Unit 5: On Prayer

Lifting up of one’s mind and heart to God in praise, petition, thanksgiving, and intercession; communication with God in a relationship of love.

• Worship

• Prayer

• Praise

• Adoration

The prayerful acknowledgment that God is God and Creator of all that is.

• Thanksgiving

• Prayer

• Adoration

• Eucharist

A prayer form in which one asks God for help and forgiveness.

• Petition

• Intercession

• Meditation

• Thanksgiving

Giving God glory not for what he does, but simply because he is.

• Thanksgiving

• Intercession

• Petition

• Praise

A prayer asking God to care for a particular person, place, or activity.

• Thanksgiving

• Blessing

• Adoration

• Praise

A prayer of gratitude for the gift of life and the gifts of life. 

• Intercession

• Blessing

• Thanksgiving

• Petition

A form of prayer involving a variety of methods and techniques, in which one engages the mind, imagination, and emotions to focus on a particular truth, Biblical reading, or other spiritual matter.

• Intercession

• Blessing

• Contemplation

• Meditiation

A form of wordless prayer in which one is fully focused on the presence of God; sometimes defined as “resting in God.

• Petition

• Contemplation

• Intercession

• Meditiation

A prayer on behalf of another person or group.

• Intercession

• Petition

• Blessing

• Meditation

A prayer in the form of a chant or a responsive petition in which the great Saints of the Church are asked to pray for us. 

• Novena of the Saints

• Litany of the Church

• Litany of the Saints

• Novena of the Church