Another busy week has passed us by and this week I would like to focus on a topic that is an everyday practice in our school – Prayer. I was extremely fortunate to have a teacher share with me the wonderful work her students had achieved through prayer.

Prayer is a substantial component of our RE Curriculum and we refer regularly to the fact that Jesus prayed regularly and taught others how to pray. Prayer involves both talking and listening to God, either alone or with others. Believers pray with the help of word, music, action, silence, images, symbols and nature.

Meditative prayer uses silence and stillness to assist believers to listen and talk to God. There is a range of practices (including being silent and still, and lighting a candle) that helps believers prepare the body and the mind for meditative prayer and engage in the ‘work of meditation.’

At St Joseph’s we participate with respect in a variety of prayer experiences (eg: prayer circles, school prayer, thank you prayers and blessing prayers). Throughout the different year levels students will be exposed to many of these different ways to pray so as to better understand and help believers to follow the teachings of Jesus.

My excitement this week was the sharing of Prayer through colour from the Year 3 class. Miss Edmonds was very proud of their work and I myself also think they have done a fantastic job and wanted to showcase just a few samples of their work.

Thank you and blessings for a wonderful weekend,

Amanda         

Year 3 – Praying with colour.