In his prayer before the oath of office was administered to President Biden and Vice President ... Fr. O’Donovan cited Pope Francis in his invocation and closed with these words: “Be with us, Holy ...

Invocation means calling upon another for help ... with regard to calling upon God or the saints, and hence it means prayer. Q. 1191. How do we show that by honoring the Saints we honor God ...

Merriam-Webster defines an invocation as the act or process of petitioning for help or support: specifically, a prayer of entreaty. The Council shall endeavor to open its Wednesday night 5:00 p.m ...

Praying together includes the cry, the invocation, the aspiration, the desire for peace, the healing and salvation of the men and women of this world. Prayer is never in vain; it rises ceaselessly to ...

While the invocation is given, audience members remain standing, often bowing their heads as a member of a rotating list — made up almost entirely of Christians — says a public prayer to the ...

One referenced invocation is the "nign," a wordless and originally improvised prayer stemming from Hasidic Judaism in the 18th century, and the inspiration for several works in the program ...

Tulsa's City Council is in the spotlight for a prayer at the beginning of a meeting that people, including Governor Kevin ...

It didn’t take long for the members of the 74th Baltimore City Council — they took their oaths of office 5 hours before ...