The document discusses the various forms and importance of prayer in Christian practice, highlighting different types such as thanksgiving, intercession, petition, adoration, and contrition. It emphasizes the need for constant communication with God and outlines the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit that aid in living a faithful life. Additionally, it stresses the importance of integrating prayer into daily life and the ultimate acknowledgment of God's will.

1. NO TIME TO Pray
I knelt to pray but not for
long.
I had too much to do
Must hurry up and go to work
For bills would soon be due.

2. So I knelt and said a hurried
prayer,
And jumped up off my knees.
My Christian duty was now
done
My soul could rest at ease.

3. All day long I had no time
To spread a word of cheer.
No time to speak of Christ to
friends,
They’d laugh at me I’d fear.

4. No time, no time , too much to
do,
That was my constant cry.
No time to give to souls in
need
But at last the time to die.

5. I went before the Lord,
I came, I stood with downcast
eyes.
For in His hands God held a
book;
It was the book of life.

6. God looked into His book
and said
“Your name I cannot find.
I once was going to write
it down…

7. But
NEVER
found the
TIME.”
-Monsignor Lawrence Luciana

8. THE IMPORTANCE
OF PRAYER

9. "Prayer," St. John Damascene
wrote, "is the raising of one's
mind and heart to God or
the requesting of good things
from God."

10. At an even more basic level, a
prayer is a form of
communication, a way of
talking to God or to the saints,
just as we talk to family or
friends.

11. PRAYER is
COMMUNICATION
with GOD.

12. When we
communicate, we
TALK and we NEED
to LISTEN.

14. TYPES OF PRAYERS
T – Thanksgiving
I – Intercession
P – Petition
A – Adoration
C - Contrition

15. TYPES OF PRAYERS
T – Thanksgiving - Perhaps the
most neglected type of prayer is a
prayer of thanksgiving.
Recognizing that God is the
source of everything. Gratitude.

16. While Grace Before Meals is a good
example of a prayer of thanksgiving,
we should get into the habit of
thanking God throughout the day for
the good things that happen to us and
others. Adding the Grace After Meals
to our regular prayers is an excellent
way to start.

17. I – Intercession - Prayers of
intercession are another form of
prayers of petition, but they are
important enough to be
considered their own type of
prayer..

18. Catechism of the Catholic Church notes
(Para. 2634), "Intercession is a prayer of
petition which leads us to pray as Jesus
did." In a prayer of intercession, we're
not concerned with our needs but with
the needs of others.

19. Just as we ask the saints to
intercede for us, we, in turn,
intercede through our prayers for
our fellow Christians, asking God
to shower His mercy on them by
answering their requests.

20. A Prayer of Parents for Their
Children and these Weekly
Prayers for the Faithful Departed
are good examples of prayers of
intercession for the needs of
others.

21. P – Petition Outside of the Mass,
prayers of petition are the type of
prayer with which we are most
familiar. In them, we ask God for
things we need—primarily spiritual
needs, but physical ones as well.

22. A Prayer of Parents for Their
Children and these Weekly
Prayers for the Faithful Departed
are good examples of prayers of
intercession for the needs of
others.

23. Our prayers of petition should
always include a statement of
our willingness to accept God's
Will, whether He directly
answers our prayer or not.

24. The Our Father is a good example of
a prayer of petition, and the line
"Thy will be done" shows that, in the
end, we acknowledge that God's
plans for us are more important than
what we desire.

25. A – Adoration - prayers of
adoration or worship, we exalt
the greatness of God, and we
acknowledge our dependence
on Him in all things.

26. The Mass and the other liturgies of the
Church are full of prayers of adoration or
worship, such as the Gloria (the Glory to
God). Among private prayers, the Act of
Faith is a prayer of adoration. In extolling
the greatness of God, we also
acknowledge our own humility;

27. C – Contrition – prayer
acknowledging our sinfulness
and being sorry for the sins we
have committed against God
and our fellowmen.

