Chapter 2 - God's Kingdom Through Prayer

How should we pray in order to best strengthen our relationship with God?

• With no intention and disinterest

• Through memorization of prayers

• With sincerity and humility

• Mindlessly while thinking about what you will eat for lunch

Why do we pray?

• We pray because we know all the words to the prayers

• We pray because our relationship with God is a one-way street. We only ask him for help

• We pray because our relationship with God is a two-way street. He wants to help us but only if we reach out and ask.

• We need to pray

  because our teacher says so

The Our Father is made up of 7 petitions. What is a petition?

• A type of religious leader

• A request for help

• A demand for change

• An interrogation

The Our Father is broken down into 2 parts. The 1st half focuses on our relationship with _______, and the 2nd half focuses on our relationship with __________.

• Our neighbours, God

• God, our neighbours

• Our family, our neighbours

• God, the church

The 4th petition in the Our Father is: "Give us this day our daily bread". What does 'daily bread' symbolize.

• Social nourishment

• Physical nourishment

• Spiritual & Physical nourishment

• Emotional & Social nourishment

The following statement best fits which petition of the Lord's Prayer?

"Confirmation is our promise to help share God’s perfect kingdom through our thoughts, words, and actions."

• And lead us not into temptation

• Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name

• Give us this day our daily bread

• Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven

St. Teresa of Avila developed what type of prayer?

• Contemplative

• Majestic

• Mental

• Canonized

Devotions are holy practices that help us grow in faith, show our love for God, and help strengthen our relationship with God. Which of the following are examples of devotion?

 

• The Rosary

• The Sacraments

• The Lord's Prayer

• All of these are examples of devotion

Which prayer is recited the most amount of times in the rosary?

• Glory Be

• Our Father

• Hail Mary

• Fatima Prayer

A doxology refers to words of praise to God typically found at the end of a prayer or hymn. Which prayer that is prayed in the rosary is a doxology?

• Glory Be

• Our Father

• Hail Mary

• Fatima Prayer