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- noun Plural form of
miracle .
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Examples
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But our popular religion at present conceives the birth, ministry, and death of Christ as altogether steeped in prodigy, brimful of miracles -- and _miracles do not happen_. "
Matthew Arnold George William Erskine Russell 1886
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On the other hand, no event is too extraordinary to be impossible; and, therefore, if by the term miracles we mean only "extremely wonderful events," there can be no just ground for denying the possibility of their occurrence.
Hume (English Men of Letters Series) Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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Though we use the word miracles, would it be correct to say Jesus performed “magic” when He turned water into wine, multiplied scant supplies of fish and bread to feed thousands of people, calmed storms, walked on water, and so on?
HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010
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The principles or universal laws are the cause; what we call miracles are the effects.
Make Miracles in Forty Days Melody Beattie 2010
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Though we use the word miracles, would it be correct to say Jesus performed “magic” when He turned water into wine, multiplied scant supplies of fish and bread to feed thousands of people, calmed storms, walked on water, and so on?
HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010
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Almighty who makes exceptions, which we call miracles, make an exception of the children of Gaza.
Bradley Burston: A Jew's Prayer for the Children of Gaza 2009
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My guide then spoke to me about what we call miracles, and I remember distinctly that he said: A living child-like confidence in God in all simplicity makes everything real, makes everything substantial.
The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1774-1824 1954
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What we term miracles have abounded in all places and at all times where conditions have been made for them.
In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty Ralph Waldo Trine 1912
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Almighty who makes exceptions, which we call miracles, make an exception of the children of Gaza.
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Almighty who makes exceptions, which we call miracles, make an exception of the children of Gaza.
Progressive Bloggers 2009
sherry28 commented on the word miracles
"Where there is great love there are always MIRACLES ."(Willa Cather); Chicken soup for the mother's soul . Author's : Jack Canfield , Mark Victor Hansen , Jennifer Read Hawthorne , and Marci Shimoff . page 222 .
September 30, 2010