Holy Quiz

[Patricia]

I peeked and the answer is amazing!!

[Brigid]

I think I'll peek, too.

[Shin]

Looks like this quiz question's over and now even Martin can look.

[Brigid]

Okay, I've got one:

What are the expressions of the life of prayer?

[Shin]

Hmm! Hmmm! A question for thought indeed!

[Shin]

Hmm.. I don't know! You're making me think of the Nine Ways of Prayer of St. Dominic!

I would say perhaps that outward expressions of prayer are deeds of charity, that is the love of God?

[Brigid]

Interesting answer and one that is thought provoking in itself, however not what I was looking for. These are not necessarily outward expressions of prayer. (Enough for now of clues. )

[Shin]

Hmm.. Okay.. I'm thinking hard..

 

Perhaps someone else will have more insight!

[Patricia]

Penance?

[Brigid]

Penance?

It needs to be one of the three ways a Catholic might do an Examination of Conscience and the actual penance and their not sacraments. Sorry. 

[RachelKH]

we express prayer through our words, in our thoughts,  by our seeking understanding

[Shin]

I feel like it's so close! 

[Brigid]

we express prayer through our words, in our thoughts,  by our seeking understanding

Although that's really true, I'm still looking for specifics - clue: sorts of prayer that let us express ourselves. Look at the Compendium of the CCC.

[martin]

I'll have a stab at it and say, Contrition
                                         Supplication
                                               &
                                         Thanksgiving
                                         
                                       

[Patricia]

Brigid, I peeked and you don't even have an invisible answer.

[RachelKH]

CHAPTER THREE

The Life of Prayer

567. What times are more suitable for prayer?

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Any time is suitable for prayer but the Church proposes to the faithful certain rhythms of praying intended to nourish continual prayer: morning and evening prayer, prayer before and after meals, the Liturgy of the Hours, Sunday Eucharist, the Rosary, and feasts of the liturgical year.

“We must remember God more often than we draw breath.” (Saint Gregory of Nazianzus)

568. What are the expressions of the life of prayer?

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Christian tradition has preserved three forms for expressing and living prayer: vocal prayer, meditation, and contemplative prayer. The feature common to all of them is the recollection of the heart.

EXPRESSIONS OF PRAYER

569. How can vocal prayer be described?

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Vocal prayer associates the body with the interior prayer of the heart. Even the most interior prayer, however, cannot dispense with vocal prayer. In any case it must always spring from a personal faith. With the Our Father Jesus has taught us a perfect form of vocal prayer.

570. What is meditation?

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Meditation is a prayerful reflection that begins above all in the Word of God in the Bible. Meditation engages thought, imagination, emotion and desire in order to deepen our faith, convert our heart and fortify our will to follow Christ. It is a first step toward the union of love with our Lord.

571. What is contemplative prayer?

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Contemplative prayer is a simple gaze upon God in silence and love. It is a gift of God, a moment of pure faith during which the one praying seeks Christ, surrenders himself to the loving will of the Father, and places his being under the action of the Holy Spirit. Saint Teresa of Avila defines contemplative prayer as the intimate sharing of friendship, “in which time is frequently taken to be alone with God who we know loves us.”