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He added that he believed the cardinals would their "best work once the doors of the conclave have been shut", as at that point, there would be "a peace and a prayerfulness between us".

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2025

It is usually marked by quiet prayerfulness, and on Sunday the pope, along with members of the Roman Curia, will leave Rome to begin a five-day retreat.

From The Guardian • Mar. 4, 2017

They must live and conduct themselves in such a manner so that they may become distinguished above other people in sanctity, prayerfulness and humility.

From Japan Will Turn Ablaze! by Sims, Barbara R. (Barbara Rutledge)

Here are signs assuredly that Lincoln's lowliness and reverence, his prayerfulness and trust, his steadfastness and gratitude towards God had been balanced and illumined beneath the livelong cogitations of an even, piercing eye.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.

A more lofty expression of Christian humility and the spirit of prayerfulness has perhaps never been made.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.