Create a Ritual: This link will take you to a brief video about how your family can create a ritual: https://player.vimeo.com/video/38927780 Remember: you can create a prayer ritual, but you can also create another kind ritual which is meaningful or fun for your family. (note: this will also be listed under family fun activities.) |
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Family Prayer Experiences
Check out this Powerpoint full of prayer ideas!! The first few are examples from the internet, but the rest were written by families in our parish!!! How does your family pray? Send your prayers, ideas, songs, dances, videos, or pictures to us and we will share them. Maybe there is a book in this!!!
Create a Ritual: This link will take you to a brief video about how your family can create a ritual: https://player.vimeo.com/video/38927780 Remember: you can create a prayer ritual, but you can also create another kind ritual which is meaningful or fun for your family. Here is another link about how rituals help children form identity and connection in family and the wider community. (note: this will also be listed under family fun activities.) The Rosary: The rosary is a meditative prayer tradition during which you say certain prayers and use the beads of the rosary to keep track of the prayers. You can pray the whole rosary together, or maybe pray one decade (set of 10 Hail Mary's) at day for a few days in a row with younger kids. Make sure you really think and talk about the mysteries...the 2nd link below gives a little more detail about them...as they are based on the life of Mary and Jesus in the Bible. For an added challenge you can find the mysteries in the Bible. (Hint: they are in the Gospels and the stories of Jesus birth and childhood are found in Luke.) The first link is about how to pray the rosary and includes a link to all of the prayers. If you need rosaries please let me know! (or you can make them) Reflections on Forgiveness (thanks to Mary Chan) |
PRAYER WITH THE BIBLE WITH YOUNG CHILDREN HTTP://WWW.LOYOLAPRESS.COM/OUR-CATHOLIC-FAITH/FAMILY/PRAYING-AS-A-FAMILY/USING-THE-BIBLE-IN-FAMILY-PRAYER-PRAYING-WITH-YOUNG-CHILDREN. USING A CHILDREN'S BIBLE OR PICKING BIBLE STORY BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY IS A GOOD WAY TO FIND WELL-KNOW BIBLE STORIES WITH PICTURES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. Daily Scripture Reflection for older children/adults
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ADVENT PRAYERS FOR FAMILIES
A short video for each week--for school age and up |