One of the most beautiful gifts of the Atrium is the importance of time for prayer through silence, essentiality, Scripture, song, and celebration. I pray these resources are a gift to you as you work to incorporate times of prayer within your own home, where the Domestic Church resides.
General Resources:
How to Set up a Prayer Table.
CGSUSA resources for families.
New American Bible online.
Daily Mass readings.
Explanation of Spiritual Communion.
Prayer Opportunities:
Resources for Planning Prayer for Elementary children (Level III):
Communal Prayer Planning Sheet
Scripture Reference Charts
Concordance (While this uses the King James translation, it is very user-friendly.)
General Resources:
How to Set up a Prayer Table.
CGSUSA resources for families.
New American Bible online.
Daily Mass readings.
Explanation of Spiritual Communion.
Prayer Opportunities:
- (Level I / Children's House) Pray a litany of thanks by listing gifts of the day.
- (Level I / Children's House) Take time in silence to draw about God or about a favorite work from the Atrium.
- Make a set of Prayer Cards and/or Scripture Cards for your home. See a list of recommendations here.
- Make a set of Maxims for your home. These Scriptures can be memorized, looked up in the bible, used as an examination of conscience, etc. See the full list of Maxims here.
- Find a place outside where you can sit for 10-15 minutes and journal about what you notice. What gifts is God giving you through the beauty of this day?
- Plan and lead weekly family prayer. (For Level III children, see Resources for Planning Prayer below.)
- Choose one work you remember from the Atrium and describe or draw it. Why do you remember this material? How was it a gift to you? How is it a gift to you today?
- Choose a saint to research. Draw an icon or symbol synthesizing the saint's actions or life.
- Create a handwritten journal recording the events, activities, emotions, and gifts of each day. What Scripture did you ponder? What Maxim did you work on living well? How did you listen for and follow the voice of the Good Shepherd?
- With your family, gather for silence, to read Scripture, to sing, to pray a decade or more of the Rosary (with artwork depicting the Mystery) or to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
Resources for Planning Prayer for Elementary children (Level III):
Communal Prayer Planning Sheet
Scripture Reference Charts
Concordance (While this uses the King James translation, it is very user-friendly.)