PURPOSE OF PRAYER

WHY SHOULD YOU PRAY

• Praying is like a conversation with God.
• It involves a two way conversation with God and yourself.
• Praying also is listening intently to God.
• When you pray, you form a bond with God.

PRAYER TYPES & FORMS

• Praise: Adoration and Blessing to God
• Thanksgiving: Offered to God...thanks to God.
• Intercession: Prayer offered to God on behalf of others.

Praise: Hallelujah, Our Father, and Hail Mary
Thanksgiving: Grace before and After Meals.
Intercession: Prayer for the Faithful Departed.

PRAYER EXPRESSIONS

• Mental: inside your head, "tuning in with God."
• Vocal: prayer aloud.
• Contemplation: prayer that forms a bond with Jesus and God.

Mental Prayer

Vocal Prayer

Contemplation Prayer

PRAYER ATTRIBUTES

• Simplicity: do not pray with fancy words, make it short and simple.
• Faith: pray with perseverance.
• Others: pray with a group.

SIMPLICITY

• Prayer that is simple is prayer that isn't pompous and waiting to be praised by others.
• Keep it simple with God when you pray too.

FAITH

• Prayer with faith, is 100% believing in what you say.
• Jesus teaches us to believe that God will answer our prayers.

PRAYING WITH OTHERS

• Jesus wants us to all be present in a community and pray with each other.
• "Jesus is always with us when we gather in his name"

TYPES OF FORMAL PRAYER

• Our Father
• Hail Mary
• Glory Be
• The Memorare
• Stations of the Cross
• Your Own prayer

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