offer (up) prayers to God

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• Prayers for the Dead — • Catholic teaching regarding prayers for the dead is bound up inseparably with the doctrine of purgatory and the more general doctrine of the communion of the saints, which is an article of the Apostle s Creed Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight …   Catholic encyclopedia

• offer — of|fer1 [ ɔfər, afər ] verb *** 1. ) transitive to let someone know that you will give them something if they want it: offer someone something: They haven t offered me the job yet. offer something to someone: He had offered cocaine to an… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• offer up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms offer up : present tense I/you/we/they offer up he/she/it offers up present participle offering up past tense offered up past participle offered up 1) to give thanks, praise, or prayers to God Lord, we offer… …   English dictionary

• offer — [ôf′ər, äf′ər] vt. [ME offren < OE & OFr: OE offrian < LL(Ec) offerre, to offer to God, sacrifice; OFr offrir: both < L offerre, to bring before, present, show < ob (see OB ) + ferre, to BEAR1] 1. to present to God or a god in an act… …   English World dictionary

• offer — [[t]ɒ̱fə(r), AM ɔ͟ːfər[/t]] ♦ offers, offering, offered 1) VERB If you offer something to someone, you ask them if they would like to have it or use it. [V n to n] He has offered seats at the conference table to the Russian leader and the… …   English dictionary

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• Vesting Prayers — are prayers which are said while a cleric puts on vestments as part of a liturgy of the Catholic (Universal) Church, whether Eastern or Western. They feature as part of the liturgy in question itself, and take place either before or after a… …   Wikipedia