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. Are we obliged to make open profession of our faith? A. We are obliged to make open profession of our faith as often as God's honor, our neighbor's spiritual good, or our own requires it. 327. Q. Which are the sins against hope? A. The sins against hope are presumption and despair. 328. Q. What is presumption? A. Presumption is a rash expectation of salvation without making proper use of the necessary means to obtain it. 329. Q. What is despair? A. Despair is the loss of hope in God's mercy. LESSON TWENTY-SEVENTH THE FIRST COMMANDMENT--ON THE HONOR AND INVOCATION OF SAINTS 331. Q. Does the first Commandment forbid the honoring of the saints? A. The first Commandment does not forbid the honoring of the saints, but rather approves of it, because by honoring the saints, who are the chosen friends of God, we honor God Himself.