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The prayer of petition allows us to realize that we depend on God, and leads us to turn back to him in the spirit of repentance and contrition, asking for forgiveness.
Through this prayer, we are able to correct ourselves, in our refection of what we have done wrong, in the hope to persevere not to sin again.
It is common to place petitions on a piece of paper and place them in a "petition box" where the intentions will be placed before God. Petitions commonly ask for help in situations of crisis or desperate needs.
*the concept of 5 forms of prayer adapted from the booklet "Lord, Teach Us to Pray" by Father Peter John Cameron, OP pg 4-5