Prayers for Home w/c 4th May

Prayers for Home: W/C 4th May

During these unprecedented times when schools and churches are closed, we know how important it is for families to find opportunities to come together and pray and reflect upon the day, the present time and times ahead.

Prayer is so beneficial to us all in different ways but we know that it strengthens the family ties and communication; helping us to heal and find peace. The children at St Vincent’s are always so considerate of others when composing their own prayers. We are always deeply proud of their spirituality and thoughtfulness. During this time, we encourage your child and family to pray, thinking about who may need their prayers and reminding them that prayer brings us closer to God. We are pleased to inform you that Ten:Ten, providers of our Collective Worship resources, are kindly making available a set of daily prayers for you to use at home. St Vincent’s will share the Weekly Prayers with you every Monday, in the hope that we can pray together.

This week’s prayers help children to reflect on how shepherds help the sheep in their care. By exploring this, and by recognising that Jesus is our ‘Good Shepherd’, children are encouraged to think about how following Him helps us live our life to the full.

Each day, children are given the opportunity to reflect on how Jesus, our Good Shepherd, provides us with:

Monday – Food
Tuesday – Guidance
Wednesday – Help
Thursday – Shelter
Friday – Community
Saturday – All of these things

You can find the Daily Prayers for this week here:

Monday’s Prayer

Tuesday’s Prayer

Wednesday’s Prayer

Thursday’s Prayer

Friday’s Prayer

Saturday’s Prayer

Sunday’s Liturgy  

(This is an opportunity for your family to lead your own Sunday liturgy following the order of the Mass, leading to ‘Spiritual Communion’.)

How to Lead:

There is a Prayer Leader and a Reader. These can be read by the same adult or shared between adult and child.

Slide 1:
Read a verse from Psalm 23.

Slide 2:
The Prayer Leader describes how Jesus fulfils the role of a ‘Good Shepherd’.

Slide 3:
An opportunity for children to thank Jesus for His involvement in their lives.
Each day children are encouraged to think, write or draw their ideas and prayers – please prepare paper and pencils if you would like to encourage this option!

Whilst we are apart it will be wonderful to know that we are sharing this special prayer resource together. You can let us know what you think of the resource in the comments section, or even share some pictures of your special worship space using the file uploader for the attention of Mrs Avdiu.

God bless you all.