Pray

• • Mealtime Prayers & Night Time Prayers

  • 5 mins - Praying for Others

Learn

• Watch the video

The Main Points to Teach Your Child:

• Explain the nature of rules. They are always established to protect something.

• There are rules to help us live well with one another; and to have and stay in a relationship with Jesus. These are called living the moral life.

• The most basic summary of these rules are the 10 Commandments:

  1. I am the Lord your God: you shall not have strange gods before me.

  2. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

  3. Keep holy the Sabbath.

  4. Honor your father and your mother.

  5. You shall not kill.

  6. You shall not commit adultery.

  7. You shall not steal.

  8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

  9. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.

  10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.

• If we love Jesus and freely choose to have Him at the center of our lives, to have a relationship with Him.

• We must know, follow, and live by His rules. When we do, we live a moral life.

• Living by God's rules, the Ten Commandments, is actually freeing because we will know exactily how to live and love, and how to keep the bond and friendship with someone so important to us. Helping us from making mistakes and hurting others.

A Note from Julie:

Dear Parents,

As we visit the lessons of the Ten Commandments and Moral Life, my thoughts are of the important role we, as parents, have in building the foundation of faith in our children. Teaching and guiding them to live by God's rules.

I share with you a prayer I have used for years to bless my own children. I share this with you that you may also bless your child(ren) -- simple, beautiful, uncomplicated. Use this short ritual to bless your child(ren) during transitional times of the day (leaving or returning home, going to bed or waking, before a big event, etc.).

• Make the Sign of the Cross on your child’s forehead while saying: “May God bless you and keep you, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.”

• Seal the blessing with a kiss on the forehead.

• Use holy water if you have it available.

My children are older now, (30, 27, 25, 21, 19), I have blessed them each in this way for years. I continue to pray for them in my daily prayers. Parents, don't let a day pass without blessing your children

God bless,

-Julie Sheridan

Additional Resources & Activities to do at Home

Video:

• The Prince of Egypt - 1:40:00 *Available to rent or buy on YouTube, Hulu, Amazon Prime

• God's Story: Ten Commandments and the Golden Calf 3:20 Crossroads Kids’ Club

• Jimmy and the 10 Commandments 5:00 *Older kids (Halo-style explanation of the Ten Commandments--some parents may even relate to this animation.)

Resources

• Ten Commandments Coloring & Activity Pages Grades 1-4

Pray

• • Basic Prayers

  • Ten Minutes of Silence

    • Intercessions

    • Thanksgiving

    • Reading the Bible

Learn

• Watch the video

The Main Points that need to be learned or taught from this lesson

• Explain the nature of rules. They are always established to protect something.

• There are rules if you’d like to stay in a relationship with Jesus. These are called living the moral life.

• The most basic summary of these rules are the 10 Commandments:

  1. I am the Lord your God: you shall not have strange gods before me.

  2. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

  3. Keep holy the Sabbath.

  4. Honor your father and your mother.

  5. You shall not kill.

  6. You shall not commit adultery.

  7. You shall not steal.

  8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

  9. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.

  10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.

Pray

• New to the Spiritual Life

  • Basic Prayers

  • 20 Minutes Silent Prayer

• For those more advanced

  • Basic Prayers

  • Liturgy of the Hours

  • 20 Min Silent Meditation

Learn

• Watch the video

Adults

See Day 1 for a longer explanation of what to do in Pray & Learn

Pray

• Basic Prayers

  • A list of all these prayers are here.

For those new to prayer

• First 10 mins - Talk to God

• Second 10 mins - Listen to God

  • Praying with the Bible or the daily mass readings.

For those more experienced in prayer

• Liturgy of the Hours

• 20 Mins of Silent Meditation – Suggestions:

  • Rosary

  • Lectio Divina/Meditating on the Bible

  • Stations of the Cross

  • Petition, Intercession, Thanksgiving, & Praise

  • Journaling

  • Reflecting on the Daily Readings

Learn

• Watch the video