Unit 3: Lesson 4

growth; decline; renewal; greater

Prayer reflects the process of ___________________, _____________________, and ____________________ of our individual lives as we journey towards ____________________ communion with our true selves, with others, and with God.

Jacinta Marto

She saw and heard everything during the apparitions spoke neither to the angle nor to the Blessed Virgin Mary. She revealed the secret apparitions to her mother.

Mary

She taught us that prayer is obedience. It is to say yes to the will of God.

very self of God

The "more" that God wants to give us, beyond the gift, is the _______________________________.

grounded in Sacred Scriptures and the great prayers of the liturgy and of Christian Tradition, actively related to others in the concrete human context, consciously seeking to discern and follow the Spirit's movements, open to personal growth through constant "letting go" which allows another to "tie you fast and carry you off against your will."

The HOW of Christian prayer.

prayer; sacraments; begin; end

The Sign of the Cross is a vital part of liturgical _________________ and the _________________________. With it, we _____________________ and ____________________ our prayers.

personal communion with God our Father, through Jesus Christ in the Spirit, within the Christian community, His Body the Church, centered around the Eucharistic table, in pilgrimage of faith, hope, and loving service of neighbor

The WHAT of Christian prayer.

8

The age of Francisco when the Fatima Encounter happened.

6

The age of Jacinta Marto when the Fatima Encounter happened.

9

The age of Lucia Santos when the Fatima Encounter happened.

intimacy

The answer to our prayers is delayed so that we can grow in ___________________ with God.

flu pandemic of 1919

The cause of death of Francisco and Jacinta Marto.

Francisco and Jacinta Marto

The cousins of Lucia Santos.

Holy Spirit

The greatest teacher of prayer. Gathered the first followers of Jesus together in prayer during Pentecost.

God's glory

The person fully alive and fulfilled.

what we ask for is not good for us or for others, we are asking for too little when God wants to gives us much more, we are focused on the gift and not on the giver

The reasons for the divine delay.

love

The value of prayer is measures by the ______________________ that is in it.

pray; not

To __________without love is ___________________ to pray at all.

losing heart; success; failure; joy; pain; highs; dryness

To pray always means to pray without "___________________" in all circumstances in life- in moments of ____________________ or ________________, of ________________________ and _______________________, and of spiritual "___________________" or spiritual ________________________.

more; wishes

We gradually deepen our capacity for receiving the "_____________________" that God _______________________ to give us.

Febuary 13, 2005

When did Lucia Santos died?

spring of 1916

When did the Fatima Encounter happened?

Fatima, Portugal

Where did Lucia Santos and her cousins lived?

Good; genuine; moral' spiritual

_________________ and ______________________ Christian prayer bears fruit in our ____________________ and __________________ lives.

time; understand; deepen; purify; strengthen

_________________________ is allowed to pass for us so that we may _______________________ for ourselves what is it we really want--______________________ our desire, __________________________ and _________________________ it.

Sign of the Cross

A fundamental act of prayer, both personal and communal. It is the first sign made on us at Baptism and the last sign as we pass to our eternal life.

Angel of Peace

Angel who appeared to the children of Fatima.

Lucia Santos

Being the oldest of the three children, she spoke with the Blessed Virgin and presented requests of favors in behalf of many people and requested a miracle that all would believe the apparitions.

demonstrated

Christ's own prayer life has ________________________ the essentials of Christian prayer.

Scripture

Christian prayer draws its source from _________________________________ preached in the liturgy and interpreted with the total life of the Church.

love; petitions; according; glory

Given with _________________________, the _________________________ that we make will be _______________________ to what truly gives ___________________________ to God in and through us.

prayer

God calls us to __________________.

St. Augustine

He has said that, "Love God and do what you will."

Pythagoras

He said that the time when persons were most honest was when they presented themselves before the gods.

Shakespeare

He said that, "Not with fond shekels of the tested gold, Nor gems whose rates are either rich or poor As fancy values them; but with prayers, That shall be up at heaven, and enter there Ere sunrise; prayers from preserved souls, From fasting maids, whose minds are dedicated To nothing temporal."

St. Paul

He said that, "The Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we ought."

Francisco

He saw all the appearances of the angel and of the Blessed Virgin, but unlike his two companions, he was not permitted to hear the words spoken.

Solomon

He taught us that prayer is a song of love.

Abraham

He taught us that prayer is an act of faith. It is a confident faith in the trustworthiness of God and of God's fidelity to God's promise.

Abel

He taught us that prayer is an offering. It is offering to God the best we have.

Moses

He taught us that prayer is intercession. We should pray not only for ourselves but also for others. We intercede for the needs of others, for the forgiveness of sin, and for the atonement for sin.

David

He taught us that prayer is singing and dancing. It is to praise the Lord through singing and dancing.

Noah

He taught us that prayer is thanksgiving. It is to thank the Lord for all God's blessings and abundant providence.

St. Paul

He urges us, "Have no anxiety at all but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God."

self-absorbed; shameless

He who neither fears God nor cares about other is totally ______________________ and ______________________.

utter simplicity; humility

In prayer, we submit ourselves to God in ___________________________ and __________________________.

trembles; knees

It has often been said: "The devil ______________________ when he sees a person upon his/ her ____________________."

Genuine prayer

It is personal, Christ-centered, animated by the Spirit, nourished and sustained by the Eucharist, and directed toward community-forming through works of justice and compassion for others.

prayer

It is the greatest resource of the heart. It is not the only thing we must do, but it is the greatest thing we can do.

gift; Giver

Little by little we shift from our desire for the _______________________ to out longing for the __________________-.

primary expression; self; God

Once love becomes the ______________________, even though the prayer lasts only a minute, the center of interest is no longer the __________________ but ___________________________.

faith; insistence; perseverance; without

One is to continue praying in confident _______________________, with _____________________ and ______________________, for God answers such prayer ___________________________ fail.

love; prayer

Perfect prayer is all ______________________, and perfect love is all ______________________.

personal; meaning; vitality

Prayer is _________________, for it is one's own life seeking its _____________________ and _________________________ in God.

relational; constantly growing; changing; adpating

Prayer is personal because it is ____________________________-- _____________________________, __________________________, and _____________________ to the changes in our lives.