The Level I children (3-6 years) led a procession to change the prayer table from Advent to Christmas and then each brought a candle to add to the prayer table so that it was filled with Light!
- "He gives the light away and gets more light to share."
- "God would make a path of light for people to come to Him."
- "He gives mercy and grace to us and we give praise to him."
- "We can share the light by doing nice things and telling others about God."
- "When he was visiting us he brought his light so it could shine in us and bring us to his great light."
- "After he rose his light was even stronger. Then he was preparing Parousia. He made Parousia as the place where no people with darkness can go. The people who want the light forever, God lets go into his holy place."
3rd and 4th years split into pairs and then we gathered their thoughts together.
"Prayer is...
...a time to worship God in secret."
...talking to God, listening for God, reading the Bible, and going to Mass and being in the Atrium."
...when you sit or kneel in silence and thank God for things He did for you, your family, and friends, and when you pray for people if they are sick or ill."
...a time to think about God, people that died, people that have a hard time, and to try to be like a saint."
...a way of reaching out to God and listening to Him, a way of talking to God, a time of peace and used at Mass, a time to talk to God and talk about your feelings."
...you can pray any time, any place, with a group or by yourself, for certain people or anyone. You can fold your hands to pray. You don't need to worry about time when you pray."
5th and 6th years split into pairs and composed definitions. When they regrouped we discovered that each of their definitions began with "speaking" or "talking" with God. Therefore, they were able compose one definition with that as the starting point.
- “Prayer is a time to speak with God and listen to Him. It is a time to shut out distractions. It is a time to praise, worship, and thank Him for our countless blessings, and ask for His gifts to help us with our day to day life. Prayer is saying ‘yes’ to God. It is giving yourself entirely to God.”