What is contemplative Prayer?

-What does the Catechism say about Contemplative Prayer?

Why pray contemplatively? How do I pray Contemplatively? 5 Ps of Prayer Prepare: Know ahead of time what you are going to pray with.
morning, meditate upon it throughout the day.

Look at it early in the

Place:

Find a place that is good for prayer. A place of silence where you will not be disturbed. Make a place significant for praying i.e. candle, crucifix, bible.

Posture: We are human beings and we pray with our bodies.

Find a posture that you can be relaxed and comfortable so your body is not a distraction during prayer.

Presence: Take a moment before prayer to realize that you are in the Presence of God.
Invite the Holy Spirit to come into your heart and teach you how to pray.

Passage: Go to the Word, Icon, or nature.

Become familiar with it and rest with whatever word, image, phrase, sense God speaks to you. Be still.

What can I contemplate? WIN=Word, Icon, Nature Word: A scripture passage, phrase, or a word. Icon: Christian iconography expresses in images the same Gospel message that
Scripture communicates by words. Image and word illuminate each other. (Catechism 1160)

Nature: Gods created beauty around you.

Using your senses.