What form of prayer asks God for help for others, with the saints interceding in Heaven?

What form of prayer asks God for help for others, with the saints interceding in Heaven?

• A. Gospel
• B. Liturgy of the Hours
• C. Intercession
• D. Fortitude

Answer: (C)

Intercession is the form of prayer that involves asking God to help others and inviting the saints in Heaven to intercede on their behalf. In this kind of prayer, you bring people’s needs before God and trust that the saints—who are believed to be close to God—also pray for those requests. That combination of praying for others and asking for the saints’ prayers is what this item describes. The Gospel isn’t a prayer form but the good news about Jesus. The Liturgy of the Hours is a structured daily cycle of prayers and readings, which can include intercessions but isn’t defined solely as praying for others with saints’ intercession. Fortitude is a virtue, not a form of prayer.

Intercession is the form of prayer that involves asking God to help others and inviting the saints in Heaven to intercede on their behalf. In this kind of prayer, you bring people’s needs before God and trust that the saints—who are believed to be close to God—also pray for those requests. That combination of praying for others and asking for the saints’ prayers is what this item describes. The Gospel isn’t a prayer form but the good news about Jesus. The Liturgy of the Hours is a structured daily cycle of prayers and readings, which can include intercessions but isn’t defined solely as praying for others with saints’ intercession. Fortitude is a virtue, not a form of prayer.