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Centering Prayer: We focus silently on a sacred word that prepares us to receive the gift of contemplative prayer, prayer in which we experience God’s presence within us. Ignatian Contemplation : We use our imagination to place ourselves in a scene from Scripture using all our senses and take notice of how God may be speaking to us.
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- Blessing and Adoration. When we bless God, we are acknowledging Him as the source of all that is good. Adoration takes it a step further; we adore God for who He is—almighty, loving, and full of mercy.
- Petition. Asking God for what we need is called petition. These requests can be for ourselves or on behalf of others. They might be for physical things like health or more spiritual things like strength in faith.
- Intercession. Intercession is when we pray on behalf of someone else. You’re acting as a go-between, asking God to help or guide another person.
- Thanksgiving. Prayers of thanksgiving are exactly what they sound like—saying “thank you” to God for what He has given us. This could be anything from thanks for a meal to gratitude for a safe journey or recovery from illness.
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The word pray is first found in Middle English, meaning to "ask earnestly." It comes from the Old French preier, which is derived from the Latin word precari, which simply means to entreat or ask. In fact, although prayis not often used this way anymore, it can simply mean “please,” as in “pray continue your story.”
While we often think of prayer primarily as asking God for something, prayer, properly understood, is a conversation with God or with the saints. Just as we cannot hold a conversation with another person unless he can hear us, the very act of praying is an implicit recognition of the presence of God or the saints here with us. And in praying, we st...
Many people (Catholics included) find it odd to speak of "praying to the saints." But if we understand what prayer truly means, we should recognize that there is no problem with this phrase. The trouble is that many Christians confuse prayer with worship, and they understand quite rightly that worship belongs to God alone, and not to the saints. Bu...
How one prays depends on the purpose of one's prayer. The Catechism of the Catholic Church, in discussing the five types of prayer in paragraphs 2626 through 2643, provides examples and pointers on how to engage in each type of prayer. Most people find it easier to begin praying by making use the traditional prayers of the Church, such as the ten p...
The practice of the Church, devoutly followed by the faithful, is to begin and end the day with prayer; and though morning and evening prayer is not of strict obligation, the practice of it so well satisfies our sense of the need of prayer that neglect of it, especially for a long time, is regarded as more or less sinful, according to the cause of the neglect, which is commonly some form of sloth.
St. John Damascene gave a classic definition of prayer: "Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God" (CCC, no. 2559, citing St. John Damascene, De Fide Orth. 3, 24). The Catechism clearly defines prayer as a "vital and personal relationship with the living and true God" (CCC, no. 2558). Prayer ...
Prayer in the Catholic Church is "the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God." [1] It is an act of the moral virtue of religion, which Catholic theologians identify as a part of the cardinal virtue of justice.
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Sundays, centered on the Eucharist, are kept holy primarily by prayer. the cycle of the liturgical year and its great feasts are also basic rhythms of the Christian's life of prayer. 2699 The Lord leads all persons by paths and in ways pleasing to him, and each believer responds according to his heart's resolve and the personal expressions of his prayer.
