 Us To Pray |
Phase Two of Our Model |
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Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. . . And
when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their
many words they will be heard. When you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Mtt. 6: So
I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock,
and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who
seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Lk. 11: |
Vocal Prayer ·
We understand vocal Prayer as those forms of
prayer composed and written down that we take up and say. ·
Single prayers, Rosary, litanies, novenas,
etc. ·
Connected to various composers, for various
occasions, needs, etc. ·
Prayer of Blessing and Adoration (praising
God) Prayer of Petition (asking for what we need, including
forgiveness) Prayer of Intercession (asking for what others need) Prayer
of Thanksgiving (for what God has given and done) |
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Ethiopian had gone to Jerusalem to worship, and on his return was sitting in
his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet. The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over
to that chariot and stay by it.” So Philip ran up and heard the man reading
Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to
come up and sit with him. Then Philip began with this very Scripture and told
him the good news about Jesus. Acts 8: |
Meditation ·
Rooted in one’s own thoughts, sentiments,
expression, concerns, needs and desires, ·
Internal dwelling upon a variety of life’s
experiences so to understand them in the light of Jesus teachings. ·
Best begun in texts of scripture – often
supported by referring to Church official teaching, wisdom of the saints,
wise spiritual council. |
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(To the two disciples on the road to Emmaus) Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory? And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself. They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” Lk 24:25ff I
must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to
visions and revelations from the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen
years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or
out of it I do not know, but God knows. And I know that this man—whether in
the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows— was caught up to
Paradise. The things he heard were too sacred for words, things that man is
not permitted to tell. 2 Cor. 12:1 |
Contemplation ·
Beginning in one’s thoughts, now moving from
head to heart. How am I being moved in my deepest spirit -to recognise such
as joy, peace, consolation, inspiration, desire, insights, here to not seen. ·
Spiritual Consolation. (St. Ignatius) I
call it consolation when an interior movement is aroused in the soul, by
which it is inflamed with love of its Creator and Lord, and as a consequence,
can love no creature on the face of the earth for its own sake, but only in
the Creator of them all. It is likewise consolation when one sheds tears that
move to the love of God, whether it be because of sorrow for sins, or because
of the sufferings of Christ our Lord, or for any other reason that is
immediately directed to the praise and service of God. Finally, I call
consolation every increase of faith, hope, and love, and all interior joy
that invites and attracts to what is heavenly and to the salvation of one’s
soul by filling it with peace and quiet in its Creator and Lord. |
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While
they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave
it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.” Then
He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it,
all of you. This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many
for the forgiveness of sins. Mtt. 26 |
Liturgical ·
The Mass and the sacraments. ·
Eucharistic adoration. ·
Communion to the sick and dying. |
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Prayer
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