Prayer is communicating with God through talking and listening. There are different types of prayer including communal prayer said with others (like Mass) and private prayer said alone (like reading scripture). The four main purposes of prayer are petition, adoration, contrition, and thanksgiving. Catholics should know important prayers like the Lord's Prayer, Hail Mary, and Apostle's Creed. Prayer is an important part of the Bible as seen in passages like the Magnificat and Psalms.

1. PRAYERPRAYER

2. ⇒Prayer is communicating with God; talking to
and listening to our Creator.
⇒Prayer is the raising of our hearts and minds
to God. Prayer should always be respectful.
⇒Communal Prayer is prayer said with others:
•Liturgy (Mass)
•Prayer services
•Prayer groups
•Retreats

3. ⇒Private or Personal prayer is prayer
said alone
•Reading scripture
•Memorized prayers
•Personal; like a “conversation”
•Meditation
•Rosary – can be private or communal

4. The four Purposes of PrayerThe four Purposes of Prayer
Petition – asking God to fulfill our needs
(supplication)
Adoration – praise; showing love for God and His
creation
Contrition – showing sorrow or regret for sin and
asking for forgiveness
Thanksgiving – showing gratitude for blessings
P. A. C. T.P. A. C. T.

5. TERMS:
1. Adoration – great love for someone; to adore is
to show great love
2. Amen – “it is so” a word said at the end of a
prayer to express agreement
3. Benediction – the blessing of the congregation
with the Host
4. Catholic – “universal” including or concerning all
humankind

6. 5. Contrition – regret for sin or wrongdoing;
contrite means sorry
6. Creed – a formal statement of belief; a
prayer that states what a person believes.
7. Divine – of, about, or from God

7. 8. Divine Praises – a litany of prayers of adoration
said after Benediction
9. Intercession – a prayer or petition to God on
behalf of another
10. Genuflect – to bend on one knee in reverence; a
sign of great respect and worship before the
Blessed Sacrament
11. Grace – a share of God’s love within us; divine
love and protection

8. 12. Hymn – a song of praise and honor to God
13. Litany – a list or series of blessings or titles
which invoke or give praise
14. Novena – a nine-day period of prayer and
devotion
15. Petition – a formal request

9. The Lord’s PrayerThe Lord’s Prayer – Commonly called the
Our Father; this is the prayer that Jesus taught
His disciples. The Lord’s Prayer is found in
Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4
PRAYER IN THE BIBLEPRAYER IN THE BIBLE

10. The MagnificatThe Magnificat – Mary’s prayer of adoration.
Mary proclaims this prayer after the Angel
Gabriel visits her. This is found in Luke 1:46-
55.

11. PsalmsPsalms – Poetic songs of praise in the Book of
Psalms, in the Old Testament. Tradition tells
us that most of the Psalms were written by
King David.

12. The Sign of the Cross expresses three chief
mysteries of our faith:
⇒The Blessed Trinity – The mystery of
three divine Persons in One God
⇒The Incarnation – The mystery of God
becoming human; the “Word made flesh”
⇒Redemption – the mystery by which
Jesus’ sacrifice and Resurrection saves us
from sin

13. PRAYERS CATHOLICS SHOULD KNOW:
•The Lord’s Prayer (Our Father)
•Doxology (Glory Be)
•Hail Mary
•Act of Contrition
•Apostle’s Creed
•Morning Offering
•Nicene Creed
•Prayer to the Holy Spirit
•The Rosary
•Hail, Holy Queen
•Memorare

14. Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be
opened to you. - Luke 11:9
He who sings prays twice. - German Proverb
For me prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward
heaven; it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
Do not pray for an easy life - pray to be a stronger person.
– Phillips Brooks
Prayer is the key of the morning and the lock of the evening. - Gandhi
There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on
its knees. – Victor Hugo
It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a
heart. – Gandhi
Pray as though everything depended on God; work as though everything
depended on you. - St. Augustine

15. Prayer is not a substitute for work, thinking, watching, suffering or giving;
prayer is a support for all other efforts.
- George Buttrick
Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.
- Satchel Paige
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was “thank you”, that would
suffice. – Meister Eckhart
You pray in your distress and in your need…may you also pray in the
fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance. – Kahlil Gibran
If you begin to live life looking for God who is all around, every moment
becomes a prayer. – Frank Bianco
Action without prayer is arrogance; prayer without action is hypocrisy.
– Jose Zayas
To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive
without breathing. – Martin Luther King, Jr.