PRAYER

⇒Prayer is communicating with God; talking to

and listening to our Creator.
⇒Prayer is the raising of our hearts and minds
to God. Prayer should always be respectful.

⇒Communal Prayer is prayer said with others:

•Liturgy (Mass)
•Prayer services
•Prayer groups
•Retreats
⇒Private or Personal prayer is prayer
said alone
•Reading scripture
•Memorized prayers
•Personal; like a “conversation”
•Meditation
•Rosary – can be private or communal
 The four Purposes of Prayer

Petition – asking God to fulfill our needs

(supplication)

Adoration – praise; showing love for God and His

creation

Contrition – showing sorrow or regret for sin and

asking for forgiveness

Thanksgiving – showing gratitude for blessings

P. A. C. T.
 TERMS:
1. Adoration – great love for someone; to adore is
to show great love

2. Amen – “it is so” a word said at the end of a

prayer to express agreement

3. Benediction – the blessing of the congregation

with the Host

4. Catholic – “universal” including or concerning all

humankind
5. Contrition – regret for sin or wrongdoing;
contrite means sorry

6. Creed – a formal statement of belief; a

prayer that states what a person believes.

7. Divine – of, about, or from God

8. Divine Praises – a litany of prayers of adoration
said after Benediction

9. Intercession – a prayer or petition to God on

behalf of another

10. Genuflect – to bend on one knee in reverence; a

sign of great respect and worship before the
Blessed Sacrament

11. Grace – a share of God’s love within us; divine

love and protection
12. Hymn – a song of praise and honor to God

13. Litany – a list or series of blessings or titles

which invoke or give praise

14. Novena – a nine-day period of prayer and

devotion

15. Petition – a formal request

 PRAYER IN THE BIBLE
The Lord’s Prayer – Commonly called the
Our Father; this is the prayer that Jesus taught
His disciples. The Lord’s Prayer is found in
Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4
The Magnificat – Mary’s prayer of adoration.
Mary proclaims this prayer after the Angel
Gabriel visits her. This is found in Luke 1:46-
55.
Psalms – Poetic songs of praise in the Book of
Psalms, in the Old Testament. Tradition tells
us that most of the Psalms were written by
King David.
The Sign of the Cross expresses three chief
mysteries of our faith:

⇒The Blessed Trinity – The mystery of

three divine Persons in One God

⇒The Incarnation – The mystery of God

becoming human; the “Word made flesh”

⇒Redemption – the mystery by which

Jesus’ sacrifice and Resurrection saves us
from sin
 PRAYERS CATHOLICS SHOULD KNOW:

•The Lord’s Prayer (Our Father)

•Doxology (Glory Be)
•Hail Mary
•Act of Contrition
•Apostle’s Creed
•Morning Offering
•Nicene Creed
•Prayer to the Holy Spirit
•The Rosary
•Hail, Holy Queen
•Memorare
Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be
opened to you. - Luke 11:9

He who sings prays twice. - German Proverb

For me prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward

heaven; it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.
- St. Therese of Lisieux

Do not pray for an easy life - pray to be a stronger person.

– Phillips Brooks

Prayer is the key of the morning and the lock of the evening. - Gandhi

There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on
its knees. – Victor Hugo

It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a

heart. – Gandhi

Pray as though everything depended on God; work as though everything

depended on you. - St. Augustine
Prayer is not a substitute for work, thinking, watching, suffering or giving;
prayer is a support for all other efforts.
- George Buttrick

Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.
- Satchel Paige

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was “thank you”, that would
suffice. – Meister Eckhart

You pray in your distress and in your need…may you also pray in the
fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance. – Kahlil Gibran

If you begin to live life looking for God who is all around, every moment
becomes a prayer. – Frank Bianco

Action without prayer is arrogance; prayer without action is hypocrisy.

– Jose Zayas

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive

without breathing. – Martin Luther King, Jr.