divine intercession
God stepping in
Divine intercession is the act of a deity or sacred figure intervening on behalf of humans, typically in response to prayer or devotion.
In religious contexts, believers may ask saints, angels, or other holy figures to intercede with God for them, seeking favor, healing, or forgiveness they feel unable to request directly.
The congregation prayed for divine intercession during the crisis.
The concept assumes that certain spiritual beings have special access to or influence with the divine.
- providenceDivine protective care
- act of GodUnforeseeable natural catastrophe
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- desperate pleaUrgent appeal from distress
- answered prayerSupplication that succeeded
miracle · grace · novena · patron saint · invocation · prayer · laying on hands · mercy · omnipotence · guardian angel · mediation · sanctification · liturgy · last rites · salvation · theophany · sign from above · holy visions
divine intercessionnatural law
Inherent moral principles
scientific explanation · naturalism · random chance · blind chance · coincidence
divine intercessionself-reliance
Depending on oneself alone
human agency · pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps · self-help · secular humanism · bootstrap mentality
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