Ch. 10

Question 1

Does God always answer our prayers the way we hope?

Answer 1

No

Question 2

How did St. Paul define prayer?

Answer 2

Pray without ceasing

Question 3

How did St. John Damascenes define prayer?

Answer 3

The raising of ones mind and heart to God

Question 4

How did St. Augustine define prayer?

Answer 4

True prayer is nothing but love

Question 5

How did St. Terese of Lisieux define prayer?

Answer 5

Search of heart

Question 6

How did St. Clement define prayer?

Answer 6

Conversation with God

Question 7

How did St. Teresa of Avila define prayer?

Answer 7

Talking and listening to the father (journey with invisible God)

Question 8

What are the seven benefits to prayer?

Answer 8

1. Contributes to self worth
2. Leads to happiness
3. Changes us
4. Nourishes our virtues
5. Heals
6. Relives anxiety

Question 9

What are distractions in prayer caused by?

Answer 9

1. Wandering mind
2. External noises
3. Overreacting imagination

Question 10

Is Jesus still pleased that we pray even when we are distracted,mor do not think much is going on?

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

What are the different types of prayer expressions?

Answer 11

1. Vocal prayer
2. Meditation
3. Mental prayer
4. Silence

Question 12

God showers his graces on us

Answer 12

Blessing

Question 13

When we glorify God who made us

Answer 13

Adoration

Question 14

Us asking God for material and spiritual help

Answer 14

Petition

Question 15

A prayer for others

Answer 15

Intercession

Question 16

Expressing gratitude for everything you have

Answer 16

Thanksgiving

Question 17

Acknowledges that God is gracious, loving, and saving

Answer 17

Praise

Question 18

We ask the father to forgive us

Answer 18

Contrition

Question 19

Religious images painted by artists who seek to be God’s channel

Answer 19

Icons

Question 20

What do we do when we pray before icons?

Answer 20

We put ourselves in the presence of the Holy Spirit, or enter into the religious mystery that is portrayed

Question 21

A devotion that commemorates our Lord’s vigil in the Garden of Gethsemane

Answer 21

Holy Hour

Question 22

Novena

Answer 22

Pray prayed over nine days

Question 23

What is the blessed sacrament placed in?

Answer 23

Tabernacle

Question 24

What is the Blessed Sacrament with in the tabernacle?

Answer 24

Sanctuary Lamp

Question 25

What are the keys to prayer?

Answer 25

1. Humility 2. Forgiveness 3. Silence

Question 26

What is the "Jesus Prayer"?

Answer 26

"Lord have mercy on me, a sinner"

Question 27

What can happen when you offer a prayer at the beginning of a task?

Answer 27

The task itself can become a prayer

Question 28

What is a rich source for prayer?

Answer 28

Sacred scripture

Question 29

What examples of prayer can be found in the Old Testament?

Answer 29

Moses (face to face conversation) | David (hearing him)

Question 30

What are marvelous prayers that comforted individuals?

Answer 30

Psalms

Question 31

What do the psalms capture?

Answer 31

Human emotion, like joy and awe

Question 32

Are the psalms used in every mass and in the Liturgy of the Hours?

Answer 32

Yes

Question 33

What are 4 examples of Jesus at prayer in the Gospels?

Answer 33

1. Last supper 2. 40 days in desert 3. Before selecting apostles 4. After miracles

Question 34

What is the lectio divina?

Answer 34

"Sacred reading" to meet God through his written word and allow the Holy Spirit to lead us into an even deeper union with him

Question 35

What are the four parts of the lectio divina?

Answer 35

1. Reading 2. Praying 3. Contemplating 4. Resolution

Question 36

Who called the Lord's Prayer the "summary of the whole Gospel"?

Answer 36

Father Tertullian

Question 37

What does "Abba" mean?

Answer 37

Daddy or Father

Question 38

What day do we wait for?

Answer 38

The day when our heavenly reward will be fully ours

Question 39

How do we fulfill our Fathers will?

Answer 39

Join our will to his son's by loving others and responding to the least in our midst

Question 40

What are we requesting when we ask for "our daily bread"?

Answer 40

Material and spiritual goods

Question 41

What must we do to ask and extend forgiveness?

Answer 41

We must humbly acknowledge that we are sinners

Question 42

What do we pray for to-overcome difficulties that might steer us away from a Christian life?

Answer 42

Strength

Question 43

What do we pray that the father will deliver us from?

Answer 43

Satan's snares (evil), and keep us away from the evil of accidents, illness, violence, and natural disasters

Question 44

What are the three keys to prayer?

Answer 44

1. Humility 2. Forgiveness 3. Silence

Question 45

What does Jesus say to us about prayer in the Sermon on the Mount?

Answer 45

Ask and you shall be forgiven