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Faith- man’s response to God’s love Worship- our response to God’s revelation God sacrifice his own son for us We Sacrifice Jesus Christ to God The trinity by Andrei Rublev ○ Early 15th century ○ Depiction of genesis 18 ○ The trinity are: the father,the son, and th...

Faith- man’s response to God’s love Worship- our response to God’s revelation God sacrifice his own son for us We Sacrifice Jesus Christ to God The trinity by Andrei Rublev ○ Early 15th century ○ Depiction of genesis 18 ○ The trinity are: the father,the son, and the holy spirit ○ 4th persona is us Augustine’s confession ○ All about his life ○ It consist 13 books ○ Between AD 397-400 ○ Blaise Pascal gave all his books except for the bible and Augustine’s confession Kinds of prayer: ○ Blessing- invoking God’s favour ○ Adoration- acknowledging god’s greatness ○ Contrition- Acknowledging our sins and asking for forgiveness ○ Thanksgiving- expresses gratitude ○ Supplication-asking for guidance and help ○ Intercession- praying on behalf of others ○ Deliverance- asking for protection ○ Mental prayer- reflective prayer The perfect model of prayer: Our Father (Pater Noster) The people born without original sin: ○ Mary ○ Jesus ○ Adam ○ Eve The holy spirit is the master of prayer Father- Creator Son- Redeemer Spirit- Sanctifier The holyspirit sanctifies us through prayer It is God who initiates the will to pray in us Sin ruined the relationship of man to God Prayer is a recognition of God’s presence Prayer is a rest from the busyness of the world to rest in god Prayer should always be our first response, not our last resort  We cannot reach God and we are deprived of his Glory Prayer is the quality time with the one who loves you the most Lectio Divina (Divine Reading) ○ A contemplative way of reading the bible ○ Established as a monastic practice by St. Benedict in 6th Century ○ 4 steps/parts: Lectio- reading Meditatio- meditation Oratio- prayer Contempation- contemplation or action Father of Faith: Abraham Deposit of Faith: ○ Magisterium: Sacred Scriptures Sacred Tradition Liturgy of Hours (Breviary) ○ Basis: psalms and 150 prayers in old testament ○ Longest psalm: 119 ○ Prayers in Liturgy of Hours: Officium Lectionis - Major Hours Lauds or Morning Prayer -Majot Hours Daytime Prayer: Terce - midmorning Sext - midday None - midafternoon Evening or Vespers - Major hour Night Prayer or Compline Parts of Prayer ○ Introduction ○ Hymn ○ Psalms and antiphons ○ Reading ○ Responsory ○ Canticles ○ Prayers of Faithful ○ Our Father ○ Concluding Prayers ○ Blessings “For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy. – Saint Thérèse of Lisieux  “The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of... We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart.”― Blaise Pascal “Thou hast made us for Thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in Thee” is a quote from Confessions by St. Augustine of Hippo Let us go forward in peace, our eyes upon heaven, the only one goal of our labors.”— Therese of Lisieux “it is the heart that feels God, not the reason” - Blaise Pascal