OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE MINOR SEMINARY

Senior High School Department

Final Examination in Fundamentals of Prayer

General Direction: Fill in the blanks. The first letter of the word will help you find the correct
answer.

I. Have I been with you? ( Primer to accompany a young person who wants to know some of the
“how to begin praying”)

1-3) Prayer is not just another task or a mysterious technique but rather a R____________ to the
P_____________ and L ___________ of Jesus.
4-5) The experience of (St. Ignatius de Loyola) alternately thinking about the things of the world
and L_____________ of S__________ gave him powerful insight – a grace that would change
the world.
6-7) The primary grace of Prayer is becoming A___________ of God’s P___________ to him. It
would transform his proud soldier’s heart as well. (St. Ignatius of Loyola)
8) Finding our Vocation will not make us H_____________.
9) Being with Jesus, spending time with God makes us H______________.
10) Our vocation comes out of this R_____________ of love.
11) If we approach prayer with attitudes about its “U___________” we can seriously miss the gift
of being in relationships.
12) Friendship will change us, but only G___________ love motivates true friends.
13) St. Therese of Lisueux’s description of prayer begins with realities that “Surge the heart” -
what moves us to care, what catches our attention and holds our imagination each day. The
S____________ of prayer amplify those realities.
14) When prayer is seen as about self-awareness and the goal is self-actualization – this misses
the heart of prayer. For Prayer is a R___________.
15) Prayer is about noticing the P____________ of another.
16) Relationships begin with a L_____________. (a four letter word)
17) Those who pray with the Gospel will soon discover that prayer is not about “What we do but
our response to what God is D_____________.
18-19) 2 schools of Spiritual Direction according to Fr. Scott.
a. S_________ C_________ which is very directive and programmatic.
b. C_________ M_________ of spiritual direction

II. Prayer in the Christian Life (CCC)

20) The prayer of Abraham and Jacob is marked by trust in God’s F___________ and by certitude;
the victory promised to perseverance.
21) The prayer of Moses responds to the living God’s I__________ for the salvation of his people.
It foreshadows the prayer of intercession of the unique mediator, Jesus Christ.
22) The prayer of the people of God flourished in the shadow of the dwelling place of God’s
P___________ on earth, the ark of covenant, the temple under the guidance of their
shepherds, specially King David and the prophets.
23) The prophets summoned the people to C__________ of heart.
24) The Psalms is the M__________ of prayer in the Old Testament.
It recalls God’s promises already fulfilled and looking for the coming of the Messiah.
25-26) Prayer and fulfilled in Christ, The Psalms are E___________ and P _____________
Element of the prayer of the Church.
27) Jesus filial prayer is the P___________ model of prayer in the New Testament.
28) The prayer of Jesus involves a loving adherence to the W________ of the Father even to the
Cross
29) The prayers of the Virgin Mary, in her Fiat and Magnificat are characterized by the
G__________ offering of her whole being in faith.
30) B__________ expresses the basic movement of Christian prayer it is an encounter between
God and man.
31) A__________ is the first attitude of man acknowledging that he is a creature before the
Creation. It exalts the greatness of the Lord.
32) In CCC 2631, the first movement of the prayer of petition is asking F__________ like the tax
collector in the parable. It is a prerequisite for a righteous and pure prayer.
33) I__________ is a prayer of petition which leads us to pray as Jesus did. He is the one
intercessor with the Father on behalf of all men, especially sinners.
34) In CCC 2638, it says the Letters of St. Paul often begin and end with a T__________ and the
Lord Jesus is always present in it.
35) P_________ is the form of prayer which recognizes most immediately that God is God. It lauds
God for his own sake.
36-38) The sources of Prayer in the Tradition of Christian Prayer are:
a. W________ of G_________
b. L________ of the C_________
c. Virtues of F________, H_________ and C__________

CCC 2681 states that:

39) No one can say “Jesus is Lord” except by the H________ S_________, who is the interior
teacher of Christian prayer.
40) The Church loves to pray in communion with the Virgin Mary to Magnify with her the
G________ T_________ the Lord has done for her and to entrust supplications and praises to
her.
41) The C________ F__________ is the first place for education.
42) Christian tradition comprises 3 major expressions of the Life of Prayer
a. V__________ P_________
b. M__________
c. C __________

43-44) Contemplation is a gaze of faith fixed on Jesus, an A___________ to the Word of God and a
S___________ love.
45-48) Meditation is prayerful quest engaging T___________, I____________, E___________, and
D__________
49) Vocal Prayer associates the body with the interior prayer of the heart, following Christ’s
example of praying to his Father and teaching the O_________ F_________ to his disciples.
50-51) The principal difficulties in the practice of Prayer are D_________ and D__________.
The remedy lies in Faith, conversion and vigilance of heart.
Answer key 47. Emotion
48. Desire
1. Response 49. Our Father
2. Presence 50. Distraction
3. Love 51. Dryness
4. Lives
5. Saints
6. Aware
7. Presence
8. Happy
9. Happy
10. Relationship
11. Usefulness
12. Generous
13. Silence
14. Relationship
15. Presence
16. Look
17. Doing
18. Spiritual coaching
19. Contemplative model
20. Faithfulness
21. Initiative
22. Presence
23. Conversion
24. Masterwork
25. Essential
26. Permanent
27. Prefect
28. Will
29. Generous
30. Blessing
31. Adoration
32. Forgiveness
33. Intercession
34. Thanksgiving
35. Praise
36. Word of God
37. Liturgy of the Church
38. Faith, Hope, Charity
39. Holy Spirit
40. Great things
41. Christian family
42. Vocal prayer, Meditation, Contemplation
43. Attentiveness
44. Silent
45. Thoughts
46. Imagination