need, whether for soul or body.

305. Q. Is prayer necessary to salvation?
A. Prayer is necessary to salvation, and without it no one having the
use of reason can be saved.

306. Q. At what particular times should we pray?
A. We should pray particularly on Sundays and holydays, every morning
and night, in all dangers, temptations, and afflictions.

308. Q. Which are the prayers most recommended to us?
A. The prayers most recommended to us are the Lord's Prayer, the Hail
Mary, the Apostles' Creed, the Confiteor, and the Acts of Faith, Hope,
Love and Contrition.

309. Q. Are prayers said with distractions of any avail?
A. Prayers said with wilful distractions are of no avail.

LESSON TWENTY-FIFTH
ON THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD

310. Q. Is it enough to belong to God's Church in order to be saved?
A. It is not enough to belong to the Church in order to be saved, but we
must also keep the Commandments of God and of the Church.

313. Q. Which are the Commandments of God?
A. The Commandments of God are these ten:

1. I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not have strange gods before Me.
2. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
3. Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day.
4. Honor thy father and thy mother.
5. Thou shalt not kill.
6. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
7. Thou shalt not steal.
8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods.

LESSON TWENTY-SIXTH
ON THE FIRST COMMANDMENT

315. Q. What is the first Commandment?
A. The first Commandment is: I am the Lord thy God: thou shalt not have
strange gods before Me.

317. Q. How do we adore God?
A. We adore God by faith, hope, and love, by prayer and sacrifice.

318. Q. How may the first Commandment be broken?
A. The first Commandment may be broken by giving to a creature the honor
which belongs to God alone; by false worship; and by attributing to a
creature a perfection which belongs to God alone.

320. Q. Are sins against faith, hope, and charity also sins against the
first Commandment?
A. Sins against faith, hope, and charity are also sins against the first
Commandment.

321. Q. How does a person sin against faith?
A. A person sins against faith: 1st, by not trying to know what God has
taught; 2d, by refusing to believe all that God has taught; 3d, by
neglecting to profess his belief in what God has taught.

326. Q