The prayer life of believers is intrinsically linked to the prayer life of the Church herself. So, vocal prayer, meditation and contemplation, and the types of prayer – adoration, petition, intercession, thanksgiving, and praise are provided in the rich treasury of Church teaching. The ‘Our Father’ – the Lord’s Prayer – was given to us by Jesus to express the sum of all the good things which we must hope for and which our heavenly Father wants to grant us.

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Various aspects of PRAYER, as outlined in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) can be explored below.