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Session
#3--How Do We Pray? |
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Prayer of
Petition. |
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General intercessions at mass. |
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When we "ask" God for
something. |
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Example: Agony in the
Garden--Mark 14:32-36 |
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Prayer of
Praise. |
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When your heart is so full of
the love of God and you can't say anything except, "I love you Lord." |
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It's a joyfulness with your cup
overflowing. |
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Example: 1st Chronicles 13:5-8 |
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Prayer of
Psalms--Singing. |
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St. Augustine says, "When
we sing we pray twice." |
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Psalms are songs to be sung. |
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Songs are to be sung in
joyfulness in and out of Church. |
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Example: Luke 1:46-55 |
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Prayer of
Thanksgiving. |
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A prayer of thanks for answered
or unanswered prayer. |
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It's a time to give back to God
something that he has given you. |
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Example: Mark 5:1-20...tell the
story and then read verse 20. |
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Prayer of
Lamentation. |
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It's a prayer of woe.
Poor me, sort of like Job! |
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It's a crying out to God
"WHY?" |
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It's a prayer of anger with
God. |
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Example: Jeremiah 20:7-18 |
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Prayer of
Contemplation. |
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It's a specialized prayer of
just "being with God." |
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No petitions, no praise, no
thankfulness, no lamentation. |
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It's placing yourself in the
arms of the Lord as a little child. |
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It's a prayer form that takes
practice to master and be comfortable with in quiet solitude with just you and God alone
in total trust. |
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G. |
Close with prayer. |
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| If there
is time Father Terry will teach contemplative prayer to the group, but it takes at least
20 minutes. |
