CLVE FINAL

• Prayer is an essential part of our life as followers of Jesus.
• “A world at prayer is a world at peace,” we need to pray because of the many problems that we face.
• In prayer, we find the courage to face these problems.
• The Son of God also learned to pray according to his human heart.
• Filipinos are prayerful.
• Filipinos believe that prayer and our worship of God will help us make moral decisions and face their consequences because through this we show our faith and trust in God.
• We still need to purify the way we pray so that our prayer will not only be one of asking but of submission to God’s will.
• In the Gospel of Matthew, we learn from Jesus’ way of praying how we should pray.
• The Church Teaching from the Catechism (CCC) helps us fully understand why prayer is an important part of Jesus’ life and mission.
• Jesus prays before the decisive moments of His mission; baptism and transfiguration, fulfillment of the Father’s plan, mission of His apostles.
• His prayer before his salvation is a humble and trusting commitment of His human will to the loving will of the Father.
• Filipinos are described as resilient.
• This resiliency is also attributed to our being prayerful.
• Prayer is a loving, conscious, and personal relationship with God.
• It is more than mechanically repeating words.
• We recognize that God is our creator, that we are dependent on Him.
• By fervently praying, God will show us the right path- all we have to do is to listen and obey.
• Jesus is a Man of prayer.
• We must pray in solitude and secret.
• Jesus showed us what genuine prayer is - submitting our will to God.
• Jesus’ mission is not separate from prayer.
• Our prayer should be accompanied by positive and caring action.
• When prayer is rooted in the heart, we cannot turn away from the needs of our neighbor in loving compassion and service.
• The Church wants us to be prayerful, we must pray with pure heart, with a lively and persevering faith.
• Saints are the best example on how prayer works. 
• St. Monica was born as a Christian, arranged to marry a pagan named Patritius. She prayed for him and their children.
• As God’s children, we look at our struggle in life as opportunities for us to strengthen our prayer life and faith in God.
• Our struggles in life are opportunities for us to imitate Jesus, our best model for being prayerful and faithful.
• The Bible is a book of prayer.
• The Church teaching from the CCC explains the dynamics of prayer and how it unfolds in the course of the history of salvation.
• The living and true God tirelessly calls each person to that mysterious encounter known as prayer.
• In prayer, God’s initiative of love always comes first; our first step is always a response.
• As God reveals himself, prayer appears as a reciprocal call, a covenant drama.
• Drama engages the heart through words and actions.
• Prayer unfolds throughout the whole history of salvation.
• Power of prayer is well-documented in the Bible.
• Prayer is the refuge of those who are sad, fearful, abandoned, in need of help.
• God’s creation is a source of prayer.
• The account of creation is a hymn to God.
• Prayer is illustrated in the story of Abraham.