Prayer: Gift of relationship

Question 1

__________ is an intimate conversation with God who we know loves us.

Answer 1

Prayer

Question 2

What is an authentic Christian prayer?

Answer 2

a. grounded in Sacred Scripture and the great prayers of the Church’s liturgy;
b. actively related to others in our concrete human context;
c. consciously seeking to discern and follow the Spirit’s movement within us;
d. formative and transformative in regard to personal growth. (CFC 1495)

Question 3

What are the forms of prayer?

Answer 3

Adoration
Contrition
Thanksgiving
Supplication/Petition
Offering

Question 4

We adore God as our Creator and Lord, on whom we depend for our existence.

Answer 4

Adoration

Question 5

We ask for God’s forgiveness through our Lord Jesus Christ, for the sins through which we rejected God and His love.

Answer 5

Contrition

Question 6

We give thanks to God for all that He has bestowed upon us, especially the incredible gift of His Self-giving love.

Answer 6

Thanksgiving

Question 7

We present our needs to God, asking His divine help.

Answer 7

Supplication or Petition

Question 8

We place before God all our thoughts, words and deeds, our whole lives.

Answer 8

Offering