Part 1

Humility is the foundation of prayer?

The [blank_start]heart[blank_end] is the place to which we withdraw in prayer.

The interior life is an elevation and transformation of the intimate conversation that everyone has with himself as soon as it tends to become a conversation with God. It is that first spark that leads one toward God.

The [blank_start]interior life[blank_end] consists of a life of prayer, interior, personal relationship with Jesus.

[blank_start]Moses[blank_end] prays face to face with God and shows us how to talk to God as a friend.

[blank_start]Jacob[blank_end] shows us that prayer is a mysterious battle.

The Psalms are called the masterwork of [blank_start]prayer[blank_end].

prayer of blessing is man’s response to God’s gifts

prayer of [blank_start]petition[blank_end] we express awareness of our relationship with God and that He will provide for our true needs

[blank_start]intercession[blank_end] = leads us to pray as Jesus did: asking on behalf of another

[blank_start]praise[blank_end] = form of prayer which recognizes most immediately that God is God. It lauds God for his own sake and gives him glory, quite beyond what he does, but simply because HE IS.

Which contains and expresses all the forms of prayer?

What type of prayer is described as a quest?

The most intense type of prayer is called [blank_start]contemplation[blank_end].

Meditation is considered the most passive form of prayer

The rosary is considered a form of meditation.

Lectio divina is a type of prayer that begins with [blank_start]reading[blank_end], followed by [blank_start]meditation[blank_end], then [blank_start]prayer[blank_end], and finally [blank_start]contemplation[blank_end]. It is described as a quest where one seeks, finds, asks, and tastes. It is also described as a meal where one places food in the mouth, chews, extracts flavor, and enjoys the meal

The habitual difficulty in prayer is called [blank_start]distraction[blank_end].

Distraction is prayer can be useful in that it reveals to us the things we are attached to.

The three stages of the spiritual life are:

In the story of Martha and Mary, who had an active life and who had an interior life?

The dark night of the senses occurs between the purgative and illuminative stage of the spiritual life.

The dark night of the soul occurs between the illuminative and unitive stages of the spiritual life.

Acedia is spiritual depression flowing from lax self-discipline in prayer.

Jesus prayer especially characterizes the filial dimension of God as Father.