A prayer is a set formula of words that is addressed to a diety or other object of worship.
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| x Lord's Prayer |
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The Lord's Prayer (also called the Pater Noster or Our Father) is a central prayer in Christianity. In the New Testament of the Christian Bible, it appears in two forms: in the Gospel of Matthew as part of the discourse on ostentation in the Sermon...
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| x Kol Nidre |
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Kol Nidre (also known as Kol Nidrei and Kal Nidre and Col Nidre) (Aramaic: כָּל נִדְרֵי) is an Aramaic declaration recited in the synagogue before the beginning of the evening service on every Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Though not a prayer,...
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| x Yishtabach |
Yishtabach (Hebrew: ישתבח) (Hebrew: "[ God ] be praised") is a prayer in the final portion of the Pesukei Dezimra morning prayers of Judaism known as shacharit, recited before the second kaddish leading to the Shema prayers.
The theme of the number...
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| x Priestly Blessing |
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The priestly blessing or priestly benediction, (Hebrew: ברכת כהנים; translit. birkat kohanim), also known as raising of the hands (Hebrew nesiat kapayim), or Dukhanen (from the Yiddish word dukhan - platform - because the blessing is given from a...
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| x Shema Yisrael |
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Shema Yisrael (or Sh'ma Yisrael or just Shema) (Hebrew: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל; "Hear, [O] Israel") are the first two words of a section of the Torah (Hebrew Bible) that is a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services. The first verse...
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| x Kaddish |
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Kaddish (קדיש, Qaddish Aramaic: "holy"; alternate spellings, qaddish, ḳaddish) is a prayer found in the Jewish prayer service. The central theme of the Kaddish is the magnification and sanctification of God's name. In the liturgy different versions...
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| x Hallel |
Hallel (Hebrew: הלל, "Praise") is a Jewish prayer—a verbatim recitation from Psalms 113-118, which is used for praise and thanksgiving that is recited by observant Jews on Jewish holidays.
Hallel consists of six Psalms (113–118), which are said as...
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| x Ein Keloheinu |
Ein Keloheinu (in Hebrew: אֱין כֱּאלֹהֱינוּ, "there is none like our God") is a well known Jewish hymn. Orthodox Jews pronounce it as Ein Kelokeinu when referring to it outside of prayer, in order to avoid taking the name of God in vain or...
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| x Yigdal |
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Yigdal (Hebrew: יִגְדָּל; yighdāl, or Hebrew: יִגְדַּל; yighdal; means "Magnify [O Living God]") is a Jewish hymn which in various rituals shares with Adon 'Olam the place of honor at the opening of the morning and the close of the evening service...
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| x Birkat Hamazon |
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Birkat Hamazon or Birkath Hammazon, (Hebrew: ברכת המזון ; trans. Blessing on Nourishment), known in English as the Grace After Meals, (Yiddish: בענטשן; translit. bentshn or "to bless"; Yinglish: Benching. Actually a corruption of the word ...
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| x Shehecheyanu |
The Shehecheyanu blessing (Hebrew: שהחינו, "Who has given us life") is a common Jewish prayer said to celebrate special occasions. It is said to be thankful for new and unusual experiences. The blessing has been recited by Jews for nearly 2000...
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| x Tefilat HaDerech |
Tefilat HaDerech or the Traveler's Prayer or Wayfarer's Prayer in English, is a prayer for a safe journey recited by Jews, when they travel, by air, sea, and even on long car trips. It is recited at the onset of every journey, and preferably done...
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| x Hail Mary |
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The Angelic Salutation, Hail Mary, or Ave Maria (Latin) is a traditional biblical Catholic prayer asking for the intercession of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. The Hail Mary is used within the Catholic Church, and it forms the basis of the...
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| x Anaphora |
The Anaphora is the most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy (or Mass), in which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as the body and blood of Christ. This is the usual name for this part of the Liturgy in Greek-speaking Eastern...
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| x Dala'il al-Khayrat |
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Dala'il al-Khayrat or Dalaail u'l Khayraat Wa Shawaariq u'l Anwaar Fee Zikri's Salaat Alan Nabiyyi'l Mukhtaar (meaning the Waymarks of Benefits and the Brilliant Burst of Sunshine in the Remembrance of Blessings on the Chosen Prophet) is a famous...
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| x Jesus Prayer |
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The Jesus Prayer (Greek: Η Προσευχή του Ιησού, i prosefchí tou iisoú) or "The Prayer" (Greek: Η Ευχή, i efchí̱ – literally "The Wish") is a short, formulaic prayer esteemed and advocated within the Eastern Orthodox church:
The prayer has been...
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| x Fatima Prayer |
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The Fátima Prayer (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfatimɐ]) or Invocation is a common version of the Jesus Prayer used by Catholics. It, along with four other "Fátima prayers", originated during the Marian apparitions at Fátima, Portugal in 1917. The...
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| x Beloved God Prayer |
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Beloved God is the common name of a prayer created by Meher Baba on August 25, 1959. Meher Baba was fond of the prayer, and encouraged his followers to repeat it.
The prayer has become a part of a canon of prayers regularly repeated by Meher Baba's...
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| x Prayer of Repentance |
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The Prayer of Repentance is a prayer created by Meher Baba. Meher Baba dictated the prayer in Gujarati in Khuldabad, India in November, 1951.
The prayer has become a part of a canon of prayers regularly repeated by Meher Baba's followers, along with...
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| x Bus Driver's Prayer |
The Bus Driver's Prayer, also known as the Busman's Lord's Prayer, was a parody of the Lord's Prayer that takes the bus driver around Greater London (while avoiding further destinations). The words are apocryphal and have been around since 1960 at...
