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SuscipeFrom the Latin "suscipient" one who receives
In the Suscipe We ask God to receive what we offer (usually the other way round) SUSCIPE (Traditional) |
Trinitarian prayerBeing animated by the love of Jesus, afire with his love, dwelt in by his spirit, our gaze and our love become directed where his gaze and love are directed--
to the Father, and this is trinitarian. |
Take, LORD, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my
entire will. All I have and call my own You have given to me. To You LORD, I return it. Everything is Yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your grace, That is enough for me. St Ignatius Loyola |
Lord Jesus , that I may be with you before the Father, and that your Spirit may pray through me.
We pray in the Spirit and He prays with us. We pray to the Father through the Son in the Spirit.. |
SYNAXISThe liturgical office said by monks in common.
SYNAXIS is also the individual rule of prayer which a solitary follows. |
Jesus knew and lived the mystery of oneness with the Father,
experienced in the Spirit. The Lord of our heart is turned towards Our Father in prayer and loving submission. . . .in the same Spirit |
TAIZE PRAYERShort Bible texts or a few words from age old Christian tradition have been set to music and are sung as canons or ostinati. The melodic phrase is repeated over and over again.
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Prayer of UnionWe are concerned with seeking God's will in everyday life,
union with God's ongoing purpose in the present moment and loving union with eternal God. |
The Prayer of TearsJOB 16 : 2 .mine eyes poureth out tears unto GOD
Luke 6:21 Blessed are you who weep Acts 21: 19 serve the Lord with all humility and tears. |
It is loving converse with God that raises the consideration of God's demands on us from the level of meditation, ( which could be merely cerebral ), to the level where intellect and will or mind and heart are in touch with God by faith, hope and love, and where consequently, all the realities of life , and what God is asking of us
through them, are seen or contemplated with the eyes of faith, that is from God's |
Consider Jesus who " offered up prayers and supplications,
with loud cries and tears ( Hebrews 5 : 7 ) |
point of view .
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TerceThe hour of divine office called Terce is to be observed in choir.
Outside of choir since Vatican 2 it is now lawful to select any one of the three;- Terce, Sect' and None , whichever is most suited to the time of day. |
Unitive Prayera Lord, that I may be broken, shattered, with sorrow at what happened to you, . and be one with you in the cross.
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Terce may have been said around 9am
Terce ; third of the seven canonical hours. |
b Lord, that I may be totally, permanently afire with unselfish joy at your great joy in
the Resurrection. c Lord, that I may be with you before the Father, and that your Spirit may pray through me. |
Teresian PrayerTeresian prayer, that is, prayer after the pattern of St. Teresa of Avila,
is Carmalite prayer and is rooted in the greater tradition of lectio divina. Attention, Teresian prayer is mental presence to presence. |
Unitive prayer can lead to Ecstatic Union , Mystical union, and Transforming union.. |
Affection. the important thing in Teresian Prayer
is not to think much but to love much. Christ and the virtues. Teresian Prayer is characteristically CHRIST centered. For books of reference on this heading and. a full bibliography go to http://books.google.co.uk/books/?uid=14438795366453927661 |
Universal SongVerses 13 to 15 of The Prayer of Manasseh
In confident anticipation of forgiveness the penitent king lifts up his voice in praise, joining the hosts of heaven, the angelic army ,in the universal song. |
ThanksgivingEPHESIANS 5:20 NIV always give thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our LORD Jesus Christ
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" For all the powers of the heavens do praise thee and thine is the glory for ever and ever. Amen."
PSALM 103 v 20,21-22 RSVCE Bless the LORD , O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, |
PSALM 50 : 23 RSV
He who brings thanksgiving as his sacrifice honours me. Psalm 107:22 RSV CE And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and tell of his deeds in songs of glory. |
harkening to the voice of his word
Bless the LORD, all his hosts, his ministers that do his will ! Bless the LORD all his works, in all places of his dominion, Bless the LORD O my soul ! |
Thanksgiving can be a public celebration, with religious services, held as a solomn acknowledgement of Divine provision perhaps in obedience to
1st Timothy Ch2 v 1 NAB First of all, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be offered for all men. . . . . |
PSALM 148 T.E.V. (see the whole Psalm)
Praise him all his angels, all his heavenly armies. Praise him, sun and moon; praise him shining stars. JOB 38:7 RSV CE. . . .when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy. |
If we all gave priority to first offer such thanksgivings for all men . . . . . . .
We would be united in prayer universally with all believers and we individually would be the subject of the prayer of the whole body of Christ. |
Universal PrayerUniversal Prayer;- when all the baptized pray for every member of creation.
Universal Prayer;- when all the saved pray for all mankind. When the body of Christ prays in discerned spirit and truth. |
Praying in Tongues glossolaliaAnd when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them,
and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying. ACTS 19 : 6 E.S.V. |
Vespers Evening PrayerWe may give thanks for what has been given to us during the day and for what has gone well. We also call to mind our redemption, through the prayer we offer
"like incense in the sight of the Lord" ; and in which " The raising up of hands " |
So.my brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. 1st CORINTHIANS 14 : 39 E.S.V.
And these signs will accompany those who believe in my name; they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues ; MARK 16 : 17 E.S.V. |
becomes an evening sacrifice ( Psalm 140 : 2 )
Vespers ; sixth of the seven canonical hours, celebrated in common, in church on Sundays and solemn feasts. The laity are encouraged to do so either with priests or among themselves or even individually. |