to the Tiger's Nest.

Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria

Each person in church this morning was given a coloured label and invited to write the name of someone they wished to pray for and hang it on this tree. This is before the service started - there were well over a hundred later. We were particularly asked to think of those who do not know Christ

""The story begins when guests are transported to a distant world of exploration and the mythical village of Serka Zong. A canopy of prayer flags, an ornamental monastery, intricately carved totems, and a garden of stone carvings..."

-- allears.net

Once again...I love the details at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Here are some stone prayer tablets outside of Expedition Everest.

(Disney's Animal Kingdom -- Asia -- Expedition Everest)

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Prayer flags connecting Tsemo Castle in Leh with a beacon on the adjacent hill.

tears and prayers for the people of Haiti

Prayer service at Sunderganj Mennonite Church.

Citation: Photo 24, Dharmtari Christian Hospital Centenary Celebration Records, 2010. HM1-138SC. Mennonite Church USA Archives - Goshen. Goshen, Indiana.

7.5.207.VOCATIONS SUNDAY TO BE MARKED IN IRELAND WITH THE LAUNCH OF NEW PRAYER INITIATIVE..Vocations Sunday was marked this year with the launch of a new vocations prayer initiative. 2017 marks 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima. To coincide with the event the Bishops Council for vocations in collaboration with St Joseph's Young Priests Society, Knights of St Columbanus and Vocations Ireland are asking that on the opening day of the centenary celebrations on 13th May a time of prayer will be held for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life in Ireland. The prayer initiative was launched today (7.5.17) to coincide with the broadcast of the annual vocations Sunday Mass on RTE TV. Pic shows Brenda Drumm (Council for Vocations), Margaret Cartwright (Vocations Ireland) Fr Willie Purcell (National Coordinator for Diocesan Vocations) and Gareth Carroll (Knights of St Columbanus) at the launch of the Prayer initiative today (7.5.17) to coincide with the broadcast of annual vocations sunday mass on RTE TV. Pic John Mc Elroy. NO REPRO FE. Further Info Brenda Drumm 00353 (0) 87 3104444.

No sopé da estátua do Dr. Sousa Martins no Campo Mártires da Pátria em Lisboa.

Sacramento Alumnae Chapter Annual Prayer Brunch. Pictured here Chapter President. Guest Speaker and Event Chairperson.

These are the prayer wheels that line the outside of the Buddhist Stupas in Nepal. They have the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum written on them. These ones are from the Swayambhunath Stupa.

islamic prayer rug

prayer time at the blue mosque istanbul

#3894 - 2018 Day 241: I worked in the zen corner of our garden today. We've added another little energy boost in the form of some prayer flags. Space matters; I felt more prductive here than in the office...

Prayer flags flutter in the wind above the Thimphu valley.

Prayer scroll - Courtesy of the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta

Evening prayers on Dasahwamedh ghaat

Heart printed in response to Prayer for Japan letterpress appeal/exhibit...

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Monotype Arabesque (Granjon) Ornaments 219, 310, 311, 312, 314, 315

Sikh Candlelight Prayer Ceremony. by Jay Baker at Randallstown, MD.

Rewalsar, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Prayer at the Buddhist temple of Sarnath Varanasi, India

Command Sgt. Maj. Finis Dodson, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command command sergeant major, speaks during the command's Prayer Breakfast at The Summit of Redstone, May 7, at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.

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わが街、東京都板橋区赤塚は、これと言って観光名所になるような所もない、ごく普通の街です。

古くから人々が暮らしてきた場所なので、神社や仏閣がそれなりにあり、また東京大仏という盧舎那仏の大仏があります。

東京大仏は、かつて東京を襲った関東大震災や東京大空襲など悲惨な震災や戦災が再び起きないよう願いを込め昭和52年に建立された大仏様です。

まだ新しいためか、残念ながら東京都民の間ですら知名度が低いのですが、東関東大震災の後、大仏像の前の焼香壇には付近の住人の祈りを込めた線香の煙が絶えることがありません。

東京近郊にお住まいの方、機会あれば是非、東京大仏(乗蓮寺)へお越しください。

祈りを込めた漆黒の大仏像は、今日も世界が、そして日本が平和であるよう、見守ってくれています。

by #162 樹理庵 (Woodenship)