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Wednesday, January 09, 2008 |
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Children’s Corner
By St Mary Administrator @ 9:56 AM :: 213 Views ::  :: Child Ministry News
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It is the New Year a time for resolutions, why not make a family resolution to pray together once a day. It does not need to be a long prayer, a short prayer before meals, a good night prayer, or a prayer while you are in the car going from one activity to another. Of course the act of attending Mass each Sunday is also a great way to pray as a family. Prayer can bring your family closer together, it is your connection to God and it can cement a habit for your children that will give them strength and comfort throughout their lives. Some activities that can help make prayer more real to your child, ask them to take turns with the prayer before meals or bed. It can be the simple “Bless us oh Lord” prayer or they can make up their own, Thank you God for this food and my family… or whatever they have on their minds that day. You can also sit down as a family and write a Psalm of thanks. Thank you God for… It is a great way to remind you children and you of all that you have. Ask an older relative about the prayers they said as a child, it is a way your child can know tradition and get to know about their relatives when they were children. Happy praying to you! Last week’s answer is b they were warned not to return to Herod because he wanted to kill the baby that would be the King of the Jews, Jesus.
This week’s question: A vigil light is (a) a candle burned as an act of devotion (b) a candle burned before a holy image (c) a flame “keeping vigil while the person wishing to pray can not be present (d) all of these
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