The phrase circulates after every mass shooting. To critics, the repetition of these shootings exists because no one is doing much else besides offer thoughts and prayers.

"Thoughts and prayers for folks in Boston," a former colleague posted on Facebook. "Pray for Boston," another friend wrote, echoing a popular Facebook page, Twitter hashtag, and image meme. It was ...

Marine Corps Special Operations Command took down this meme of retired Gen. James Mattis from its Facebook page. Photo Credit: Marine Corps Special Operations Command's Facebook page.

A popular Facebook post claimed that an Aramaic-language scroll discovered by archaeologists in 1892 led to a more accurate and definitive translation of the Lord's Prayer.

Some Facebook prayer groups already have hundreds of thousands of members, however, and clicking an “I prayed” button is not very different from typing the same phrase in a comment; ...

A chain message from 2020 claiming Facebook is banning a Christian prayer has resurfaced on the site — and it’s still not true.

The phrase circulates after every mass shooting. To critics, the repetition of these shootings exists because no one is doing much else besides offer thoughts and prayers.

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How 'thoughts and prayers' went from common condolence to cynical meme. Semantic satiation is the phenomenon in which a word or phrase is repeated so often it loses its meaning.