LENTEN PRAYER TRAIL 2024
To help us to prepare for the great feast of Easter, during Holy Week every child from Nursery to Year 6 has taken part in our Lent Prayer Trail.
At the first prayer station we thought about taking a moment to spend with God in a peaceful place; to thank Him for all that we have, for all that He has given to us. We reflected on our own personal Lenten journeys and the ways in which we can live every day nearer to Christ.
At our second station we spent time considering Jesus' time in the wilderness and the temptations he faced. We thought about the different ways we are tempted to turn away from God, finishing this station by saying the Our Father together.
At the third station we reflected on our own behaviour and thought about a time when we made the wrong choice. We said sorry to God and asked for His forgiveness. Then we wrote sorry (or a special prayer) on a piece of paper and placed it in our box of forgiveness.
At the next station we heard the parable of the Lost Sheep and reflected upon God's eternal love for us. We thought carefully about how we can share this love with others and how we could put all that we have thought about today into action throughout Lent.
Finally, we thought about how we can grow closer to God through the power of prayer. We used Pope Francis' Five Finger Prayer to help us to remember how important it is to pray for family, friends, teachers, governments, those in need and ourselves.