a liturgical lesson for a particular day
31PRAYER — PRAYER, the offering of petition, confession, adoration or thanksgiving to God. In the Bible The concept of prayer is based on the conviction that God exists, hears, and answers (Ps. 65:3; cf. 115:3–7) – that He is a personal deity. In a sense it …
32Soferim (Talmud) — Rabbinic Literature Talmudic literature Mishnah • Tosefta Jerusalem Talmud • Babylonian Talmud Minor tractates Halakhic Midrash Mekhilta de Rabbi Yishmael (Exodus) Mekhilta de Rabbi Shimon (Exodus) Sifra (Leviticus) Sifre (Numbers Deuteronomy)… …
33The Benedictine Order — The Benedictine Order † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Benedictine Order The Benedictine Order comprises monks living under the Rule of St. Benedict, and commonly known as black monks . The order will be considered in this article under… …
34Office of the Dead — The Office of the Dead is a prayer cycle of the Liturgy of the Hours in the Roman Catholic Church, said for the repose of the soul of a decedent. It is the proper reading on All Souls Day (normally November 2) for all souls in Purgatory, and can… …
35Rohan Hours — The Grandes Heures de Rohan (French = The Grand Hours of Rohan ; Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, M.S. Latin 9471; commonly known as The Rohan Hours) is an illuminated manuscript Book of Hours, painted by the anonymous artist, the Rohan Master,… …
36Book of Job — The Book of Job (, various interpolations have been claimed to have been made in the text of the central poem. The most common such claims are of two kinds: the parallel texts , which are parallel developments of the corresponding passages in the …
37Poul Anderson — Infobox Science Fiction Writer name = Poul Anderson caption = Poul Anderson on the cover of F SF ; painting by Kelly Freas pseudonym = A. A. Craig, Michael Karageorge, Winston P. Sanders, P. A. KingsleyCite… …
38Chronology of Jesus — See also: Gospel harmony, Historical Jesus, and Historicity of Jesus Medieval Russian icon depicting the life of Jesus. The Chronology of Jesus aims to establish a historical order for some of the events of the life of Jesus in the four… …
39Epistle — An epistle (pronounced [ɪˈpɪsəl] ) (Greek επιστολη, epistolē, letter ) is a writing directed or sent to a person or group of persons, usually a letter and a very formal, often didactic and elegant one. The letters in the New Testament from… …
40Yahweh — For information about Yahweh, see God in Abrahamic religions, which provides useful links. Yahweh is an English transliteration of he. יַהְוֶה a 19th century proposed punctuation of he. יהוה (the Tetragrammaton), which is the distinctive personal …
