Spirit of Truth, Parish Edition > Grade 8 > Unit 2
Session 22: Prayer and Openness to the Holy Spirit
Prayer is a battle, and Scripture provides guidance for how to triumph.
Prayer is a battle, and Scripture provides guidance for how to triumph.
Mary is a model of faith and charity, an exemplary realization of the Church, and can teach us many lessons about prayer.
Prayer comes from our heart, where we encounter God and enter into a conversation with Him.
Prayer is how we talk to God.
The liturgy is the official public worship of the Church.
Jesus reveals to us the life of prayer: how to pray and what to pray for.
Prayer comes from our heart, where we encounter God and enter into a conversation with Him.
Expressions of prayer include meditative prayer, contemplative prayer, and devotional prayer.
The Our Father is the perfect prayer.
Jesus reveals to us the life of prayer: how to pray and what to pray for.
We should not pray with Scripture as we might analyze a book for English class. We read it to be with God and enter into a dialogue with Him.
The five forms, or types, of prayer are blessing and adoration, praise, petition, intercession, and thanksgiving.
The Our Father is the perfect prayer.
The Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints serve as models of prayer, and we can ask them to pray for us.
The five forms, or types, of prayer are blessing and adoration, praise, petition, intercession, and thanksgiving.