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Those who know Your name trust You,
for You do not abandon those who turn to You, O LORD. PSALM 9 v11 TANAKH TRANSLATION The Jewish Publication Society |
by IncensePSALM 141 v 2 RSV CE
Let my prayer be counted as incense before thee, and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice. |
King of Kings..........our Lord Jesus Christ
He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords. 1st Timothy 6:15 NKJV |
In the gesture that he makes the interior disposition of the individual asserts itself.
NUMBERS ch 16 v46, 47, 48. RSV. And Moses said to Aaron, "Take your censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense in it, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them;for wrath has gone forth from the LORD, the plague has begun." |
King of ISRAELNathan replied "Rabbi you are the Son of God! You are the King of ISRAEL.
JOHN 1:49 NRSV the twelve tribes of Israel considered themselves,collectively to be the Kingdom of God |
47 So Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly; and
behold, the plague had already begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stopped. 49 Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred....... |
King over all the earthThe Lord has established His throne in heaven and His kingdom rules over all.
Bless the LORD, you His angels,who excel in strength, who do His word heeding the voice of His word |
50 And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent meeting
when the plague was stopped. WISDOM ch18 v21 RSV CE ....he brought forward the shield of his ministry, prayer and propitiation by incense ; |
Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, you servants of His, who do His pleasure.
Bless the LORD, all His works, in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD , O my soul ! PSALM 103 : 19-22 NKJV And the LORD shall be King over all the earth.... ZECHARIAH 14:13 |
Inclusive PrayerOur oneness in God's Love and our oneness in the community of God's love
means that Christian prayer arises in a framework of compassionate inclusiveness. The Love is inclusive, The forgiveness is inclusive. |
Kyrios LORDBelieve in the LORD 2 CHRONICLES 20:20
Trust in the LORD PROVERBS 3:5 Hope in the LORD PSALM 31: 24 |
Christian Prayer is as inclusive as the community of God's Love.
1 TIMOTHY ch2 v1 I exhort therefore ,that, first of all, supplications, prayers,intercessions, and thanksgiving, be made for all men . |
Be glad in the LORD PSALM 32:11
Be joyful in the LORD PSALM 35:9 Be strong in the LORD EPHESIANS 6:10 Stand fast in the LORD PHILIPPIANS 4:1 Rejoice in the LORD always PHILIPPIANS 4:4 |
We bring all humanity before Him (Our Father)
God's love has no bounds neither should our prayer. ( cf Nostra Actate 5) By grace the believer can be set free to transcend the possibilities of his own nature and to attain that freedom in Christ in which all are comprehended in love. |
Rest in the LORD PSALM 37:7
Wait on the LORD PSALM 37:9 Serve the LORD with gladness PSALM 100:2 You shall know the LORD HOSEA 2:20 Call on the LORD 2 TIMOTHY 2:22 |
All mankind ( every person ) can actually be loved in this way by the believer abiding in God.
1 TIMOTHY ch2 v4...... This is good and is acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. |
Blessed be the LORD 1 KINGS 1:48
Glory in the LORD 1 CORINTHIANS 1:31 Testify in the LORD EPHESIANS 4:17 Make melody in your heart to the LORD EPHESIANS 5:19 Love the LORD thy GOD DEUTERONOMY 6:5 |
indulgenced prayersIndulgenced prayers provide us with the mind of the Church. They reproduce sentiments that the Church wants us to cultivate and possess. We never need
worry that we are praying for the wrong thing. |
Kurios;
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We gain the indulgences by performing some work and / or saying a prayer stipulated by the Church.
A partial indulgence removes part of the temporal punishment due for sin. A plenary indulgence removes all of the temporal punishment due for sin. |
master of the harvest (Mat 9:38) (Luke 10:2)
master of the Sabbath (Mat 12:8) (Mark 2:28) master and teacher (Mat 8:25) (Luke 9:54) Kyrios is the precise term used consistently throughout the LXX to translate the tettragammaton, God's holy and personal name yhwh (Hebrew) |
Informal PrayerGod is present in all things, as he is their Creator. To attend to God in creation, that is at all times, can be called INFORMAL PRAYER.
This wide term can include the Ignatian spirituality of "finding God in all things" |
Christ the King in the least of these.MATTHEW 25:37-40 NRSV STUDY BIBLE
Lord , when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and |
And what Nadalas called "contempation in action"
Informal Prayer might include personal renewal of consecration and of good intention---every morning in the context of God's presence in creation...... Prayer at such stimulus points as beauty, tragedy ,joy and pain, the practice of the sacrament of the present moment. J.P. De Caussade. |
welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing ? And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?.
And the King will answer them, Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me. |
Infused PrayerWhat St. Teresa calls "prayer of union", St John of the Cross calls " the night of the senses " or " the night of the Spirit" a state which the soul reaches before the Holy Spirit Takes over completely.
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MATTHEW 10:42
If anyone gives so much as a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple then in truth I tell you he will most certainly not go without his reward. |
St . John of the Cross, describing this state wrote " It means God wants them to stop praying so He can pray within their souls Himself.
Inclusive prayer in love moves to grateful meditation which by grace leads to a contemplation during which the heavenly peace which has descended on muscle and brain, in a pleasantly disabling sort of way, also turns up our awareness of ;- |
The Lambfor the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them
to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. REVELATION 7:17 NKJV |
the divine presence, which is a pillar of our cerebral faith, but which now has become personal heart beating reality.
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Blessing and honour and glory and power
Be to Him who sits on the throne And to the Lamb, forever and ever. REVELATION 5:13 NKJV. |