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Catholic AnswerPersonal Christian prayer is covered in The Catechism of the Catholic Church, part four, it runs from questions 2558 to 2865. Prayer is the lifeblood of a Christian, it starts out as vocal and mental and progresses through meditation, until finally, God gives us contemplation..
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The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994
2558 "Great is the mystery of the faith!" ... This mystery, then, requires that the faithful believe in it, that they celebrate it, and that they live from it in a vital and personal relationship with the living and true God. This relationship is prayer.
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What is prayer?
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For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy. (St. Therese of Lisieux, Manuscrits autobiographiques, C 25r.)
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Prayer as God's gift
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2559 "Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the or the requesting of good things from God." (St. John Damascene, De fide orth. 3, 24: J.P. Migne, ed., Patrologia Graeca {Paris, 1857-1866}94, 1089C.) But when we pray, do we speak from the height of our pride and will, or "out of the depths" of a humble and contrite heart? (Ps 130:1) He who humbles himself will be exalted; (Cf. Lk 18:9-14) humility is the foundation of prayer. Only when we humbly acknowledge that "we do not know how to pray as we ought," (Rom 8:26) are we ready to receive freely the gift of prayer. "Man is a beggar before God." (St. Augustine, Sermo 56, 6, 9: J.P. Migne, ed., Patrologia Latina {Paris: 1841-1855} 38, 381)
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