Prayer

Question 1

Different types of prayer

Answer 1

Adoration, confessional, penitential, praise, thanksgiving, supplication, contemplation, intercession

Question 2

Catholic Grace before Meals

Answer 2

“Bless us, O Lord, and these your gifts, which we are about to receive from your bounty. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.”

Question 3

Benefits of Private Prayer

Answer 3

Allows time for reflection, find peace & sense of communion with God in everyday life, gives strength, builds discipline

Question 4

Private Prayers

Answer 4

Spiritually honest, motivated by holy spirit

Question 5

Set prayers

Answer 5

Learn & repeat prayers with significant meaning, single voices become communal voice, tradition, Protestants use “The Book of common Prayer”

Question 6

Positions

Answer 6

Kneeling = Anglican, Rosary = Catholic, Icons & standing = Orthodox, Nonconformists = sitting, humble position, hands pressed together

Question 7

Purpose of icons

Answer 7

aid prayer

Question 8

Purpose of Prayer

Answer 8

Communicating with God, lifting minds and hearts to God, essential part of faith & Jesus’ lifestyle

Question 9

The Lord’s Prayer

Answer 9

Jesus said Lord’s Prayer taught disciples to pray, accepts God as holy, if everyone followed God’s way his kingdom would be complete, reminder to forgive others, combines praise & asking for needs

Question 10

Lord’s Prayer Use

Answer 10

holy communions, baptisms, marriages, funerals, prayed by all members of congregation, learned as children, brings sense of unity and spiritual purpose, impactful

Question 11

Beliefs about God’s Answer

Answer 11

God will answer prayer but not always in the way a person would like (asked for bad thing/later), help someone accept God’s will, some Christians believe answers = miracles,

Question 12

Jesus Prayer

Answer 12

Orthodox “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner” - repeated, clears mind, achieve inner peace

Question 13

Garden of Gethesmane

Answer 13

Mark 14:32-36, Jesus’ prayer not answered, God’s will accepted, expresses honest emotional pain, reaches inner peace

Question 14

Matthew 6:7

Answer 14

” when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.”

Question 15

Importance of Lord’s Prayer

Answer 15

Recited in schools, brings sense of unity and spiritual purpose, reminds that must forgive others to be forgiven, only effective if person’s relationships with others right, reminds Christians God = Father of whole community