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Prayer

Prayer. Responding in Faith Conversation with God. What is prayer?. A form of worship in which we have a conversation with God that includes both speaking and listening and opens us up fully to God. You can pray anytime and anywhere. Use your whole self to pray.

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Prayer

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  1. Prayer Responding in Faith Conversation with God

  2. What is prayer? • A form of worship in which we have a conversation with God that includes both speaking and listening and opens us up fully to God. • You can pray anytime and anywhere. Use your whole self to pray. • There are different reasons why we pray. • There are different forms of prayer. • Just as it is necessary to speak with our friends to maintain a relationship with them, it is important to keep an open communication with God.

  3. Forms of Prayer • Adoration (Blessing and praise) • Give glory and praise to God for creation and just because He is God • Doxology: A short prayer of praise • Contrition • To tell God we are sorry for our sins and ask for forgiveness • Thanksgiving • Thank God for personal blessings • Supplication (petition or intercession) • Asking for favors for ourselves and others

  4. Expression of Prayer • Individual • Praying alone • Communal • Praying with others • Vocal • Voicing prayer out loud • Silent • Praying in silence

  5. Expressions of Prayer Communal • Liturgy (Public Prayer of the Church) • Sacrifice of the Mass • Sacraments • Liturgy of the Hours • Devotions (Can be individual prayer) • Stations of the Cross • Rosary • Advent Candle

  6. The Lord’s Prayer • Address • Our Father, who art in Heaven, • Theological Petition • Hallowed be thy name • Thy Kingdom come • Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven • Personal Petition • Give us this day our daily bread • Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those… • Lead us not into temptation • Deliver us from evil • Doxology • Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory • Acclamation • Amen

  7. Sacrifice of the Mass • The central Christian liturgical celebration established by Jesus at the Last Supper. • Eucharist is based on the Greek word for “thanksgiving” • Remembers and renews the sacrificial death and Resurrection of Jesus. We participate in Jesus sacrifice. • Sacrament of the Eucharist is celebrated amidst prayers and readings. It combines the ancient worship of the Jewish people with the new celebration of “breaking of bread” • Transubstantiation: The changing of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Jesus.

  8. Intercessory Prayer • For ourselves • Mary • We ask the Blessed Mother to bring our prayers to God • Saints • We ask the saints to bring our prayers to God • For others • We pray for the wellbeing of others

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