The prayers of supplication include petition. There are many and various different forms of petition. As we look at the Sacred Scriptures, we see that lamentation is a predominant form of supplication. Interestingly, lamentation is not as prevalent in the New Testament.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church observes: “The New Testament contains scarcely any prayers of lamentation, so frequent in the Old Testament.”
This is not to say that God’s people in the New Covenant are not without their own struggles, cries, and concerns. They are as fallen, and life is as difficult for people in the New Covenant as it was for those in the Old Covenant.
