{ Deepening our prayer life through our own spirituality Emily Clary March 12 & 16, 2015 Mothers in Faith Video: How to Go to Confession: nnL20

 Suggests we PRAY, FAST, and GIVE ALMS  We give something up, and we share with the poor.  PRAYER is an action too!!—a state of being.  40 days to prepare for NEW LIFE in Christ  Like a garden  Orthodox Good Friday Lent, means “Spring”

 The Skinny on Prayer: on-prayer on-prayer on-prayer (watch until 3:15) What Prayer tends to Look Like….

 We raise our MINDS and our HEARTS to God  We maintain our RELATIONSHIP with God  We strive for HOLINESS through God’s GRACE  We were CREATED for communion with God PRAYER:

1) Blessing 2) Adoration (Praise) 3) Petition (Contrition) 4) Thanksgiving 5) Intercession *Why do we pray for others? *We are the BODY OF CHRIST (universal believers) *God tells us to pray for one another Vocal Prayer:

Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, * hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, * your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, * * as we forgive our debtors; and do not subject us to the final test, * * but deliver us from the evil one. If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions. Finish watching “the skinny on prayer” video The perfect prayer….

*Prayer to LISTEN to God, and to LEARN from God *Meditation ALWAYS reflects on Jesus. Meditative Prayer:

 “Be still, and know that I am God”  Psalm 46:10  “It is Good that we are here”  Matthew 17:4 Contemplative Prayer:

Rosary: Encompasses all three ways to pray.

Spirituality: How we connect with God and the Church Sometimes called a charism

St. Ignatius of Loyola: Spiritual Exercises Silence The Daily Examen

 pray pray pray  (watch from 11:50 onward) How God wants our Prayer…..