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| | Prayer for the dead - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Prayers for the dead are mentioned in 2 Maccabees 12:43-45, where the writer is uncertain whether to regard the sacrifice offered by Judas as a propitiatory sin-offering or as a memorial thank-offering, a distinction of great importance in the later history of the practice. | | | Among Church writers Tertullian is the first to mention prayers for the dead, and that not as a concession to natural sentiment, but as a duty: The widow who does not pray for her dead husband has as good as divorced him. | | | It thus came about that prayers for the dead were regarded only as aiming at the deliverance of souls from purgatorial fires; and that application of the Eucharist seems to have overshadowed all others. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_for_the_dead
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| | Purgatory and Prayer for the Dead |
| | Because the existence of Purgatory and the prayers for the dead are rejected by Protestants, it may be useful to explain why we hold both as Catholics. | | | There are also prayers for the faithful departed in the most ancient liturgies and there are many texts in the Fathers on the value of these prayers and on the necessity of a perfect purification in order to enter into heaven. | | | There are sepulchral inscriptions in the Catacombs, some of which are themselves prayers for the dead while others ask for prayers for them. |
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http://catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0488.html
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| | Bahá'í Reference Library - The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Pages 172-173 |
| | Congregational prayer, in the sense of formal obligatory prayer which is to be recited in accordance with a prescribed ritual as, for example, is the custom in Islám where Friday prayer in the mosque is led by an imám, has been annulled in the Bahá’í Dispensation. | | | Save in the Prayer for the Dead, the practice of congregational prayer hath been annulled. | | | The three daily Obligatory Prayers are to be recited individually, not in congregation. |
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http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/KA/ka-36.html
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| | Gleanings from Orthodox Christian Authors & the Holy Fathers - Prayer_for_the_dead |
| | The prayers of the Church are able to help some souls to be saved after their death — but before the resurrection of the body — for the torments sinners suffer after death are provisionally and not definitively existent, unlike those that will exist after the Last Judgment. | | | Thus, the opportunity is given to the faithful of the Church, in love to strengthen the reposed by their prayers. | | | O ye faithful, remembering today by name all the dead from all the ages who have lived in piety and faith, let us sing praises to the Lord and Saviour, asking Him fervently to give them in the hour of judgement a good defense before our God Who judges all the earth. |
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http://www.orthodox.net/gleanings/prayer_for_the_dead.html
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| | wcr:11/12/2001 -- Fr. Ron Rolheiser, omi -- The benefits of prayer for the dead |
| | Prayer for the dead is meant to console the living. | | | Objections to praying for the dead might, with equal logic, be raised against all prayers of petition. | | | We pray for the dead because we believe in the communion of saints, an essential Christian doctrine that asks us to believe that a vital flow of life continues to exist between ourselves and our loved ones, even beyond death. |
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http://www.wcr.ab.ca/columns/rolheiser/2001/rolheiser111201.shtml
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| | Prayers For The Dead |
| | The Catholic Church conducts prayers for the dead. | | | Prayers for the dead form an integral part of most of the religions. | | | Prayers For The Dead: Prayer For The Dead - Prayer And Kirtan For The Dead |
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http://www.experiencefestival.com/prayers_for_the_dead
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| | Prayer for the Dead |
| | The "suffrages" for the dead are defined as formal supplications (prayers), and works by the living that may be offered for the spiritual benefit of those who have died. | | | The teaching of prayer for the dead is historically linked to the teaching concerning Purgatory. | | | The Catholic Church teaches these books are valuable and deem the words regarding prayer for the dead to be true. |
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http://www.ctsp.co.il/prayer_dead.htm
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| | The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. IX: Petri - Reuchlin (prayer_for_the_dead) |
