U5- STUDENT WORKBOOK – Payer Warrior Assignment #3 * - Denotes bonus questions. These answers required you to synthesize answers based on the text of the READINGS. Prayer in the New Testament *11. The only way we can find true happiness is by being conformed to God’s will Prayer is the way we get to know God, and to know shy His will for us is the best for us. *12. The Christian prays to the Father, through the Son, and with the aid (or, help) of the Holy Spirit. The Lord’s Prayer *13. It shows our complete dependence upon God for everything, and how we should not call upon God if we have not made peace with those around us. Prayer is a Relationship *14. We are often afraid that He will ask us for something that we do not want to give Him. *15. Some factors that can affect our involvement or intensity of our prayer are crises. Crisis can make us pray with great focus, attention, sincerity, and intensity. Jesus Prays *16. We can accept people as Jesus accepted them & love our enemies with the help of the Holy Spirit and the more we try to follow Jesus the more the Holy Spirit can give us the grace to conform to His will. Jesus Answers Every Prayer *17. God knows what is best for us! 18. The great traditions of prayer offered to us by the Roman Catholic Church include: a) Mass on Sundays & Holy Days b) Morning & evening prayers c) Grace before & after meals d) The liturgy of the Hours also known (as The Divine Office) e) Daily Mass f) Prayer in any time of need. Questions 19 & 20 are important but they’re already clearly listed in the READINGS. NOTE: you must know the definitions from the READINGS for each of these terms! 21. Two strategies to overcome some of the difficulties in prayer are: a) Set a definite time for prayer & stick with it. b) Find a quiet place away from distraction. 22. Based on the Epistle recommended in the READINGS from: Romans 8:26-27, St. Paul indicates that there is no such thing as wasted prayer because the Holy Spirit intercedes for us (with sighs too deep for words) to make our prayers presentable, to God. 23. Since heaven is an eternal conversation with the Trinity, prayer prepares us now for what is to come. 24. Constant prayer helps us to avoid mortal sin & reduces our tendency to commit venial (less serious) sins.
