What is Prayer?
Definition of Prayer
Lifting our minds and hearts to God
What kind of heart did Mary, Mother of God, have?
Listening heart
When does Jesus tell us to pray?
Pray always
What month is dedicated to the Rosary?
October
How many petitions are there in the Our Father?
7
What are we having with God?
A conversation
The Holy Spirit
What is the difference between mental and vocal prayer?
Mental prayer: meditative prayer (individual)
Vocal prayer: said out loud in community or by
yourself
What two types of prayer are used in the Rosary?
Hint: not ACTS
Mental and vocal prayer
This word means "it is true."
Amen
Why is prayer essential?
Spiritual lives fed
What was most important for Mary to do?
Which 2 hours are the "hinge" hours in the Liturgy of the Hours?
Morning Prayer (Lauds)
Evening Prayer (Vespers)
Name the 4 main mysteries (categories).
Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful, Glorious
God is personable and loving, so Jesus referred to him with a familiar term a child often uses?
Abba
How should we pray? Name at least 2 we talked about in class
1. prepare
2. with humility
3. with faith and confidence
4. with resignation
5. with perserverance
To have a good prayer life, what is the first thing you need to do?
Make time
What is the Liturgy of the Hours based upon?
The readings and prayers from Mass of the day
What are the three vocal prayers used to pray the decades of the Rosary?
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be
Sung prayer in the Old Testament, and used during Mass
Psalms
What is the difference between personal prayer and communal prayer?
personal: nourishes OUR relationship w/God
communal: w/others, strengthens our unity w/Christ
What is the Perfect prayer of the Church?
The Mass
Adoration (praise)
Contrition
Thanksgiving
Supplication (asking)
How many decades are there in the Rosary?
20 decades
The name of the central Jewish prayer of faith in the one God. Duet. 6:4 - 5
Shema
What is another name for the Liturgy of the Hours?
Divine Office
What is the perfect model for prayer?
The Our Father
aka The Lord's Prayer