1. Christian Prayer

2. Forms of Prayer
Blessing

3. Forms of Prayer Adoration We acknowledge God as Creator
We acknowledge us as creatures
We exault Him
Humilty

4. Forms of Prayer Prayer of Petition
The vocabulary of supplication in the New Testament is rich in shades of meaning: ask, beseech, pled, invoke, entreat, cry out, even struggle in prayer.
CCC 2629.

5. What do we ask for? Forgiveness The Kingdom Every need
Prayer of Petition
What do we ask for?
Forgiveness
The Kingdom
Every need

6. Prayer of Intercession
Forms of Prayer
Prayer of Intercession
Intercession is a prayer of petition which leads us to pray as Jesus did. CCC 2634.
Intercede: asking on behalf of another. CCC 2635.

7. Prayer of Intercession
In intercession, he who prays looks “not only to his won interests, but also to the interests of others,” even to the point of praying for those who do him harm. CCC 2635

8. Prayer of Thanksgiving
Forms of Prayer
Prayer of Thanksgiving
As in the prayer of petition, every event and need can become an offering of thanksgiving.
CCC 2638.

9. Forms of Prayer Prayer of Praise
Praise is the form of prayer which recognizes most immediately that God is God.
It lauds God for his own sake and gives him glory, quite beyond what he does, but simply because HE IS.
CCC 2639

10. The Eucharist contains and expresses all forms of prayer. CCC 2643