Chapter 4 Flashcards
What is a good definition of prayer?
Lifting up of the mind and heart to God
What is Communal Prayer?
Praying with others
What does communal prayer do?
Strengthens our unity in Christ
What did Jesus pray?
The traditional Jewish prayers: meal prayers, the psalms, and the Shema, the central Jewish prayer of faith in the one God
What did Jesus practice?
Deep personal prayer
What did Jesus tell his followers? Who else did he tell this to?
How to pray
Us
What did Jesus tell his followers to pray?
The Lord’s Prayer
What is the most important prayer of the church?
The Lord’s Prayer
Who was a women of prayer?
Mary the Mother of the church
Who had a listening heart?
Mary
What is a listening heat?
A pondering heart
What is the liturgy?
The public worship of the church. In its broad sense, it includes the celebration of the seven sacraments and the prayer called the liturgy of the hours.
What is the churches greatest community prayer?
The mass
What does the mass include?
Adoration, contrition, thanksgiving and supplication (petition)
What are we sent to do from the mass?
We are sent forth to love lives of charity and justice
What led to the practice of the liturgy of the hours?
When the Christians wanted to extend their worship of Jesus
What kind of prayer is the liturgy of the hours?
A prayer based on readings and prayers from the mass of the day
What does the church invite all Christians to pray?
The prayer of Chirstians
What does th liturgy of the hours includes?
Hymns, psalms, sripture readings, petitions,, The Lords Prayer, and times of reflexive silence
What are the three major expressions of the life of prayer?
Vocal prayer, meditation, and contemplative prayer
What includes the three major expressions of the life of prayer?
The liturgy of the hours
When can the liturgy of the hours be prayed?,
At seven “hours” or times during the day. It makes the whole day holy
What are evening prayers called?
Vespers
What did Jesus teach us?
To pray always
