"The heaven's declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands." Psalm 19:1 Whether your family includes you and your spouse, young or young adult children, or just you and a fur child, getting outside to enjoy creation is a wonderful activity to do as a family! You may never have noticed this, but the Psalms are filled with verses that give praise and thanks for creation! Next time you are out for a walk, hike, bike ride or run try using the Psalms to make it a holy experience! You can use these steps! 1.  Find a Psalm, or pick from the below list: 2. During your walk or other activity, reflect upon the following: Amen!

Prayer Doodles     How to Pray:                                               1. Write a name for God, the name of someone you             are praying for, or words from a scripture verse.                                 2.  Draw a shape around it and begin to doodle.                                3.     Pray as you draw.  Ask God to be part of this                 prayer time.                                4.   Keep drawing as you release these prayers to God.           Prayer & Possibilities/ Kathryne Shirey

Prayer of Gratitude for the Earth Canticle of the Sun , by Marty Haugen Call to Prayer God of all creation we gather together to praise you and all of your creation. May we be aware of the gifts that you have given us in the world and in each other. We pray in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen + Reading and Response Psalm 104: 1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34  Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD, my God, you are great indeed! How manifold are your works, O Lord! the earth is full of your creature’s R. L ​ ord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth. May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD be glad in his works! Pleasing to him be my theme; I will be glad in the LORD.  R. L ​ ord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.  If you take away their breath, they perish and return to their dust. When you send forth your spirit, they are created, and you rene

Do you desire to see where God is present in your daily life, but struggle with how to make that happen? Listen to the Examen, an Ignatian Spirituality prayer practice that walks you through your day and helps you to see God in it! Click here for the Examen with Fr. James Martin

Do Not Be Afraid                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Do Not Be Afraid, for I am with you.  Genesis 26:24 This week after Easter Sunday, we are reading the stories of the disciples fearing what was next, wondering what happened, and discovering that Jesus’ body was gone.   So many questions were unanswered. We are presently living in time when we are sheltering in our homes and wondering what is next.  We are afraid of so many things.  The disciples’ fears went away when Jesus appeared to them and said, “Peace with you.”  We too must seek Jesus during these times to calm us and take away our fears. Please click HERE   to participate in a 3 Minute Retreat that may calm your fears as you seek our loving God.   https://www.loyolapress.com/retreats/do-not-be-afraid

Alleluia! Christ Is Risen!  Any other year we would have been together with the parish community to sing our Alleluias. We know that this year we are making the best of difficult times. But our celebration of Easter has just begun! Until we get back with the parish community we need to find ways in our home to celebrate together and educate our families about Easter.  This activity would be for our younger families, but it might be fun to turn it into a game for the entire family as a scavenger hunt. The items for this activity are found around the home and if you can't find a particular item, just improvise. The idea is to use the items to tell the Easter story of Jesus. Find it here: The Way of Light Story Bag

Welcome to this Family Prayer curated website.  The link below takes you to a website published by the Pastoral Center that has a Worship@Home experience and a variety of activities to enhance learning about the meaning of each day of Holy Week. The Worship@Home experience is a dynamic, multimedia home prayer service for the whole family, which includes Scripture, music, videos telling the scripture stories and prayer. The activities include puzzles, crafts, and coloring sheets. St. Augustine's and St. Mary's have the license to use all the material for this purpose. (Note: when opening activities, be sure to click the download button. The links take you to the original source of the material.)  Take time to explore all the variety included!   Click here.

Which image of Jesus are you most drawn to and why?

Guided Meditation from St. Mary's Press:  https://www.smp.org/ resourcecenter/resource/9759/ Images taken from Google images Narrated by Cathy Mackey