| | In view of all this it is not surprising that the prayer for the dead entered the liturgies, appearing in those of St. Mark, St. James, the Nestorian, Ambrosian, and Gregorian, and the Gallican. | | | That the practise was strengthened by the idea of the solidarity of the Church as including the living and the dead is not unlikely, and a lingering influence of the classical Hades (q.v.) as a sort of middle state may have had its influence. | | | The Book of Common Prayer retains traces of the practise, which has not been expressly prohibited in the Anglican Church, and is indeed followed in certain parts. |
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http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc09.prayer_for_the_dead.html
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| | Discover Islam and Muslims - The Mulsim's Prayer Book - Service on the Dead |
| | The prayers for the deceased are followed by a fourth takbir, after which comes the taslim as at the close of prayers. | | | Different forms of this prayer are reported as having been offered by the Holy Prophet, and it seems that prayer in any form is permissible. | | | This he did to show respect to the dead, and then enjoined his followers to stand up as a mark of respect when a bier passed by, whether it was that of a Muslim or a non-Muslim. |
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http://www.islamic-paths.org/Home/English/Discover/Book/Prayer-Book/Dead.htm
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| | Q/A: Living "prayer"? Dead go to: Heaven? Before Rapture/resurrection? Asleep? |
| | Thus, it is -that- 'kind of' prayer that we speak -against- continually, as being 'worthless', because it is NOT "prayer". | | | Another picture of Jesus' prayer can be seen in the content of His 'prayer' of John ch17; His relationship with the Father. | | | It is not, as you suggest in your question, that prayer has "little meaning", but it is a different understanding of what prayer -is-. |
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http://www.a-voice.org/qa/prayeris.htm
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| | The Church’s Prayer for the Dead |
| | On the ninth day, the Holy Church offers prayers and the Bloodless Sacrifice for the departed, that his soul be accounted worthy to be numbered among the choirs of the saints through the prayers and intercession of the nine ranks of angels. | | | The prayers of the Church reached the Lord. | | | Furthermore, one day of the week is set aside for prayers for the dead -Saturday, on which it is customary to have a service for the dead, unless it coincides with a feast, if such is to be served on that day. |
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http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/death/prayer_dead.aspx
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| | Midstream: Prayer For The Dead. (Holocaust Poetry).(Poem)@ HighBeam Research |
| | PRAYER FOR THE DEAD No to poems after Auschwitz that adorn the day, clouds limping like struggling friends and relatives behind the hearse, ground faults torn apart; no to interplay of sound that offends the night, barefooted darkness seated heavily on stooled earth like children of the dead... |
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http://highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:100108280&...
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| | - The Church's Prayer for the Dead |
| | For the Orthodox, the prayer par excellence is the Jesus Prayer, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner (or, in its shorter form, Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me). | | | The Jesus Prayer, then, is a prayer of amazing versatility; it is a prayer for beginners and equally a prayer that leads to the deepest mysteries of the contemplative life. | | | Thus, both to those who recite this prayer ceaselessly and to those who are only occasional users of it, the Jesus Prayer is found to be a great source of joy and reassurance. |
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http://www.stots.edu/article.php?id=44
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| | Praying for the Dead |
| | There are a number of verses that recommend prayer for the dead in the Old Testament. | | | These prayers can be found at www.rosary-center.org, www.ourladyswarriors.org, and www.ewtn.com, respectively. | | | There are a number of prayers of consecration that may be used. |
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http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?art_id=21917
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| | The Requiem Office for the Dead (Panikhidi) |
| | The origin of the Service of the Dead (Panikhidi) is as follows: St. Macarius of Alexandria once inquired from the Angels who accompanied him an explanation of the Church's custom to celebrate the third, ninth, and fortieth days after a death by religious services. | | | Wherefore the Church hath the blessed custom of celebrating oblation and prayers on the third day for the Soul. | | | "On the third day He who rose again from the dead commandeth that every Soul, in imitation of his own Resurrection, shall be brought to heaven, that it may do reverence to the God of all. |
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http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/death/pannikhida.aspx
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| | 40 |
