Summa TheologiaePart II-II — Second Part of the Second Part Question 083 — Question 83 — Prayer Prooemium Article 1 — Whether prayer is an act of the appetitive power? Article 2 — Whether it is becoming to pray? Article 3 — Whether prayer is an act of religion? Article 4 — Whether we ought to pray to God alone? Article 5 — Whether we ought to ask for something definite when we pray? Article 6 — Whether man ought to ask God for temporal things when he prays? Article 7 — Whether we ought to pray for others? Article 8 — Whether we ought to pray for our enemies? Article 9 — Whether the seven petitions of the Lord’s Prayer are fittingly assigned? Article 10 — Whether prayer is proper to the rational creature? Article 11 — Whether the saints in heaven pray for us? Article 12 — Whether prayer should be vocal? Article 13 — Whether attention is a necessary condition of prayer? Article 14 — Whether prayer should last a long time? Article 15 — Whether prayer is meritorious? Article 16 — Whether sinners impetrate anything from God by their prayers? Article 17 — Whether the parts of prayer are fittingly described as supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings?
