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- 1 Thess. 5:17

So as not to fall into

SIN

We must keep watch in prayer

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BASIC PRAYERS

ROSARY

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PRAYER

“Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God.”

- St. John Damascene(CCC 2559)

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PRAYERWhy prayer?

Christ is our master and model of prayer.– CCC 2775

oTeaches us the Lord’s PrayeroAlways in communion with the Father.oSpends time in prayeroPrays during decisive moments

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PRAYERWhy is it important?

•It quenches our desire to be in union with God.

•It makes us one with Christ in prayer to the Father.

•By it, we learn how to listen to the promptings of the Spirit.

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PRAYER

Gains for us:

- peace of mind- loving trust in God- attitude of reflection- access to God’s grace

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MISTAKEN IDEAS ABOUT PRAYER

1. A simple psychological activity2. An effort of concentration to reach a

mental void3. Reducing prayer to ritual words and

postures4. Taking prayer as incompatible with all

other things one does; having no time to pray

5. Overly prizing production and profit6. Exalting sensuality and comfort

(C 2726-27)

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DIFFICULTIES IN PRAYER

1. Distraction – it reveals our attachment

2. Dryness – in contemplative prayer, no

taste for thoughts, memories, feelings

3. Lack of faith – simply giving up

4. Acedia – spiritual sloth or laziness

(C 2729-33)

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NOT GETTING WHAT WE PRAY FOR

1. No – we are not asking what we really want, but what we think we want.

2. Wait – God’s timing is different than ours.3. God knows what we need but he awaits

our petition.4. He waits for our prayer because he sees

that what we need most is prayer, patience and conformity to His will.

(C 2729-33)

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PRAYER PRAY-ER

DOING“GAWA”

BEING“PAGKATAO”

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PRAYER and the KofC

What is the role of prayer in the life of a Knight?

• communes us with God who is the source of our strength and inspiration in the Order.

• deepens our active presence in the Church and in the Order.

• facilitates us in seeing Christ in our brother Knights, in the ones whom we serve and in others.

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THEMES OF PRAYER

AA for for aadorationdoration

CC for for ccontritionontrition

TT for for tthanksgivinghanksgiving

SS for for ssupplicationupplication

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BASIC PRAYERS

The Lord’s Prayer

Hail Mary

Trinitarian Doxology

Hail, Holy Queen

Fatima Ejaculation

Angelus

Regina Coeli (during Easter)

Act of Contrition

The Confiteor

Grace before and after meal

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Our Father who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who

trespass against us,

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

THE LORD’S PRAYER(Gospel of St. Matthew’s version)

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Hail Mary, full of grace! The Lord is with you; blessed

are you among women, and blessed is the Fruit of your

womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now

and at the hour of our death. Amen.

HAIL MARY

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Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy

Spirit. As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall

be, world without end. Amen.

TRINITARIAN DOXOLOGY

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Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy; hail, our life, our

sweetness, and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor

banished children of Eve; to the do we send up our

sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.

Turn, then, most gracious advocate, thine of eyes of

mercy toward us; and after this our exile, show unto us

the Blessed Fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O

loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!

HAIL, HOLY QUEEN

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O my Jesus, forgive us our sins. Save us from the fires

of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those in

most need of your mercy. Amen.

FATIMA EJACULATION

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L. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.

R. And she conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary…

L. Behold the Handmaid of the Lord.

R. May it be done unto me according to your word. Hail Mary…

L. And the Word was made Flesh.

R. And dwelt among us. Hail Mary…

L. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God,

R. That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ.

ALL.

Pour forth, we beseech you, O Lord, your grace into our hearts; that we,

to whom the incarnation of Christ, your Son, was made known by the

message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the

glory of His resurrection, through the same Christ, our Lord. Amen.

ANGELUS

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L. Queen of Heaven, rejoice! Alleluia!

R. For the Son you merited to bear, Alleluia!

L. Has risen as He said, Alleluia!

R. Pray for us to God, Alleluia!

L. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, Alleluia!

R. For the Lord is truly risen, Alleluia!

ALL.

O God, who by the Resurrection of your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ,

granted joy to the whole world; grant, we beg you, that through the

intercession of the Virgin Mary, his Mother, we may lay hold of the

joys of eternal life. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

REGINA COELI

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O my God, I am heartily sorry, for having offended you,

and I detest all my sins, because I fear the loss of

heaven and the pains of hell. But most of all, because I

have offended You my God, who are all good and

deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve with the help

of Your Grace, to sin no more and to avoid near

occasions of sin. Amen.

ACT OF CONTRITION

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I confess to Almighty God, and to you my brothers and

sisters, that I have sinned through my own fault, in my

thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in

what I have failed to do. And I ask the Blessed Mary,

ever Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and to you my

brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our

God. Amen.

THE CONFITEOR

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Bless us, O Lord, and these They gifts, which we are

about to receive from Thy bountry, through Christ our

Lord. Amen.

GRACE BEFORE MEAL

We give Thee thanks, Almighty God, for all Thy

benefits, who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen.

GRACE AFTER MEAL

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THE LORD’S PRAYER

“It is the Lord’s Prayer because it comes to us from the Lord Jesus, the master and model of our prayer.”

- C 2775

“The Lord's Prayer is the most perfect of prayers. . . . In it we ask, not only for all the things we can rightly desire, but also in the sequence that they should be desired. This prayer not only teaches us to ask for things, but also in what order we should desire them.”

-St. Thomas Aquinas(also C 2763)

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THE LORD’S PRAYER

Our “Father”…

- He is our Father, and we are His children.- with filial and humble boldness- in communion with Him and His Son

“Our” Father…

- we become His people- we as being in communion with the Father- we are children of God

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THE LORD’S PRAYER

Who art in heaven…

- the Father’s house is our homeland - our true homeland to where we are heading - an expression of our longing to be with Him

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THE LORD’S PRAYER

The first 3 petitions – thy name, thy kingdom, thy will

- carries us toward Him - we think first of the one whom we love

(The 7 Petitions)

The second 4 petitions – give us…forgive us…lead us not…deliver us…

- an offering up of our expectations - go up from us and concerns us this very moment

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ROSARY

It came from the Latin word “Rosarium” meaning “rose garden”

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The Virgin Mary

presenting the

Rosary to

Saint Dominic

ROSARY LEGEND

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ROSARY POPE

Pope Leo XIII

Had authored: 12 encyclicals 5 apostolic letterson the Rosary

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ROSARY PRIEST

Fr. Patrick Peyton

Founded the Family Rosary Crusade movement

“The family that prays together, stays together.”

“A world at prayer is a world at peace.”

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ROSARY

“To recite the Rosary is nothing other than to contemplate with Mary the face of Christ.”

- Pope John Paul IIRosarium Virginis Mariae

October 2002

The Rosary, though clearly Marian in character, is at heart a Christocentric prayer.

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“Without contemplation, the Rosary is a body without a soul, and its recitation runs the risk of becoming a mechanical repetition of formulas, in violation of the admonition of Christ: 'In praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think they will be heard for their many words' (Mt 6:7).”

- Pope Paul VI

ROSARY

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Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary

Contained in a special apostolic letter entitled “Rosarium Virginis Mariae” by the late Pope John Paul II on October 2002, the Year of the Rosary

Added to the traditional 15 mysteries

To bring out fully the Christological depth of the Rosary

Features Christ’s public ministry -- decisive events in the life of Christ

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