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The act of spending time in quiet thought ; long thinking about spiritual matters; is a prayerful quest engaging thought, imagination, emotion, and desire. Its goal is to make our own in faith the subject considered, by confronting it with the reality of our own life.

• Meditation

• Contemplation

A contemplation of spiritual things as a form of private devotion; it is a gaze of faith fixed on Jesus, an attentiveness to the Word of God, a silent love. It achieves real union with the prayer of Christ to the extent that it makes us share in his mystery.

• Meditation

• Contemplation

A fixed set of ceremonies, words, that are used during public worship in a religion.

• liturgy

• divine office

Relating to or used in the practice or worship services of a religion.

• divine office

• devotional prayers

The office for the canonical hours of prayer that priests and religious say daily

• divine office

• devotional prayers

It means attentiveness/ alertness in prayer

• Vigilance in Prayer

• Reverence at Prayer

A gesture of request; to adore/ glorify God

• Vigilance in Prayer

• Reverence at Prayer

It means no ending, no expiration, no closure in prayer

• Prayer without Ceasing

• Reverence at Prayer

Through the Bible, we can get to know our God-His identity, His character, and His purpose for creating, redeeming and sanctifying us.

• The Bible is about God

• The Bible is about salvation history

The Israelites primary experience of God’s salvation happened when God liberated them from slavery in Egypt and led them to a new life.

• The Bible is about God

• The Bible is about salvation history