Faith & Life Grade 8 · Chapter 8 · The Church Sanctifying: Worship
The Four Ends of Worship
Every act of worship has at least one of four purposes, often remembered by the word ACTS: Adoration, Contrition, Thanksgiving, and Supplication (petition and intercession). The Mass contains all four.
Explore the idea
Read each prayer aloud and choose its main purpose. Then ask: where does this kind of prayer appear in the Mass?
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Discuss the connection
Which of the four ends of worship shows up most in your own prayer? Which shows up least? Try to add it this week.
An original interactive exercise for Faith & Life Grade 8, Chapter 8 (“The Church Sanctifying: Worship”). Grounded in Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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