Year 5 Sacramental Programme15th November 2021

Date: 15th Nov 2021 @ 5:04pm

The children have had another lovely session in church to help in preparation for their Sacrament or to support their friends on their journey.

This week Father discussed with them their relationship with God. He discussed the different types of prayer that there are e.g. speaking, singing, thinking and the different things that we can pray for - in November we pray for those that have died in conflict.

The children discussed with Father where they personally pray, what they pray for, when they pray and if they pray together as a family.

Father explained to them that prayer strengthens their relationship with God and that praying together can help bring families togther to celebrate things they are thankful for or share worries they need help with.

There is a Gospel reading from St Luke on the children's worksheet that we encourage you to read together, about the disciples asking Jesus to teach them to pray. In church Father asked the children if they could think of a prayer it reminded them of and the children made links to the Our Father. Father then went on to discuss the Our Father with the children and broke it down into separate parts so that the children could have a greater understanding.of the words they are saying to God when they use it during prayer times.

The children then went on to discuss how Mass is the most perfect form of prayer and they talked about the different parts of the service and the order in which they come.  The children have been given some Mass sheets from Father from this weekend to discuss with you at home.

On the final page of the worksheet is an activity to carry out at home, where the children can write a prayer of choice. In church they were shown how they can use each finger of their hand to pray for different people and they completed a sheet with their hand drawn on with five prayer suggestions to help them.