Chapter 6-7pp. 211-215

HW pp. 235-36 #27-32

An essential part of Christian life. The raising of our hearts and minds to Him in conversation.

Prayer should focus on getting to know, love, and be united to Christ.

Christ gave us an excellent example of how to pray: Engage in conversation with your heavenly, holy, father. Pray for the ultimate return of his kingdom and for a world

ordained to his will in the same way his will rules supreme in heaven.

Pray for the things you need. Ask him to forgive you and promise to forgive those who do

you harm. Ask him to protect us from the things that tempt us to sin. Acknowledge his power.

A prayer like this sums up the Gospel. Where have you heard it before?

Petition Humbly ask God for healing, removal of doubts and

fears, to help us become more virtuous, to fill our needs and those of others.

Adoration Praise God for His infinite goodness and perfect

attributes. Contrition

Ask forgiveness for our sins Thanksgiving

Thank God for creating us, for blessing us, for sustaining us, for forgiving us, for redeeming us.

The word literally means “dying to the flesh.” It is a way to seek holiness through self-denial

and self-discipline. It’s purpose is to avoid sin and to subdue the

body so as to strengthen the soul. Sometimes sacrificing an innocent pleasure

voluntarily can make us better prepared to avoid an evil temptation.

Read 1 COR 9:24-27 When you take the good which you deny

yourself and give it to the poor self-denial becomes even more precious.