28. BIBLICAL BASIS OF PRAYER

29. St. Paul says, “Pray without ceasing.”
(1Thessalonians 5:17)
Jesus showed His love to the Father by
praying. “Rising very early in the
morning, while it was dark, He departed
and went out to desolate place, and
there He prayed.” (Mark 1:35)

30. We pray because we are
grateful for the many blessings
God has showered us. “Every
good gift and every perfect gift is
from above, coming down from
the Father of lights.” (James 1:17)

31. We pray to acknowledge our
dependence on God. As Paul
preached at the Areopagus,
“In Him we live and move
and have our being.” (Acts
17:28)

32. BASIC PRAYERS
(FORMULATED PRAYERS)

33. 1. The Lord’s Prayer – (Our Father) (St.
Luke 11: 2 – 4) (St. Matthew 6: 9 – 13)
2. Hail Mary – (Lk. 1:28)
3. Glory be (Doxology)
4. Prayer to the Guardian Angel
5. Morning Offering
6. Act of Contrition
7. Apostles’ Creed

35. GIFTS OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT

36. Wisdom: the gift of wisdom. For the wise
person, the wonders of nature, historical
events, and the ups and downs of our lives
take on deeper meaning. The matters of
judgment about the truth, and being able to
see the whole image of God. We see God as
our Father and other people with dignity.

37. Understanding: we comprehend how we need
to live as a follower of Christ. A person with
understanding is not confused by all the
conflicting messages in our culture about the
right way to live. The gift of understanding
perfects a person's speculative reason in the
apprehension of truth. It is the gift whereby
self-evident principles are known

38. Counsel (Right Judgment): With the gift of
counsel/right judgment, we know the difference
between right and wrong, and we choose to do what is
right. A person with right judgment avoids sin and lives
out the values taught by Jesus. The gift of truth that
allows the person to respond prudently, and happily to
believe our Christ the Lord

39. Fortitude (Courage): With the gift of
fortitude/courage, we overcome our fear and
are willing to take risks as a follower of Jesus
Christ. A person with courage is willing to stand
up for what is right in the sight of God, even if it
means accepting rejection, verbal abuse, or
even physical harm and death.

40. Knowledge: With the gift of
knowledge, we understand the
meaning of God. The gift of
knowledge is more than an
accumulation of facts.

41. Piety (Reverence): With the gift of
reverence, sometimes called piety,
we have a deep sense of respect
for God and the church. we
overcome our fear and are willing
to take risks as a follower of Jesus
Christ. and comes before God with
humility, trust, and love.

42. Fear of the Lord (Wonder and Awe):
With the gift of fear of the Lord we
are aware of the glory and majesty of
God. A person with wonder and awe
knows that God is the perfection of
all we desire: perfect knowledge,
perfect goodness, perfect power, and
perfect love

43. FRUITS OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT

44. •Love / Charity
- is love, both of
God and of neighbor.
It is our love for God
above all things for

45. for his own sake
and our neighbor
as ourselves for
the love of God.

46. •Joy
is the happiness
found in union
with the Lord. As
C.S.Lewis described
it,

47. It is a glimpse of the
perfect happiness of
heaven that leads us
to desire heaven.

48. •Peace
refers to dealing justly
with the world, as well as
remaining in good
conscience before God.

49. •Patience
Also known as long-suffering
refers to the tendency to
endure both temptation and
suffering without it leading to
sin.

50. •Long suffering in doing good
is the tendency to avoid sin and
do good. This is sometimes
translated as “patience”. It is
not the patience of bearing the
burdens which life places upon
us.

51. •Long suffering in doing good
Rather it is the patience of
continuing to do good even
when it is hard and causes us
to suffer, and when we do not
see the fruits of our good
deeds.

52. •Kindness
whatever is pleasing,
desirable, useful,
lovely, valuable or
morally good.

53. - Goodness
-a disposition by which
one is ready to do good
to others. God
is faithful: his love and
his promises will never
be withdrawn.

54. •Generosity
-is an openness to
sharing one's own gifts
and goods with others.
It is the opposite of
both gluttony and envy.

55. •Faithfulness
-is the standing
strong in faith, and
strength against
diversion away from
faith and virtue.

56. •Gentleness
-Also known as
mildness, is the
tendency to allow
provocations to go
unanswered.

57. •Self-control
is a fruit of the Spirit in that the
mastery over one's wayward desires is
not something we achieve on our own.
Rather, it comes from belonging to
Christ. Paul is speaking not of control
by the self, but of giving over control of
the self to the Spirit of Jesus.

58. •One who lives by the Spirit
of Christ shares also in this
quality, as also in the
gentleness characteristic of
the heart of Jesus (Matthew
11:28-29).

59. IMAGES OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT