Prayer, Sacramentals, and Devotions

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Prayer, Sacramentals, and Devotions
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Prayer

• Lifting up our minds and hearts to God
• A way for us to communicate with God
• 3 Kinds of Prayer
• Mental
• Liturgical
• Vocal

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Mental

• Meditation
• A way for us to express our private thoughts
• Journal writing
• Drawing
• Quiet Reflection

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Liturgical

• Group Prayer
• A way for us to gather together to pray
• Mass
• Celebrating the Sacraments
• The Liturgy of the Hours

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Vocal

• Conversation with God using words or symbols of
  expression.
• Individual or Group Prayer
• Formal Prayer
• Our Father/Hail Mary
• Own individual prayer
• Using Symbols to pray
• Rosary
• Sign of Peace

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Purpose of Prayer

• Why do we pray?
• 4 main reasons
• Petition
• Adoration
• Contrition
• Thanksgiving

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Petition

• A way for us to ask for Gods mercy and help
• Special Intentions
• Penitential Rite

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Adoration

• A way for us to acknowledge Gods goodness
• Stations of the Cross
• 40 Hour Devotion

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Contrition

• Our expression of sorrow for our sins
• Asking for Gods love and forgiveness
• Reconciliation
• Penitential Rite

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Thanksgiving

• A way for us to thank and praise God
• Participating in Mass
• Meditation
• Daily prayer

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Sacramentals

• Sacramental
• A sacred sign that displays our faith in God and
  the Sacraments
• Help us to prepare to receive the fruits of the
  sacraments.
• Forms
• Blessings
• Consecrations (dedication to a religious purpose
  or service)
• Dedications (blessings of a church or altar)

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Sacramental Characteristics

• 1. Includes a prayer
• - Most important sacramental
• 2. Sacred Object (Ex Bible, crucifixes, rosary)
• 3. Accompanied by a Sacred Action (Ex The Sign
  of the Cross, sprinkling of holy water)
• - Holy water is the most widely used sacramental
  because it reminds us of our Baptism.

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Devotions

• Prayers or Gestures
• Used to worship God, Mary, and the saints
• Rosary
• Special prayer that honors Mary
• Represents the Mysteries
• Magnificat
• Canticle of Mary
• -Marys song of praise
• -Prayed at the time of her visit to
  Elizabeth

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