Which preposition to use with prayer

for Occurrences 683%

One of the things that is a monumental astonishment to me, is that when we need supplication, intercession, prayer for the averting of great personal or national calamity, we flee to the Church, but we seldom think of the Church when we need brains!

of Occurrences 609%

By a word they should be able to rouse the prayers of the country, and by a word to still widespread anger and uprising.

to Occurrences 331%

Then make a short Prayer to Alikin, the Spirit of the East; shake off all earthly Thoughts, and look again.

in Occurrences 265%

Then everyone will get up, and we will have prayers in the chapel.

with Occurrences 80%

To-day, again, only about £15 was received by the first four deliveries of letters; at 5:45 I had for the third time that day prayer with my dear wife, entreating God to help us, and a little after 6 p.m. came a cheque for £200 by the fifth delivery, from Edinburgh.

at Occurrences 71%

The oath in the soldier's mouth turned to a prayer at her appearance.

on Occurrences 50%

So, too, prayers which have the same form of petition (e.g., the prayers on feast of St. Joseph and on feast of St. Mathew), are not considered as different and must not be repeated in the same hour.

from Occurrences 48%

In the first case the prayer from the office of a confessor or Pontiff should be said, adding to it the title of Doctor.

before Occurrences 42%

Not alone in church shall we offer up a "Prayer before Election."

by Occurrences 37%

Every need connected with the progress of the work was made the subject of prayer by George Müller and his earnest band of workers.

as Occurrences 22%

how would it be with these hearts of ours, That need the sunshine, and smiles, and flowers? To prayer, to prayer, at the matins' call, Morning foul or fair; Such prayer as from lifeless lips may fall Words, but hardly prayer; Vainly trying the thoughts to raise, Which, in the sunshine, would burst in praise.

over Occurrences 14%

"Have ye been breathing a prayer over your rosy infant's slumbers, Tom?" asks Mr. Binnie.

without Occurrences 11%

1. Because the Divine Office is a prayer, but there can be no true or real prayer without internal attention, for prayer is defined as an elevation of the soul to God, but if there be no internal attention, there is no elevation of the soul to God, and no prayer.

than Occurrences 9%

For St. Augustine tells us that success in this matter depends more on prayer than on preaching (De Doc.

unto Occurrences 9%

When thou prayedst with tears and didst bury the dead men and leftest thy dinner and hiddest dead men by the day in thine house, and in the night thou buriedst them, I offered thy prayer unto God.

into Occurrences 8%

This gave us the opportunity of explaining our sentiments regarding prayer; and we proposed remaining a while in silence, and if it should please the Lord to put words of prayer into our heart, we would express them with the help of the Holy Spirit.

out Occurrences 6%

I dare say, one no better than a formalist, who thinks that reading prayers out of a book, kneeling, bowing, and changing gowns, is religion!

after Occurrences 6%

"Have you forgotten your evening prayer after the excitements of the day?" "Yes, I had so much to think about that I forgot it," Kurt admitted.

like Occurrences 5%

He had been till then rather a dull, silent boy: now he talked much more, was more amusing, was always endeavouring to draw, and after being at church would try to read the prayers like the parson.

against Occurrences 5%

Hereupon, I confess, finding the obduredness, and hopeless condition of that man, I bent my prayers against him, beseeching God daily, that he would be pleased to remove by some means or other, that apparent hindrance of my faithful labours; who gave me an answer accordingly.

about Occurrences 4%

It's in the prayer about 'daily bread,' and 'the kingdom and the power and the glory.' Don't you think those are beautiful words, Miss Lydiathe 'power and the glory'?" Miss Sessions's lips sucked in with that singular, half-reluctant expression of condemnation which was becoming fairly familiar to Johnnie.

under Occurrences 4%

In November 1538 St Thomas was declared a traitor, every representation of him was ordered to be destroyed, and his name was erased from all service books, antiphones, collects and prayers under pain of his Majesty's indignation, and imprisonment at his Grace's pleasure.

through Occurrences 3%

2. St. Paul recommends us to offer our prayers through Jesus Christ.

beside Occurrences 3%

"I desired all to withdraw," he says, "then told her that we were to part for ever, and, as Christians, we should part with prayer, and that I would, if she was willing, say a short prayer beside her.

during Occurrences 3%

As soon as he came within sight of the church of Canterbury, he dismounted, walked barefoot towards it, prostrated himself before the shrine of the saint, remained in fasting and prayer during a whole day, and watched all night the holy relics.

Which preposition to use with  prayer