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| x Amidah |
The Amidah (Hebrew: תפילת העמידה, Tefilat HaAmidah "The Standing Prayer"), also called the Shmoneh Esreh (שמנה עשרה, Shmoneh Esreh "The Eighteen," in reference to the original number of constituent blessings, there are now nineteen), is the central...
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| x Anima Christi |
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The Anima Christi is a medieval prayer to Jesus in the tradition of the Catholic Church.
The sequence of sentences in Anima Christi have rich associations with Catholic concepts that relate to the Holy Eucharist (Body and Blood of Christ), Baptism ...
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| x Prayer to the shoulder wound of Jesus |
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This Roman Catholic prayer is variously attributed to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux or to St. Gertrude or St. Mechtilde.
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According to St. Bernard, he asked Jesus which was His greatest unrecorded suffering and the wound that inflicted the...
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| x Prayer before a Crucifix |
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The Prayer before the Crucifix is a Roman Catholic prayer to Jesus which is said while kneeling before a crucifix. It is often said by Roman Catholics after Communion or after Mass.
The faithful receive a partial indulgence if they recite the prayer...
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| x Salve Regina |
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The "Salve Regina", also known as the Hail Holy Queen, is a Marian hymn and one of four Marian antiphons sung at different seasons within the Christian liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. The Salve Regina is traditionally sung at...
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| x Adon Olam |
Adon Olam (Hebrew: אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם; "Eternal Lord" or "Lord of the Universe") is a strictly metrical hymn in the Jewish liturgy written in Iambic tetrameter. It has been a regular part of the daily and Sabbath liturgy since the 15th century. ...
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| x Agnus Dei |
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Agnus Dei is a Latin term meaning Lamb of God, and was originally used to refer to Jesus Christ in his role of the perfect sacrificial offering that atones for the sins of humanity in Christian theology, harkening back to ancient Jewish Temple...
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| x Selichot |
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Selichot or slichot (Hebrew: סליחות) are Jewish penitential poems and prayers, especially those said in the period leading up to the High Holidays, and on Fast Days. God's Thirteen Attributes of Mercy are a central theme throughout these prayers....
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| x Birkat HaBayit |
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Birkat HaBayit (Hebrew: ברכת הבית, Birkat HaBayit or Birkath HabBayith in Classical Hebrew, meaning Blessing for the Home) is a Jewish prayer often inscribed on wall plaques or hamsas and featured at the entrance of some Jewish homes. There are...
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| x Birkat HaHammah |
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Birkat Hachama (ברכת החמה, "Blessing of the Sun") refers to an exceedingly rare Jewish blessing that is recited to the Creator, thanking Him for creating the sun. The blessing is recited when the sun completes its cycle every 28 years on a Tuesday...
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| x Birkat HaShachar |
Birchot hashachar or Birchot haShachar (Hebrew: ברכות השחר) ("morning blessings' or "blessings [of] the dawn") are a series of blessings that are recited at the beginning of Jewish morning services. The blessings represent thanks to God for a...
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| x Aleinu |
Aleinu (Hebrew: עָלֵינוּ, "it is our duty") or Aleinu leshabei'ach ("[it is] our duty to praise [ God ]"), meaning "it is upon us or it is our obligation or duty to praise God," is a Jewish prayer found in the siddur, the classical Jewish prayerbook...
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| x Kiddush |
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Kiddush (Hebrew: קידוש), literally, "sanctification," is a blessing recited over wine or grape juice to sanctify the Shabbat and Jewish holidays.
The Torah refers to two requirements concerning Shabbat - to "keep it" and to "remember it" (shamor...
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| x Ha-motzi |
Ha-motzi literally translated as the one that takes out. In the blessing over bread one recites Ha-MoTZi LeHeM Min HaOReTZ the one that brings forth bread out of the earth i.e. Creator.In rabbinical literature it is used as a euphemism about the one...
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| x Tachanun |
Tachanun or Taḥanun (Hebrew: תחנון "Supplication"), also called nefillat apayim ("falling on the face") is part of Judaism's morning (Shacharit) and afternoon (Mincha) services, after the recitation of the Amidah, the central part of the daily...
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| x Prayer to Saint Michael |
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The Prayer to Saint Michael is a prayer, used mainly by Catholics, which is addressed to Michael the archangel.
Pope Leo XIII added it in 1886 to the Leonine Prayers, which he had directed to be said after Low Mass two years earlier. The practice of...
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| x Prayer to Saint Joseph |
The following Prayers to Saint Joseph are Roman Catholic prayers to Saint Joseph.
This prayer was founded in the year 50 A.D. and was given to Emperor Charles in the 1500s, by the Pope, before going into battle. According to Reditus: "Whoever reads...
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| x Prayer to One's Guardian Angel |
The Prayer to One's Guardian Angel is a Catholic prayer.
Dear Angel, in his goodness God gave you to me to guide, protect, and enlighten me, and to bring me back to the right way when I go astray. Encourage me when I am disheartened, and instruct me...
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| x Saint John Vianney's prayer to Jesus |
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Saint John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests, composed his prayer to Jesus in the 19th century.
The prayer reflects Vianney's deep religious feelings, which were praised by Pope John XXIII in his encyclical Sacerdotii Nostri Primordia in...
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| x Saint Louis de Montfort's Prayer to Jesus |
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Saint Louis de Montfort's Prayer to Jesus is a reflection of his philosophy of "total consecration to Jesus Christ through Mary" a theme that centuries later influenced the development of Roman Catholic Mariology.
Although St Louis is perhaps best...
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| x Apostles' Creed |
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The Apostles' Creed (Latin: Symbolum Apostolorum or Symbolum Apostolicum), sometimes titled Symbol of the Apostles, is an early statement of Christian belief, a creed or "symbol". It is widely used by a number of Christian denominations for both...
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