2691. The church, the house of God, is the proper place for the liturgical prayer of the parish community. It is also the privileged place for adoration of the real presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. the choice of a favorable place is not a matter of indifference for true prayer.
– For personal prayer, this can be a “prayer corner” with the Sacred Scriptures and icons, in order to be there, in secret, before our Father.48 In a Christian family, this kind of little oratory fosters prayer in common.
– In regions where monasteries exist, the vocation of these communities is to further the participation of the faithful in the Liturgy of the Hours and to provide necessary solitude for more intense personal prayer.49
– Pilgrimages evoke our earthly journey toward heaven and are traditionally very special occasions for renewal in prayer. For pilgrims seeking living water, shrines are special places for living the forms of Christian prayer “in Church.”
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
552. How can adoration be defined?
3. How is it possible to know God with only the light of human reason?
373. What does the dignity of the human person imply for the moral conscience?
471. What medical procedures are permitted when death is considered imminent?
310. What are the effects of this sacrament?
594. Why do we say “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us”?
213. How can one reconcile the existence of hell with the infinite goodness of God?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What does the promise of salvation and redemption in the midst of judgment in Micah 2:12-13 mean?
Saul’s Character and the Consequences of His Choices: A Case Study in Leadership (1 Samuel 9-15)
What can we learn about divine justice from the Lord’s vengeance mentioned in Abdias 1:15?
What is the role of faith in the midst of suffering, according to Job 13:15-16?
What is the seventy week prophecy in Daniel 9?
What does the Bible say about the importance of honesty and integrity in Ecclesiasticus 20:1-11?
