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The Role of Prayer (Christian Meditiation (listening to God, mindfulness…
The Role of Prayer
Formal & Liturgical Prayer
morning and evening prayers in school
Our Father
St. Thomas Aquinas 'the most perfect prayer'
Hail Mary
the language and vocabulary of faith
freedom of not having to think
Informal Prayer
petition
intercession
having a chat
company - I am not alone
simple prayer (Foster, ch 1)
a form of counselling
speaking the truth of who we are
a transformation of the spirit
Christian Meditiation
listening to God
mindfulness as preparation
inside voice
gaze at icon/image
thinking about a story
use a mantra
Music
enables children to participate meaningfully (curriculum)
Mass and Liturgy
prayer services
community based - the collective
Thomas Merton
'God's love takes care of everything I do'
'rest in His tremendous love'
Northumbria
'our lives are usually too full of noise'
C.S. Lewis
the mundanity of prayer
the absence of prayer is 'evidence of a merely theoretical framework of faith'
Sanctifying the Imagination (Foster)
Jesus and parables
bring emotions into the equation
allowing us to feel the scriptures