That one should pray down heavenly gifts on himself is a wonder of grace, but that he should bring down blessings on others is indeed an inconceivable honour.

人为自己祷告而带下属天的恩赐，固然是恩典的奇迹，但是人竟然能为别人带下祝福，那就更是一个无法想像的荣耀了！

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And I knowed I could pray now. But I didn't do it straight off, but laid the paper down and set there thinking -- thinking how good it was all this happened so, and how near I come to being lost and going to hell.

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You don't have to believe that legend, but Henry Plantagenet, later Henry II of England, husband of Eleanor of Aquitaine and the father of Lionhearted, did, and he came here to pray to the Black Madonna that still looks down on those who come to the little chapel by the tomb where the hermit's body was found.

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So as the final months of their 40th season in the NHL come to a close and as their fans hope and pray that a Stanley Cup parade will be rolling down Robson Street towards Rogers Arena in mid-June, one thing should be very clear to all.

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They pray and pray. (Sometimes you wonder how they manage to hold down jobs.) Their progress is slow and halting.

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