Test #4 Prep [Prayer]

How can meditative prayer bring you closer to God?

• Your time and intentionality strengthens your bond

• The Rosary is like a spell that works with the right words

• Only a busy and active mind can become holier

• God prefers silence over words being said

What do we meditate on while saying the decades of the Rosary?

• On God

• The Mysteries

• The Words

• Reflection

• All are correct

What is the FIRST Biblical reference in the Hail Mary?

• The angel Gabriel's greeting to Mary

• Mary's cousin Elizabeth's greeting

• The Queen of Heaven in Revelation

• There are no Biblical references

What is the SECOND Biblical reference in the Hail Mary?

• The angel Gabriel's greeting to Mary

• Mary's cousin Elizabeth's greeting

• The Queen of Heaven in Revelation

• There are no Biblical references

Why does the Hail Mary NOT treat Mary like a goddess?

• The prayer does not praise her all that much

• It does not call her holy, but a sinner

• It is an intercessory prayer, asking for her prayers

• "Pray" means "To worship," so it does treat her as divine

"And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us."

...Is asking for what?

• Forgive us as much as we forgive others

• Help us forgive since we need forgiveness too

• Trespassing is a sin, so forgive us and others

• Since we forgave others, please forgive us

What do the Joyful Mysteries reflect on?

• The childhood times of Jesus

• Stories after Jesus's death

• Jesus's suffering and passion

• Prominent miraculous stories

What do the Sorrowful Mysteries reflect on?

• The childhood times of Jesus

• Stories after Jesus's death

• Jesus's suffering and passion

• Prominent miraculous stories

What do the Glorious Mysteries reflect on?

• The childhood times of Jesus

• Stories after Jesus's death

• Jesus's suffering and passion

• Prominent miraculous stories

What do the Luminous Mysteries reflect on?

• The childhood times of Jesus

• Stories after Jesus's death

• Jesus's suffering and passion

• Prominent miraculous stories