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Prayer

The document discusses different forms of prayer: 1) Adoration acknowledges God as the creator and savior who frees us from evil. 2) Prayer of petition involves asking forgiveness and making requests to God, recognizing our dependence on him. 3) Prayer of intercession involves praying for others, including those who harm us, as Jesus intercedes for all people with the Father. 4) Thanksgiving characterizes the church's prayer through giving thanks in all circumstances. 5) Prayer of praise recognizes that God is God and lauds him simply for who he is.

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Prayer

The document discusses different forms of prayer: 1) Adoration acknowledges God as the creator and savior who frees us from evil. 2) Prayer of petition involves asking forgiveness and making requests to God, recognizing our dependence on him. 3) Prayer of intercession involves praying for others, including those who harm us, as Jesus intercedes for all people with the Father. 4) Thanksgiving characterizes the church's prayer through giving thanks in all circumstances. 5) Prayer of praise recognizes that God is God and lauds him simply for who he is.

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Prayer A. What is prayer? 1. Prayer as Gods gift.

Prayer is the raising of ones mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God. But when we pray, do we speak from the height of our pride or out of our humble heart? In the Gospel according to Luke, Jesus said that He who humbles himself will be exalted. Humility is the foundation of prayer. Only when we humbly acknowledge that we do not know how to pray as we ought, are we ready to receive freely the gift of prayer. According to St. Augustine Man is beggar before God. 2. Prayer as covenant. Christian prayer is a covenant relationship between God and man in Christ. It is the action of God and of man, springing forth from both the Holy Spirit and ourselves, wholly directed to the Father, in union with Christ. 3. Prayer as communion. In the New Covenant, prayer is the living relationship of the children of God with the Father (God the Father) who is good beyond measure, with his Son Jesus Christ and with the Holy Spirit. Thus, the life of prayer is the habit of being in the presence of the Holy Trinity. Prayer is Christian insofar as it is communion with Christ and extends throughout to all the members of the Church. B. Forms of prayer 1. Adoration. It is the first attitude of man acknowledging that he is a creature before his Creator. It exalts the greatness of the Lord who made us and the almighty power of the savior who sets us free from evil. It is homage of the spirit to the king of Glory, respectful silence in the presence of the ever greater God. 2. Prayer of Petition (Supplication). We express awareness of our relationship with God. We are creatures who are not our own beginning, not the masters of adversity, not our own last end. Our petition is already our turning back to him. The first movement of the prayer of petition is asking forgiveness, like the tax collector in the Gospel (Lk 18:13). Moreover, the vocabulary of supplication in the New Testament is rich in shades of meaning: ask, beseech, plead, invoke, entreat, and cry out. 3. Prayer of Intercession. Intercession 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 . He is able for all time to save those who draw near to God through Him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. In intercession, we who pray looks not only on our own interest, but also to the interests of others, even to the point of praying for those who do us harm. 4. Prayer of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving characterizes the prayer of the church which reveals and becomes more fully what she is (Eucharistic Celebration). As in the petition, every event and need can become an offering of thanksgiving. St. Paul often begins and ends with thanksgiving: Give thanks in all circumstances. 5. Prayer of Praise. Praise is the form of prayer that recognizes most immediately that God is God. It lauds God for his own sake and gives him glory , quite beyond what he does, but simply because HE IS.

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