PPT-Prayer book catholicism

week One Using the daily offices Objectives To provide some background on the Offices To explain why we would want to use them To teach the basics of using them Background What are the Offices. 575131994 HarperCollins Publishers Used with permission of the author Catholicism in Context As we pointed out in hapter I Catholicism is not a reality that stands by itself The word Catholic is a qualification of Christian and Christian is a qualif Greg Said, St. Anne Episcopal Church . Sunday, January 11, 2015 . Book of Common Prayer Book (BCP). . Today’s Prayer . Father in heaven, who at the baptism of Jesus in the River . Jordan . proclaimed him your beloved Son and anointed . attending . Benedict’s . address last April at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. .. Washington (CNN) -. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich condemned the growth of American secularism in harsh terms Wednesday at a Catholic prayer breakfast in Washington.. Prayer is . communication. with God.. Why do we PRAY?. 1) To Obey His . COMMAND. 2) To Resist . TEMPTATION. 3) To Receive . DIRECTION. , . FORGIVENESS. and . HEALING. If you only pray when you’re in trouble, then you’re in trouble. July 2011 . Facts and Figures . Population - 1.2 billion and growing . Capital City – Delhi . Main languages are Hindi and English (although there are 22 official languages) . 70% of the population is under 35 years of age . As a loving mother, her . child’s misery became her misery. She cried out repeatedly to Jesus (Matt. 15:22):. “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David. !”. “My daughter is severely demon-possessed.”. S. pain. T. he most urbanized and populated areas in the Americas were under Spanish control. Strict bureaucracy, ruled . ultimately by . Spanish crown abroad. Created a social hierarchy to accommodate the diverse range of people—Europeans, Africans, Indians, mixed race [mestizo=part-Indian, mulatto=part-African]. lesson. one:. Introduction and History of the Book of Common Prayer. What is the book of . common prayer?. What is the bcp?. Prayer "in the Commons". Sacraments/Divine Liturgy. Other Rites. Daily and Eucharistic Lectionaries. Relationship with God. Different types of prayer. The prayer of faith. Different types of prayer. The prayer of faith. The prayer of agreement. Different types of prayer. The prayer of faith. The prayer of request. humility . is the foundation of prayer, Only when we humbly acknowledge that "we do not know how to pray as we ought," are we ready to receive freely the gift of prayer. "Man is a beggar before God." . Matthew 6:5-13. . Unrepentant. (Is. 59:1-2; 15). . Unbelief. (James 1:6). . Wrong. . Motive. (James 4:3). . Pride. (Job 35:12; James 4:6). . Neglect of God’s. . Word. (Prov. 28:9). . Unforgiving. Early Catholicism . & the Spanish Inquisition. In the late 13. th. century, the Spanish Inquisition was authorized by Pope . Sixtus. IV under Spain’s King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. . Then in 1540, the tides of the Spanish Inquisition changed against Protestantism to try and unify Spain.. (James 5:16, NKJV). “avails much” . - translated from a Greek word that means to have power, to have force, to be strong.. 1. Prayer Avails Much. “effective, fervent” . - translated from the Greek word . and then pray devoutly each time: