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For other uses, see Lord's Prayer (disambiguation) , Our Father (disambiguation) , Pater Noster (disambiguation) , and Hallowed Be Thy Name (disambiguation). The Lord's Prayer ( Le Pater Noster ), by James Tissot. The Lord's Prayer, also known by its incipit Our Father ( Greek: Πάτερ ἡμῶν, Latin: Pater Noster ), is a central ...
Modeh Ani. מודה אני . Modeh Ani is a short prayer recited first thing after waking in the morning. Thanking God for all he does. Elohai Neshamah. אלהי נשמה . Thanking God for restoring the soul in the morning. Said following washing the hands and Asher Yatzar blessings. Blessings over the Torah.
"Adoro te devote" is a prayer written by Thomas Aquinas. [1] Unlike hymns which were composed and set to music for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, instituted in 1264 by Pope Urban IV for the entire Latin Church [2] of the Catholic Church, it was not written for a liturgical function and appears in no liturgical texts of the period; some scholars believe that it was written by the friar for ...
The Hail Mary ( Latin: Ave Maria) or Angelical salutation[ 1][ 2] is a traditional Catholic prayer addressing Mary, the mother of Jesus. The prayer is based on two biblical passages featured in the Gospel of Luke: the Angel Gabriel 's visit to Mary (the Annunciation) and Mary's subsequent visit to Elisabeth, the mother of John the Baptist (the ...
Veni Sancte Spiritus. Veni Sancte Spiritus (“Come, Holy Spirit”), sometimes called the “ Golden Sequence ” ( Latin: Sequentia Aurea) is a sequence sung in honour of God the Holy Spirit, prescribed in the Roman Rite for the Masses of Pentecost Sunday. [ 1] It is usually attributed to either the 13th-century Pope Innocent III, or to the ...
Ma Tovu ( Hebrew for "O How Good" or "How Goodly") is a prayer in Judaism, expressing reverence and awe for synagogues and other places of worship . The prayer begins with Numbers 24:5, where Balaam, sent to curse the Israelites, is instead overcome with awe at God and the Israelites' houses of worship. Its first line of praise is a quote of ...
The Mi Shebeirach for olim (those called to the Torah) was for a time the central part of the Torah service for less educated European Jews. Since the late medieval period, Jews have used a Mi Shebeirach as a prayer of healing. In the 1800s, Reform Jews abolished this practice when their concept of healing shifted to one based in science.
Shehecheyanu. The Shehecheyanu berakhah (blessing) ( Hebrew: ברכת שהחיינו, "Who has given us life") is a common Jewish prayer to celebrate special occasions. It expresses gratitude to God for new and unusual experiences or possessions. [ 1] The blessing was recorded in the Talmud [ 2] over 1500 years ago.