| | As the evening prayer and the dawn one are not shortened, their supererogatory prayers are not canceled. | | | So prayer was gathered together, and the suju`d was determined in it, because every prayer which has the ruku' has the sujud, and that they may also complete their prayer with the sujud and submission. | | | Imam, peace be on him, answered: "Surely in the viewpoint of the Legislator, the supererogatory prayer of the night prayer is equal to one rak'a in standing position." And the reason for that is that each two rak'as of the supererogatory prayers are in stead of one rak'a of the obligatory prayer. |
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http://www.rafed.net/books/other-lang/imam-ridha/40.html
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| | Prayer for the dead organised by Hurriyat : HindustanTimes.com |
| | The 'prayer after death' was followed by Fateh-Khawani and Easal-e-Sawab - special prayers to get God's blessings in favour of those killed, they said. | | | Hundreds of people thronged the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar on Tuesday to offer prayers in absentia for those who had lost their lives in the killer quake in Jammu and Kashmir and neighbouring Pakistan. | | | Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Chairman of Hurriyat Conference, which organised the Gayibana Namaz-e-Jenazah, led the people in asking for peace to the souls of those killed in the natural calamity after the mid-day prayers in the downtown mosque, Hurriyat sources said. |
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http://hindustandainik.com/news/181_1516222,000900010002.htm
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| | Prayer Power - Catholic (Christian) Prayers, Daily Praying, The Lord's Prayer Paul McManus The 7 Great Prayers |
| | Mixed in with these 100 prayers are Bible Verses that bring more power to the Prayers. | | | So all prayers are short and powerful and are said as though you are saying the prayers. | | | Now, because I didn't cease trying, nor praying, nor did I cease believing in the Power of God, Prayer Power CDs are done and ready to be listened to by millions of Christians worldwide in their cars, offices, home, and before going to sleep. |
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http://www.PrayerPower.com
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| | Rules of Prayer for the Dead |
| | The distance between the person offering prayers and the dead body should be so short that, when the wind blows, the dress of the person offering the prayers would touch the coffin. | | | Before the commencement of the congregational prayers for the dead body, one should say: “as-Salat” three times. | | | It is Makrooh to perform prayers for dead bodies in Masjids, except in Masjid-al-Haraam. |
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http://www.lankarani.com/eng/tal/tawdhih-al-masael/death05.htm
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| | jewish prayer for the dead sites on the web Resources - FREE |
| | The general rule is that a slightly longer prayer is used on the cruciforms, and a shorter prayer... | | | We have worked hard to make sure that jewish prayer for the dead information can be found here. | | | Info on prayer beads of a wide variety of faiths. |
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http://search2get.info/sites/prayer/jewish_prayer_for_the_dead.html
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| | Prayer for the Dead |
| | The Prayer for the Dead is to be used for Bahá'ís over the age of fifteen. | | | "It is the only Bahá'í obligatory prayer which is to be recited in congregation; it is to be recited by one believer while all present stand. | | | If the dead be a woman, let him say: This is Thy handmaiden and the daughter of Thy handmaiden, etc... |
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http://www.bahaiprayers.org/depart1.htm
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| | Rangoli for 9-11 |
| | a prayer for the living, a prayer for the dead, a prayer for wisdom and a prayer for compassion | | | As I construct the lotus, I focus ordering my mind and feelings, and I make a prayer for the living, a prayer for the dead, a prayer for wisdom and a prayer for compassion. | | | The kneeling/crouching positon for 8 hours is a pennace and prayer by itself! |
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http://www.sphosting.com/reverndbunny/rangoli.html
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| | If they were not deemed worthy of heaven, these prayers alleviate their fate beyond the grave, and if they are in paradise, these prayers give them joy and an increase of light. | | | Since it is a temporary condition, the New Testament Holy Scriptures and the early Christian writings refer to death as "sleep" (Acts 13:36) or "dormition (falling asleep)," as in the name of the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God. | | | For this reason it is not only possible, but even necessary, to pray for the dead as well as for the living; for, according to the words of the Saviour, to God all are alive (cf. |
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http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/pannihida_e.htm
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| | INDONESIAN BISHOPS CALL FOR DAY OF PRAYER FOR DEAD |
