Chapter 4

Question 1

Prayer

Answer 1

Lifting of the heart and mind to God

Question 2

Prayer is an expression of _____ and ______

Answer 2

Faith and love

Question 3

Personal prayer

Answer 3

Nourishes our relationship with God

Question 4

Communal prayer

Answer 4

Praying with others, strengths our unity in Christ

Question 5

What traditional Jewish prayers did Jesus pray?

Answer 5

Meal prayers, the psalms, the Shema, the central prayer in faith in the one God

Question 6

When, how, where, how many times did Jesus pray?

Answer 6

At least twice a day
Synagogues and The Temple
He prayed at major life events (communal and personal)

Question 7

What life events did Jesus pray in? (3)

Answer 7

Transfigured, at his baptism, choosing his apostles, multiplication of loaves

Question 8

What did Jesus practice in prayer?

Answer 8

Deep personal prayer

Question 9

How did Jesus tell his followers to pray? What prayer did he teach them?

Answer 9

Told them to pray everyday

Lord’s Prayer: most important prayer of the church

Question 10

Mary is the _____ of the ______

Answer 10

Mother

Church

Question 11

A pondering heart is a ______ heart

Answer 11

Listening

Question 12

When did the angle announce that Mary would be the mother of the savior?

Answer 12

Annunciation

Question 13

All the _______ prayed no matter how busy they were

Answer 13

Saints

Question 14

Liturgy

Answer 14

Public worship of the church

Question 15

Church’s greatest community prayer

Answer 15

Mass

Question 16

What does mass include?

Answer 16

Adoration, contrition, petition (supplication), thanksgiving

Question 17

What happened because the Christians wanted to extend hours of worship?

Answer 17

Liturgy of the hours, prayer based on readings and prayers from mass that day

Question 18

What is the liturgy of the hours called now?

Answer 18

Prayer of Christians: every Christian can pray it

Question 19

What does the liturgy of the hours contain?(6)

Answer 19

Hymns, psalms, Scripture readings, petitions, the Lord’s Prayer, times of reflective silence

Question 20

Three major expressions of the life of prayer:

Answer 20

Vocal, meditation, and contemplative prayer

Question 21

How many times can the prayer of the church be prayed?

Answer 21

Seven “hours” or times

Question 22

What are the morning and evening hours called?

Answer 22

Hinge hours

Question 23

Morning prayer

Answer 23

Lauds

Question 24

Evening prayer

Answer 24

Vespers

Question 25

What did Jesus teach us?

Answer 25

To pray always

Question 26

What does the Holy Spirit help us do?

Answer 26

Pray anywhere and at any time

Question 27

Prayer is ____ always _____

What do you have to keep doing?

Answer 27

Not always easy

Keep trying

Question 28

Ora et Labora

Answer 28

Prayer and work

Question 29

What should prayer lead to?

Answer 29

Action