Christianity Practices - Prayer & Pilgrimage

Question 1

What is involved in congregational prayer and what are the different practices?

Answer 1

• Set responses such as ‘Amen’ or ‘Lord, hear our prayer’.
• Some congregations allow standing and praying out loud or silent times for reflection (God may speak to them in some manner)
• Set/Liturgical prayers - express confession and thankfulness.

Question 2

What is extempore prayer?

Answer 2

• Informal, spontaneous prayer giving one freedom to relate with God in an individual way.
• intimate conversation with God.

Question 3

What is the Lord’s prayer?

Answer 3

• Jesus taught his followers how to pray.
• Christians must remember to:
  Confess all sin
  Thank God
  Adore God and concern for others
  Supplication

Question 4

Define supplication

Answer 4

Asking God for his help in prayer. This may be for the person themselves or intercession for others.

Question 5

What is the purpose of individual and private worship?

Answer 5

To ask for things that they have interest in, to thank God and to pray for others.

Question 6

What are the 7 types of prayer?

Answer 6

Adoration
Confession
Intercession
Thanksgiving
Praying in the spirit
Meditation
Grace

Question 7

What is adoration?

Answer 7

Bible speaks of God being worthy of praise, so this prayer is adoring God for whom He is,

Question 8

What is confession?

Answer 8

They will tell God everything wrong they have done or failed to do when they should’ve. They also consider what changes they will make and seek forgiveness.

Question 9

What are intercessions?

Answer 9

Pray on behalf of others.

Question 10

What is thanksgiving?

Answer 10

God has good plans for Christians, so even in times of difficulty they thank God.

Question 11

What is grace?

Answer 11

• Thanking God before a meal
• Jesus thanked when he fed 5000 people
• Paul gave thanks to God before eating bread during the sea journey

Question 12

What is praying in the spirit?

Answer 12

• Effectively Glossolalia (speaking in tongue)
• A prayer inspired by the Holy Spirit
• Can be done in private, out loud
• A form of charismatic worship

Question 13

What is meditation?

Answer 13

• During Christian meditation a believer focuses on God in stillness.
• Time of contemplation, this is when God will reveal himself to a believer.

Question 14

What are the spiritual impacts of pilgrimage?

Answer 14

• Experience brings them closer to God as there aren’t any distractions
• Physical challenges of a pilgrimage shows them that they need God
• Spiritual impact as you are in places where Jesus performed miracles
• Sense of awe and wonder or a fresh insight and revelation of God.

Question 15

State 4 pilgrimage locations.

Answer 15

Walsingham
Lourdes
Jerusalem
Rome

Question 16

What is the significance and what do people do when they are in Lourdes?

Answer 16

• 14 year old girl had many visions of God, a spring of heavenly water with healing power arose.
• Church (Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary)
• Many visit for healing, 7,000 healed, 67 miraculously.
• Spiritual healing as well as medical.

Question 17

What is the significance and actions when Christians visit Jerusalem?

Answer 17

• Jesus lived, died, was resurrected and seen there.
• Brings Bible to life, helps them reflect
• On Good Friday they will walk the Via Dolorosa (way of sorrows), where Jesus walked to his crucifixion.
• Visit Church Holy Sepulchre, built where Jesus has been
• Oil is poured of the Stone of Unction (stone where Jesus’s body was washed and laid), they rub hankys on it and take it as a relic.

Question 18

What is the significance of Walsingham and what is done there?

Answer 18

• Village in Norfolk, a lady saw Virgin Mary’s house being built in Nazerath, she was told to build it so she did
• It’s a shrine
• A statue of the Virgin Mary was built and a bottle with her milk is supposedly there.
• Many miracles happened here
• Every day there are Eucharist services and and evening prayers for pilgrims.

Question 19

What is the significance of Rome?

Answer 19

• Headquarters of the RCC
• St Peters church built above the remains of St Peter - important leader in Christianity and disciple of Jesus
• Peter was about to flee persecution from Rome, Jesus came in a vision and made him feel guilty as Jesus says he is going to be crucified, Peter felt guilty and went and was crucified upside down.
• Do mass with the Pope in the Vatican