Basic Traditional Prayers

Basic Traditional Prayers

By: Ms. Mary Grace B. Reyno

Multiple Choice

This basic traditional prayer marks all Catholic Christians.

• Angel of God

• Hail Holy Queen

• Prayer before Meals

• Sign of the Cross

​The Sign of the Cross

​THE SIGN OF THE CROSS IS NOT JUST AN ORDINARY GESTURE THAT WE DO BEFORE AND AFTER EACH PRAYER. MOREOVER, THIS ACT IS A PRAYER ITSELF.

SIGN OF THE CROSS​

• It is a prayer that marks all Catholic Christians.

• Sacred gesture that is very meaningful and powerful.​

​ORIGIN OF  THE SIGN OF THE CROSS

I. ​Early days of Christianity

• ​Sign of the Cross with the thumb, usually on the forehead and sometimes on the lips and chest

​ORIGIN OF  THE SIGN OF THE CROSS

II. ​Ninth century

• ​The thumb and the first two fingers, outstretched together

​ORIGIN OF  THE SIGN OF THE CROSS

III. ​Middle Age

• ​Practice of making the Sign of the Cross with an open hand and touching the left shoulder before the right

Multiple Choice

Why do we, Catholic Christians, make the Sign of the Cross?

• To avoid bad luck

• To demonstrate our faith in the Triune God

• To receive more blessings from God

• To show our superiority towards other beliefs

​Meaning and Relevance of the Sign of the Cross

I. ​Mini-version of Creed

• ​We express our belief in the Triune God.

• We remind ourselves of God’s love.

​Meaning and Relevance of the Sign of the Cross

II. ​As a blessing

• ​We use to call God’s blessing upon us.

•  We use to bless other people.

​Meaning and Relevance of the Sign of the Cross

III. ​As a mark of discipleship

• ​It expresses our belief in Jesus, and our willingness to follow Him.

​The Lord's Prayer

• ​It is the perfect and most fundamental Christian prayer that we must learn by heart.  

​The Lord's Prayer

• It expresses our relationship with God the Father. We become one with Christ’s own Spirit in crying out to Abba, expressing everything we need say, even our unspoken desires in our hearts.

​The Lord's Prayer

• It is a community prayer. As we pray, we become united with the Christian community. As a Church, we all share the eternal joy of being one family of God our Father in heaven.

​The Lord's Prayer

​TO CALL GOD ABBA IS REALLY EXTRAORDINARY! 

WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED NOW, BUT IT IS REALLY A LOVING MIRACLE THAT WE CAN CALL GOD, OUR FATHER, AND COME TO HIM, DESPITE OUR SINFULNESS, 

AS HIS BELOVED CHILDREN.

​REVIEW

Let us have a short review about the Sign of the Cross and The Lord's Prayer.​ Are you ready?

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a proper way to pray the Sign of the Cross?

• Doing it reverently to start and end a prayer

• Expressing it to call God’s blessing upon us and others

• Keeping in mind what we are professing while doing it

• Using it as a charm against bad luck

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a reason why we consider the Lord’s Prayer as the perfect and most fundamental Christian Prayer?

• It is the easiest to remember out of all the basic Catholic prayers.

• It is the prayer that Jesus Christ prayed during His agony in the garden.

• It is considered to be a summary of the Good News.

• It is the first ever traditional prayer to be composed.

Multiple Choice

Jesus Christ taught us the Lord’s Prayer because God needs to be adored and glorified.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

The Sign of the Cross is a sign of discipleship that marks all Catholics

• TRUE

• FALSE