Peace be to you.

Many look on prayer in somewhat the same fashion as an aviator may look on a parachute.

He hopes that he will never have to use it, but it may come in handy in case he has to bail

out.

Prayer as our blessed Lord talked about it and taught it was something quite different.

Let us first of all see how prayer was used in his own life.

There are four great-heads under used in his own life.

There are four great heads under which our blessed Lord spoke of prayer.

First of all, his prayers were at the great events of his life.

He prayed at his baptism.

He prayed before he chose the twelve apostles.

He prayed also before Peter made the confession of his divinity.

He prayed at the Transfiguration.

He prayed in Gethsemini, he prayed on the cross.

Then in addition to these great events of his life, he prayed also in the course of

his ministry. He prayed, for the course of his ministry.

He prayed, for example, before the great conflict with the temple authorities.

He prayed before giving the Apostles to the Lord's Prayer. He prayed when the Greeks came to him. And he prayed after feeding the 5,000.

He prayed after feeding the 5,000. In addition to these two special headings of prayer, he also prayed at his miracles.

He prayed, for example, when he healed the multitude, when he fed the 5,000, when he healed the deaf mute,

and when he raised Lazarus from the dead.

Then in a fourth category,

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