The Four Great Prayers: Exploring the Apostles’ Creed, Lord’s Prayer, Hail Mary, and Glory Be

Four great prayers are central to Catholic worship. 

Four great prayers are central to Catholic worship. 

Embark on a remarkable spiritual experience by listening to these inspiring talks by celebrated Notre Dame professor, Father Nicholas Ayo. You can explore the richness of the Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, the Hail Mary, and the Gloria Patri in your home or while driving in your car.

Here, you will understand these great prayers as windows into Catholic theology and spirituality. As Fr. Ayo presents the Apostle’s Creed in its fullness, you’ll learn how it first served as a baptismal creed and a profound summary and distillation of what Jesus of Nazareth meant for Christians.

Three other Christian prayers rank with the creed as the most known and prayed of all Christian prayers. You’ll revisit the words of Jesus in The Lord’s Prayer and examine the Hail Mary, the Ave Maria of song and tradition, a prayer particularly loved by Catholics. Additionally, you’ll explore the significance of the most recognized and known doxological prayer found in Christian prayer, the Gloria Patri. Father Ayo will explain the four modalities of prayer—as praise, forgiveness, thanksgiving, and petition—as well as the best ways to use them.

Father Ayo’s unique approach, incorporating both scholarship and poetry, will educate and inspire you.

This course is part of the Learn25 collection.

This course was previously published as Our Great Catholic Prayers

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