FCL: The Christian Prayer | MSTAR - OLETA

Prayer

It is very important for both Christians and non-Christians.

Prayer

Filipino consider it as part of our life as sources of spiritual strength and hope.

Prayer

It is a pesonal faith-relating to God.

Prayer

It is when we connect ourselves to the Divine Being.

Divine Being

He is the author of life and all things around us.

Prayer

It is a solemn request for help or expression of thanks address to God or another deity.

Prayer

It develops a conscious awareness of our relationships with God.

Who God Is, Who We Are

Prayer “develops a conscious awareness of our relationships with God. This relationship depends fundamentally ____________ and ____________.

1. Man is in search of God

2. God calls man first

These are two most common reasons why man is moved on prayer.

Christian

He or she should pray always from the heart.

Christian Prayer

It is always rooted in the heart, and related to the neighbour in loving compassion and service.

Christian Prayer

It must be directly addressed to God, Our Creator and Lord, while involving an intrinsic to one’s neighbour.

Concept of Prayer

It is an activity of the heart and man or woman drawn towards the divine.

• Speaking to God

• Speaking with God

These are the two classical definitions of prayer.

John Damascene

He said that prayer is raising of the mind to God.

• Motive and Content of Prayer

• Various Forms of Prayer

It is the two types of nature of prayer.

Motive and Content of Prayer

It contains the most basic types of prayer are adoration, praise, thanksgiving, petition, intercession, and propitiation.

Various Forms of Prayer

This states that prayer may be interior or exterior, individual or common, informal of formal, extra-liturgical or liturgical.

Interior/Mental Prayer

It is the encounter of the heart with God and dwelling of the soul with HIM. This is also associated with mental words and images.

Meditation, Contemplation

These two are prominent forms of interior prayer.

Exterior Prayer

It expresses itself in the external words and rites.

Individual and Common Prayer

It must be mutually complimentary. Eachman and woman is individual and social being.

Individual and Common Prayer

It is when you pray, go into your roomandshut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.

Informal Prayer

It gives spontaneous expression to the thoughts of the mind and the affections of the heart.

Informal Prayer

This type of prayer chooses its words under the inspiration of the concrete moment and after the manner of conversation, where men speak freely with their fellowmen.

Formal Prayer

It transmits the rich treasure of the religious experiences and insights of the past generation, of saints and other inspired people.

Formal Prayer

It is done to stimulate and shape our personal prayer.

Formal Prayer

It is a refuge for those who are less able to formulate personal prayer or are living through a period of spiritual dryness.

Liturgical Prayer

It is a formal prayer destined for worship in common as in the celebration of the sacraments.