Prayer (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
John Wynne · 1913
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Description
Prayer, from Greek euchesthai, Latin precari, and French prier, means to plead, to beg, to ask with earnestness. It is an act of the virtue of religion, asking fit gifts and graces from God. In a wider sense it is the mind's turn to Divine things, as a road to union with God. The Fathers call it the mind's lift to God, converse with God, and plain talk with God.
It voices our wants to God, not to school or steer Him, but to plead His goodness. Church use opens and closes the day with prayer. Morn and eve prayer bind no strict duty, yet long neglect counts more or less as sin, by its cause, most oft sloth. Prayer divides as vocal or mental, private or public. Vocal prayer joins an outward act, most oft words, to the inward act found in all prayer.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | John Wynne |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |