Prayer

“Christian Prayer & Virtue”

This page will be an index to my posts on topics from the course I took at The Institute for Priestly Formation at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska titled “Christian Prayer & Virtue” (IPF 501) along with an 8-Day Silent Ignatian Retreat in the Summer of 2009.

Please feel free to add your own comments, reflections and points of discussion on any post.

May 26, Tues . . . . . . Christian Anthropology of the Heart (IPF version)
May 27, Wed . . . . . .  A.R.R.R. (prayer tool) + Consolation / Desolation
May 28, Thu . . . . . .  Spiritual Exercises + Prudence + Examen of Consciousness (prayer tool)
May 29, Fri . . . . . . . Discernment of Spirits + Fortitude
May 29, Fri . . . . . . . Day #1: Evening Orientation Beginning 8-Day Silent Retreat
May 30, Sat . . . . . . . Day #2: Principle + Foundation + Holy Christian Indifference (Fr Casey)
May 31, Sun . . . . . . . Day #3: Repetition (Kathy)
June 01, Mon . . . . . .Day #4: Core Wound (Jessi) + Healing + Senses (Fr Wlusek)
June 02, Tue . . . . . . Day #5: Sinfulness (Fr Rafferty + Fr Toups)
June 03, Wed . . . . . . Day #6: Discernment of Spirits (Fr Tim Gallagher)
June 04, Thu . . . . . . Day #7: Consolation & Desolation (Fr Scott Traynor)
June 05, Fri . . . . . . . Day #8: Contemplation of Devine Love (Fr Rich Gabuzda)
July 09, Thu . . . . . . . Healing & Exorcism & Eucharist (  )

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FORMAL PRAYERS:

• Prayer for God’s Will — by Thomas Merton
• Prayer for the Grace of Letting Go
• B.A.P.T.i.S.M. = different forms of prayer
• 5 Finger Prayer = a way to pray petitions & intercessions
• Litany of the Blessed Sacrament — full prayer

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SONG FOR PRAYER:

• “Pray” by Kendall Payne — soft, Christian contemporary (personal humbling prayer)
• “I Can Only Imagine” by MercyMe — soft, Christian praise & worship (heaven)
• “This is a Call” by Thousand Foot Krutch — medium, Christian rock (effectiveness of prayer)
• “Gone” by TobyMac — medium, Christian hip-hop (bad dating relationship)
• “Leaving 99” by Audio Adrenaline — soft, Christian rock (parable of Lost Sheep)
• “Replace Me” by Family Force 5 — hard, Christian rock (submitting to God’s Will)
• “Dare You to Move” by Switchfoot — medium, Christian rock (sin, shame, forgiveness)
• “Meant to Live” by Switchfoot — medium, Christian rock (finding purpose)
• “Somewhere I Belong” by Linkin Park — hard, (feeling & healing)
• “Rise Today” by Alter Bridge — very hard, (finding purpose)
• “Pjanoo” (Original Mix) by Eric Prydz — instrumental, trance
• “Birth of an Angel” by Armin van Buuren — instrumental, trance