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Home Prayer for the Week:
You are invited to use this prayer with your family to help deepen your faith together. Times you might consider sharing this prayer include before bedtime, at mealtime, or any other regular connecting moment you share with your child(ren). Does your family have a prayer practice or a favorite prayer? If you are comfortable sharing, please EMAIL JULIE, and your family’s prayer will be featured here.
At the close of our Labyrinth Walk last week, we shared this active prayer:
(Mountain) Stand straight and tall like the trunk of a tree. Take a deep breath in and out.
Imagine your feet digging deep into the earth like roots.
(Upward salute) Reach your arms as high as you can, like the branches of a tree reaching
to the sunshine.
(Rag doll) Now fold forward and let your arms dangle like the branches of a weeping willow
tree. Sway them back and forth.
(Child’s pose) Kneel down on the ground like a gardener working in the soil. Place your
hands on the ground and stretch them all the way forward.
(Table top pose) Bring your hands back under your shoulders and push up like a seed
pushing through the soil until your back is flat like a table.
(Cat/cow) Drop your belly and look up to the sky like you’re looking for fruit on a tall tree.
Now, arch your back and look down at the ground like you’re checking on the roots. Let’s
do this a few more times, slowly moving our bodies from looking up to looking down.
(Kneeling pose) Sit back on your knees and bring your palms together at your chest. Take
a few deep breaths and thank God for your body.
(Sanctified Arts)
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