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acrylic. underneath the paint lies the prayers of 40 women from around the world. for more info visit www.lilywheelslide.com/2012/02/your-prayer-painting.html
These ribbons are pinned near the Reunification Bridge, a little railway bridge that links North Korea and South Korea. They are prayers of peace, of hopes of reunification and prayers for family members.
Mike, tour guide, and Giles in the main prayer hall, Jama Masjid, Dehli, India.
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In the woods of Golden Gate Park, atop a tall hill is Prayer Book Cross. Written on the face of the cross:
Presented to Golden Gate Park at the opening of the Midwinter Fair, January 1, A.D. 1894 as a memorial of the service held on the shore of Drake's Bay about St. John Baptist's Day, June 24, Anno Domini 1579, by Francis Fletcher, Priest of the Church of England, Chaplain of Sir Francis Drake, Chronicler of the Service.
First Christian Service in the English tongue on our coast. First use of the Book of Common Prayer in our Country. One of the first recorded missionary prayers on our Continent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcoqJCJlHbQ
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Hey, when seas will cover lands
And when men will be no more
Don’t think you can forgive you
Another prayer station. This one was simply a place to write your prayers on paper and hang them up.
Worship venue on HOPE at Open Space church, Tucson.
The city of Benares or Kashi is traditionally called Mahashamshana, ‘the great cremation ground’. Hindus believe that cremation at the holy city insures moksha, or final liberation of the soul from the endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
Dying persons and dead bodies from far-off places are brought to Kashi for cremation in the wood burning flames of Manikarnika.
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer emcees the Second Annual Peacekeepers and Prayer Leaders Luncheon with NJSP Police Superintendent Colonel Patrick Callahan, New Jersey Office of Homeland Security Director Laurie Doran, New Jersey First Assistant Attorney General Lyndsay Ruotolo, New Jersey Bias Crime Officers Association President David D’Amico, Robert Wood Johnson’s Stephanie De-Rosa Hillman, Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Sgt. Melissa Rose, Rabbi Abe Friedman and Reverend Jame Occhipinti in Toms River, N.J. on Thursday, March 30, 2023. (New Jersey State Police / Tim Larsen)
No, it wasn't my sister, my father, my friend
it was a part of me that died.
I watched my city burn today,
watched it fight, fall. Watched it cry.
Watched in the safety of my home,
surrounded by family and friends,
while other lost theirs to this deadly theatrical act,
which seemed like it would never end
A few men, a few guns, their crazed ruthlessness,
calmly entering through the sea..
ending hundreds of lives, breaking thousands more.
making a billion more like me.
It seems surreal our very existence,
there's a void that can't be filled.
hollow and helpless, we wait, mute spectators
watching our people being killed
There have been heroes, who without a second thought,
for us laid down their lives.
In the futility of it all, their courage, their sacrifice,
inspires us in our strife.
Yet with every tragic unnecessary death,
I see the very value of life fall.
Who till an hour ago was somebody's husband,
is but another number to us all.
No, it wasn't my sister, my father, my friend.
it was for mankind that I cried.
For I watched humanity burn today.
Watched it fight, fall and die.
- Author unknown, but simply incredible.
Thanks to the thread www.paai.in/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6048, Satvir, who has put across this poem in his thread.
Disclaimer : If you happen to be the author of this poem, first - this is just so touching, second - please let me know I will be more than happy to give all the credits to you.
Hundreds gathered on March 7 at New Bridge Baptist Church to hear Dr. Donald Whitney and Dr. Gordon Fort as they spoke on the subject of prayer.
Candles lit symbolizing prayers offered to the Blessed Mother for her intercession for the laity with the intention of helping the laity reach Jesus
This prayer was lead by a Puertorrican Female Sheikh, who is the spiritual leader of the Halveti Jerrahi Sufi Order of Mexico
The head monks of Cambodia's two Buddhist sects lead prayers at an event in the capital Phnom Penh, circa 2004
A young woman writes her wish on a wooden ema or votive tablet at Meiji Jingu and hangs it alongside the hundreds of others that have been left since the previous New Year's celebration (oshogatsu). Each year, the animal depicted on the tablet usually changes to coincide with Chinese astrology -- 2004 was the year of the monkey.
(These black and white shots from 2004 were taken during my parents' trip to Japan when I was showing them around).
Harajuku, Tokyo, 2004
Giant prayer wheels in the Ghoom Monestary,Darjeling,India. By spinning the giat wheels (drums) the prayers are sent heavenwards. I believe they are spin continuously 24 hours a day every day of the year. They are bronze coated with gold leaf.
Each morning seminarians can take advantage of the opportunity for time in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. This time of prayer is optional.
People come from near and far for morning prayers.
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these three 2 metre-high paryer wheels were discovered by the North Sikkim Highway, enclosed in a tiny shack built over a stream, where the force of the water could be utilised to turn the wheels. (On each turn of the wheel a prayer goes up to heaven, thus creating Good Karma... or so they say... I wonder what the historical Buddha would have to say if he saw such attempts to effectively automate the process of enlightenment...)