| The King had commissioned a gold wreath that he wished to consecrate to the gods. |
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| And following Christ's lead at the Last Supper, it is not just grape juice, but wine that we consecrate when we come together for Mass. |
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| About 300 clergymen are said to be considering leaving the Church if the decision is taken to consecrate women bishops. |
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| We consecrate this day, which now falls on the last Monday in May, to remember our fellow Americans who have made the ultimate sacrifice. |
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| The deacons will substitute for priests at weekend ceremonies of readings and prayers, but will not be able to consecrate the Host. |
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| He therefore persuaded the primate of Numidia to consecrate Augustine to be coadjutor bishop of Hippo. |
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| The Church has need of men and women willing to consecrate themselves wholly to the great cause of the Gospel. |
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| Shrines consecrate a holy place for its miraculous character or for its association with the life of the founder, gods, or saints of a cult. |
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| But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate — we cannot consecrate — we cannot hallow — this ground. |
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| The establishment of customs union between Namibia and South Africa does it consecrate the pre-eminence of South Africa as your economic partner? |
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| I address a particular attention to those Friars who consecrate their lives to research, teaching and publishing. |
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| We have opened government and will consecrate that principle with freedom of information legislation. |
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| Therefore one may do well to contemplate, consecrate, and reconsecrate to the purpose of life. |
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| Few there are, who pray for those who have lost their way, and fewer yet who consecrate a part of their lives to fighting evil. |
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| In spite of the frequent monthly ministerial meetings, ministers only consecrate a part of their activities to the Council. |
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| You need to consecrate to the path and make sure that you do not look hither and thither. |
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| I did not omit to entrust and consecrate the priests of all the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, true model of a disciple of the Lord. |
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| Some young women directed by him chose to consecrate themselves to the Lord in the Daughters of Wisdom. |
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| Surely it is normal to expect help from those to whom you consecrate your heart and your time? |
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| It was at one time the custom to consecrate church bells in the expectation that their chimes would drive away thunderstorms and ensure safety from lightning. |
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| In 754 Pope Stephen II personally went to Ponthion to consecrate his power through the highly symbolical act of ceremonially anointing Pippin as king. |
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| But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate � we cannot consecrate � we cannot hallow � this ground. |
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| When the Ivorian government invited Pope John Paul II to consecrate it in 1990, he voiced mild displeasure but agreed to come on one condition: a hospital for the poor was to be built next door. |
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| Could a higher percentage of responses be interpreted as a request for help, a clear invitation to consecrate more space, time, energy, sensitivity? and to open our hearts to those to whom the brothers are sent? |
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| As he leaves, they are preparing to consecrate new ground. |
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| In the end, a ceremony was held to consecrate Anselm as archbishop on 4 December, without the pallium. |
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| The following question must be answered: Does allowing two individuals who love each other to consecrate their union through marriage run counter to accepted standards of behaviour and public order? |
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| The team included a priest, whose task was to consecrate this new royal 'possession', and a lawyer to authenticate the conquest on the spot and ensure that news of it was spread officially. |
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| This is the essence of the religious and contemplative vocation: to consecrate oneself to the search for God, trusting in His signs, in the sign of the star which is Jesus Christ. |
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| The proposed section 8.1 has two inseparable objectives: to recognize Canadian bijuralism and to consecrate the principle of the complementarity of federal law and provincial law with respect to property and civil rights. |
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| I try to strengthen myself in prayer, which is expressed by my devotion to Mary, to whom I consecrate my daily activities by entrusting them to her immaculate heart. |
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| Mr Prodi's Commission did not rise to the occasion and it is clear that the desire to succeed, to consecrate his mandate at the head of the European Commission took precedence over any other considerations. |
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| The Lord was preparing the way for me, that is to say, He was preparing me so that I could consecrate my life to Him and to Mary in the Community of the Sons and Daughters of Mary. |
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| Within the United Methodist Church only bishops are empowered to consecrate bishops and ordain clergy. |
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| To consecrate the bread and wine, the priest speaks the Words of Institution. |
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| A person may be consecrated for a specific role within a religious hierarchy, or a person may consecrate his or her life in an act of devotion. |
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| The ways in which art museums consecrate artists and art movements are ever more complicated. |
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| On Saturday, Aram I will bless and consecrate a cross that will be hoisted to the top of a prayer room at the future prelacy headquarters, 6252 Honolulu Ave. |
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| Along with the pallium, a letter from Gregory directed the new archbishop to consecrate 12 suffragan bishops as soon as possible and to send a bishop to York. |
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| Marthoma Church has made a convention or practice that it will never consecrate a bishop with the name Ignatius The Ecclesiastical Title of Patriarch. |
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| Instead of temples, they consecrate woods or groves to individual gods. |
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| Robert refused to consecrate him, saying that the pope had forbidden it, but Spearhafoc occupied the bishopric for several months with Edward's support. |
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| Or did they just consecrate the whole lot and then deconsecrate this lot? |
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