Prayer Unit Test

The name given to the Holy Eucharist, especially the consecrated elements reserved in the tabernacle for adoration, or for the sick

• Blessed Sacrament

• Litany

• Liturgy

• Icon

Wordless prayer wherein a person’s mind and heart rest in God’s goodness and majesty.

• Contemplative Prayer

• Meditation

• Lectio Divina

• Intercession

A holy image you gaze at, putting yourself in the presence of the holy person or mystery it portrays.

• Icon

• Novena

• Litany

• Liturgy

A short, formulaic prayer to Jesus or about Jesus that is said repeatedly. The Jesus Prayer may have originated with the Desert Fathers in the fifth century.

• Jesus Prayer

• Litany

• Novena

• Blessed Sacrament

Literally, “sacred reading.” This is a prayerful way to read the Bible or other sacred writings.

• Lectio Divina

• Lectio Continua

• Psalter

• Litany

From the Greek word meaning “prayer or supplication,” a form of prayer used in liturgies that includes prayers with responses.

• Litany

• Novena

• Psalter

• Lectio Divina

The official daily prayer of the Church; also known as the Divine Office that consists of prayers, Scripture, and reflections at regular intervals throughout the day.

• Liturgy of the Hours

• Psalter

• Blessed Sacrament

• Novena

From the Latin word for “nine,” a set of prayers prayed over nine days in order to obtain special graces or to petition for particular intentions.

• Novena

• Litany

• Lectio Divina

• Psalter

A name for the Book of Psalms or a collection of psalms for liturgical or devotional use.

• Psalter

• Lectio Divina

• Novena

• Liturgy

Your response to the God who seeks you. A vital and personal relationship with the living and true God. Heart speaking to heart.

• Prayer

• Litany

• Lectio Divina

• Blessed Sacrament