intercession

• They thanked the Admiral eagerly for his intercession, and repaired to their homes. —  The life of Christopher Columbus: from his own letters and journals and other documents of his time.
• Consequently it is certain that those who are near the Divine Court are allowed to intercede, and this intercession is approved by God It is even possible that the condition of those who have died in sin and unbelief may become changed; that is to say, they may become the object of pardon through the bounty of God, not through His justice; for bounty if giving without desert, and justice is giving what is deserved. —  Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era
• Consequently it is certain that those who are near the Divine Court are allowed to intercede, and this intercession is approved by God. —  Bahá’í World Faith
• Rome heard of his intercession, and sneered at him for his weak-spiritedness; as kindly letter-writers failed not to let him know Look for the flower to bloom in the silence that follows the storm, not till then The flower bloomed in this case during those seven years at Rhodes; then Tiberius was fit to return. —  The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19
• He ever liveth to make intercession for us; and this intercession is the presentation of the Sacrifice that He Himself offered once for all in Blood upon the Cross, and forever presents to the Father in heaven "one unending sacrifice." —  Our Lady Saint Mary

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