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Neithan
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This might seem like a silly question, but I’m a new Catholic and very inquisitive!
In my catechism book***** on prayer, it mentions three kinds:
In my catechism book***** on prayer, it mentions three kinds:
*] Vocal Prayer—Our heart is expressed in spoken words, our own or those of others.
*]Meditation–All of our human faculties are engaged in a search to understand the true meaning of the Christian life.
*]Contemplation or mental prayer–An unspoken ‘conversation’ in which one comes into communion with the very mystery that is God.
Often when I pray to the saints or to Mary, I use the third kind, Contemplation; I pray in my head, communicate to them through my thoughts. I do the same with Angels. But do the saints, Mary and the angels know our thoughts, can they understand us when we mentally communicate, or are we supposed to use Vocal Prayer when asking for their intercession?
*** Life in Christ, Rev. Gerhard Weber and Rev. James Killgallon revised by Rev. Michael Place and Rev. Sammie Maletta, copyright 1994.
**(with ***Nihil Obstat *and Imprimatur)
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