| | In a message to the international community, the bishops' conference asked everyone to continue to maintain solidarity with the people of East Timor and to keep them in their prayers. | | | Bishop Suwatan of Manado, president of the Indonesian Bishops' Conference, announced on Friday that Sunday 12 September, will be a "day of prayer for the victims of these heinous acts," calling on Catholics around the world to join them. | | | Pope John Paul II has sent the bishops' conference a letter of condolence and solidarity. |
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http://www.cathtelecom.com/news/909/44.html
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| | Nephi's Prayer and the Dead Sea Scrolls - Ancient Mormon Doctrine Scholar Dr. Einar C. Erickson |
| | The GREAT PRAYER enunciated by Nephi in 2 Nephi 4:17-35 is considered by many to be one of the greatest supplication and utterance made by man, and rises to such a sublime and superlative scriptural poetic height as to invite an examination of any Ancient Document source for a comparable spiritual expression. | | | Notice also, in Nephi’s prayer, the references to the relationship between Nephi and the God he addresses, it is similar to the understanding found in the Manuel of Discipline as well. | | | Nephi's Prayer and the Dead Sea Scrolls - Ancient Mormon Doctrine Scholar Dr. Einar C. Erickson |
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http://www.einarerickson.com/content/view/23/39
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| | A Prayer For The Dead: A Short Story by Aquinas T. Duffy: Dublin Ireland |
| | I wanted to say a prayer for those poor souls now, if only my prayer could make them happy and put them at peace. | | | It is said that one should always have respect for the dead, when visiting the cemetery. | | | "Say a prayer for the dead," she said. |
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http://homepage.eircom.net/~frduffy/stories/sprayer.html
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| | The Prayer Over the Dead at Koreme |
| | He continued with the prayer over the dead, customary with Sunni Muslims of Iraqi Kurdistan, consisting of instructions to those who died. | | | The assembled men, standing at the head of the great trench opened by the bulldozer, recited the ritual responses, their palms turned upward to heaven. | | | At the gravesite, there was no further need for the wooden boxes; in accordance with Islamic custom, the bones were to be buried wrapped in white linen. |
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http://www.hrw.org/reports/1992/iraqkor/KOREME10.htm
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| | What the ORTHODOX BELIEVE Concerning prayer for the dead |
| | When we pray for either the living or the dead we use the same prayer: "Lord have mercy", to express our desires. | | | The barrier between living and dead has been eliminated due to the Resurrection of Christ. | | | Those who are departed are just as much with us and just as much a part of the Church as those who we see living on this earth. |
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http://www.orthodox.net/articles/about-prayer-for-the-dead.html
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| | DeoOmnisGloria.com: Should we Pray for the Dead? |
| | However, Old Testament scholars agree that the Jews firmly believed that prayer for the dead is good and valid. | | | So where is prayer for the dead in the New Testament. | | | Prayer for the dead, by its very nature implies that purgatory exists. |
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http://www.deoomnisgloria.com/mt/archives/000397.html
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| | Recitiation of the Prayer for the Dead |
| | In carrying out the requirements for the prayer, one person reads or recites the passages from memory while the congregation stands. | | | The correct way of reciting the Prayer for the Dead is as follows: | | | It is not the practice for those present to repeat any part of the prayer in unison. |
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http://bahai-library.com/?file=uhj_prayer_dead.html
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| | Wanniski.com |
| | I understand the intellectual argument, but I’m less sure than he; I know it makes no difference to the dead, or their families. | | | Only instead of two dead, there will be thousands. | | | I do not doubt that those who are responsible will be found. |
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http://www.wanniski.com/showarticle.asp?articleid=1622
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| | Save a prayer: Dead man writing - [Sunday Herald] |
| | Lots of readers tell me they have been offering up their own version of a prayer that my illness will not carry me off too soon. | | | I really believe, despite all the different denominations at work, the sum total of all the favourable thought must be doing me some good. | | | Would I have survived this long without the power of positive prayer? |
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http://www.sundayherald.com/14789
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| | Buddhism - practice and philosophy |
| | I need a short prayer to say if someone dies. | | | Other than that, I am most satisfied with moving my life in the direction of -no self-.
