Spirit of Truth, Parish Edition > Grade 1 1st Ed. > Unit 4
Session 18: The Types of Prayer
The five forms, or types, of prayer are blessing and adoration, praise, petition, intercession, and thanksgiving.
The five forms, or types, of prayer are blessing and adoration, praise, petition, intercession, and thanksgiving.
God’s Word is alive, able to cause change in those who hear it, and speaks directly to the “reflections and thoughts of our hearts.”
Jesus reveals to us the life of prayer: how to pray and what to pray for.
The first three commandments are the fundamental requirements for loving God.
Prayer is the raising of one’s mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God.
The Our Father is the perfect prayer.
The Church teaches that prayer is simply a “conversation” with God, a raising of the mind and heart to Him.
The Church teaches that prayer is simply a “conversation” with God, a raising of the mind and heart to Him.
The five forms, or types, of prayer are blessing and adoration, praise, petition, intercession, and thanksgiving.
The Lord’s Prayer encompasses everything that can and must be said to the Father.
The Lord is always the initiator in our relationship with Him. God calls man first, and man’s first response is prayer.
Jesus said that when people come together to pray using His name, He is actually with them listening, helping, and praying with them too.
The Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints serve as models of prayer, and we can ask them to pray for us.
The Lord’s Prayer encompasses everything that can and must be said to the Father.
Jesus said that when people come together to pray using His name, He is actually with them listening, helping, and praying with them too.