Fondare 1616 Risultati per: Lord
Maccabaeus and his companions, under the Lord's guidance, restored the Temple and the city, (2 Maccabees 10, 1)
When they had done this, prostrating themselves on the ground, they implored the Lord never again to let them fall into such adversity, but if they should ever sin, to correct them with moderation and not to deliver them over to blasphemous and barbarous nations. (2 Maccabees 10, 4)
As the first light of dawn began to spread, the two sides joined battle, the one having as their pledge of success and victory not only their own valour but their recourse to the Lord, the other making their own ardour their mainstay in the fight. (2 Maccabees 10, 28)
When all this was over, with hymns and thanksgiving they blessed the Lord, who had shown such great kindness to Israel and given them the victory. (2 Maccabees 10, 38)
When Maccabaeus and his men learned that Lysias was besieging the fortresses, they and the populace with them begged the Lord with lamentation and tears to send a good angel to save Israel. (2 Maccabees 11, 6)
They advanced in battle order with the aid of their celestial ally, the Lord having had mercy on them. (2 Maccabees 11, 10)
Meanwhile, since Esdrias and his men had been fighting for a long time and were exhausted, Judas called on the Lord to show himself their ally and leader in battle. (2 Maccabees 12, 36)
All then blessed the ways of the Lord, the upright judge who brings hidden things to light, (2 Maccabees 12, 41)
When Judas heard of this, he ordered the people day and night to call on the Lord as never before, to come to the help of those who were in peril of being deprived of the Law, their fatherland and the holy Temple, (2 Maccabees 13, 10)
When they had all, with one voice, obeyed his instructions and had made their petitions to the merciful Lord, weeping, fasting and prostrating themselves for three days continuously, Judas spoke words of encouragement and told them to keep close to him. (2 Maccabees 13, 12)
After separate consultation with the elders, he resolved not to wait for the king's army to invade Judaea and take possession of the city, but to march out and settle the whole matter with the Lord's help. (2 Maccabees 13, 13)
just as dawn was breaking. This was achieved, thanks to the protection which the Lord granted Judas. (2 Maccabees 13, 17)