I appreciate hearing about all of these traditions and am especially thankful that your nicks are also linked to your photostreams because those images are part of how you manifest your beliefs! | | | nikaboyce posted a reply: The following Bardo Prayer is traditionally said once per day for 49 days following a death. |
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http://www.flickr.com/groups_feed.gne?id=36521966208@N01&format=rss_100
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| | 2 - Prayer for the Dead |
| | Admit them in the fellowship of thy blessed dead. | | | Though lost to us, our dead have not forsaken us. | | | They cannot forget us, as we do not forget them. |
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http://www.zarathushtra.com/z/article/dhalla/ch1b/ib02.htm
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| | The Lord's Prayer (Dead City Radio) @ Streamwaves |
| | Songs / L / LOR / The Lord's Prayer (Dead City Radio) / | | | Listen to The Lord's Prayer (Dead City Radio) | | | The Lord's Prayer (Dead City Radio) @ Streamwaves |
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http://songs.streamwaves.com/l/lor/thelordsprayerdeadcityradio/index.html
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| | CS LEWIS ON PURGATORY |
| | how the rest of my prayers would survive if those for the dead were forbidden. | | | age, the majority of those we love best are dead. | | | - C.S.Lewis, Letters To Malcom: Chiefly on Prayer, chapter 20, paragraphs |
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http://praiseofglory.com/purgatorycslewis.htm
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| | Friends Communities - Sufi Prayer for the Dead |
| | Friends Communities - Sufi Prayer for the Dead | | | 08-15-2001 06:37 AM Sufi Prayer for the Dead | | | - - Sufi Prayer for the Dead (http://friendscommunities.org/showthread.php?t=411) |
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http://friendscommunities.org/printthread.php?t=411
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| | Kanji combination - dismissal / prayer for dead / requiem (Ideogear) |
| | This kanji combination means dismissal, prayer for dead, and requiem. | | | Kanji combination - dismissal / prayer for dead / requiem (Ideogear) | | | It gets its meaning from the upper kanji, which can mean install, jerk, admit, pull, quote, refer to, or tug, with the lower kanji, which can mean conduct, guidance, leading, or usher. |
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http://www.ideogear.com/jukugo/u5f15u5c0e
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| | Chapter 196: WHERE SHOULD THE IMAM STAND FOR OFFERING PRAYER OVER THE DEAD BODY |
| | And in the tradition narrated on the authority of Ibn Muthanna the words are:" (The Holy Prophet) stood in the middle part of her body for offering prayer for her." | | | This hadith has been narrated by Husain with the same chain of transmitters, but no mention is made of Umm Ka'b. | | | Jundub said: I prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) and he prayed for a woman who had died in the state of delivery. |
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http://coran.org.ar/ingles/sahij/book4/196.htm
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| | A Prayer for the Dead - laminated prayer card |
| | Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend the souls of thy servants, NN., and beseech Thee to grant them rest in the place of thy rest, where all thy blessed Saints repose, and where the light of thy countenance shineth forever. | | | A Prayer for the Dead - laminated prayer card | | | Laminated Prayer Card 2-7/8" x 4-1/4", encapsulated, with rounded corners. |
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http://www.comeandseeicons.com/pc34.htm
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| | Roman Catholic Prayer for the Dead |
| | Lord, those who die still live in your presence, their lives change but do not end. | | | In company with Christ, Who died and now lives, may they rejoice in Your kingdom, where all our tears are wiped away. | | | I pray in hope for my family, relatives and friends, and for all the dead known to You alone. |
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http://www.woodbetweentheworlds.net/faith/prayers/dead.htm
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| | Pastor at Prayer Shot Dead (missionary activity among muslims) |
| | Forum 18 news agency reported that on hearing the gunfire, his wife, Tamara, rushed to her husband’s side but he was already dead. | | | Pastor at Prayer Shot Dead (missionary activity among muslims) | | | A pastor who was also an active missionary has been shot dead while he was praying in a chapel. |
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/1060270/posts
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| | Amazon.com: Prayer for the Dead: Books: David Wiltse |
| | I am reading David Wilte's, Prayer For the Dead, in paper back and I have a misprinted book. | | | Amazon.com: Prayer for the Dead: Books: David Wiltse | | | This item is not eligible for Amazon Prime, but over a million other items are. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/039913607X?v=glance
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| | PRAYER FOR THE DEAD by Faye Kellerman - Between The Lines |
| | Prayers For The Dead is the kind of book that makes reading by candlelight a must. | | | All of them, whether it's Bram and his marriage to God or Rina with her sanctity and Jewish roots, or pharmaceutical companies who wield their corporate weight and endanger lives for the almighty dollar, or even Peter Decker for that matter, a man who values loyalty, morals and professional conduct above all else. | | | Kellerman's characters are beautifully flawed and this is possibly why Prayers For The Dead is such a compelling and credible read. |
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http://www.thei.aust.com/isite/btl/btlrvkellerman.html
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| | Patron Saints Index: Saint Anthony of Padua |
| | Prayer by Saint Anthony of Padua...for the Help of the Holy Spirit | | | Prayer to Saint Anthony of Padua, Zealous for Justice | | | Prayer to Saint Anthony of Padua, Reviver of the Dead |
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http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainta01.htm
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