Monday, 19th Frar 2024

9:00am – 1:00pm

Mellieħa

La Salle retreat centre, Mellieħa

Primary Years Students

Prayer Spaces will be prepared for the students at the Maria Regina College, Mellieħa primary.

Maltese

The SDS team will set up and animate prayer spaces for the Maria Regina College, Mellieħa primary students. The National Literacy Agency supported this Prayer Space session.

The prayer activities that were set up included:

Fizzy Forgiveness

In this prayer space one reflects on forgiving those who hurt us, just like a tablet disappears in water so will our upset and hurt disappear with forgiveness.

Forgiveness For Greed

In this prayer space one is invited to reflect on the greedyness not only globally by mostly personally, and to ask for forgiveness for such greedy actions.

Forgiveness Stones

In this prayer space one reflects on the good feeling of letting go and forgiving someone who caused pain.

Pom Pom Prayers

During this prayer space students and those carrying it out, recognizes how special and unique they are, and the pleasant aspect that we are all and have different perspectives.

Transforming Butterflies

During this Prayer Space, students are encouraged to reflect on how change is essential in one’s life, despite that sometimes we pass through fear and difficulties.

Cardboard Home

During this time one is given time to reflect and pray for people who suffer poverty and are homeless.

Saving Life

In this prayer space, one reflects on saving lives by avoiding plastic and prays for courage to make choices in favour of life.

Be Still: Prayer Word

During this time one is inivted to be still and meditate on ma-ra-na-ta.

Friendship Chain

During this prayer one is asked to think of a friend, reflect on the good qualities of their friend and then thank God for them.

Mobile Call

This prayer space motivtes one to call a family member or friend and check up on them, and then reflect if they had to call God, how would the conversation look.

Bottle of Tears

This prayer space invites us to reflect about what makes us sad in life and to give our sadness to God.

Let’s Fish

This prayer space helps one to wish to show more kindness to others to share God’s love.

Unity Tree

During this prayer space one is encouraged to think about the school community he belongs to.

Big Questions

Some of them are ‘head’ questions, things we find difficult to grasp and understand. But most of them are ‘heart’ questions, to do with our experience of pain and suffering, doubt and disappointment, etc.

The Bible is full of question-prayers. All of the significant characters in the Bible ask question-prayers of God – Abraham does, David does, even Jesus does – and many of the questions remain unanswered, at least in the way that the ask-er hoped they would be answered.

This prayer activity works best when a team member is nearby to encourage the pupils to ask honest questions. Sometimes, students might ask the team member what they think about a particular question. When this happens, the team member needs to answer honestly, even if their answer is “I really don’t know”. The purpose of this prayer activity is to reinforce the idea that questions are OK. In fact, asking honest questions is essential to authentic faith.

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This event is part of the Prayer Spaces programme.