Prayer is not a gift from God, by which, man must ask for it as a beggar.

According to St. Monica, "Prayer is a gift from God, by which, man must ask for it as a beggar. Man maybe rich or poor, but before God, He will always be a beggar".

Blessings is an encounter between God and man. God bestows gifts and man responds to this favor.

Adoration is a respectful silence before God, our Creator. The heart is filled with awe at the greatness of the Creator, therefore He deserves nothing less but our homage.

Petition is a prayer asking God on behalf of another. It is done in imitations of Jesus who interceded for all.

Intercession expresses our awareness of our relationship with God. Acknowledging that we are sinners, we approach God for forgiveness

The Greek word "eukharistia" means thanksgiving or gratitude.

Praise is a form of prayer which recognizes most immediately that God is God.

According to St. Augustine, "We pray for mankind, we ask for the whole world for all the peoples so that they may be corrected the soonest possible and having already the right heart, they may be walk toward the righteousness of God."

The mother of St. Augustine is St. Monica.

St. Rita was known as the Saint of the Impossible and the Peacemaker.

One of the objects of the seven petitions of the "Our Father" is the "Thy kingdom come".

The one who prays the Our Father desires not to be perfect like the Father in heaven.

Mother Dionisia and Mother Cecilia Rosa Talangpaz were the foundresses of the Augustinian Recollect Sisters.

A meaningful life is one consumed with following the will of God in every circumstance in life.

Saint Francis of Assisi was fondly called Francesco.

According to St. Francis of Assisi, love is the beauty of the soul.

When you cannot put your prayer into words, God cannot hear your prayers.

According to Pope Pius XII, a person without prayer is like a tree without roots.

The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian faith and life.

St. Possidius one said, "Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand".

The term blessing may refer to the infusion of something with holiness, spiritual redemption, divine will, or one's hope or approval.

In Greek, leitorgia, means public work or service.