Sunday
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SUNDAY 26th March
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Gospel:  John 9: 1-41 
A man born blind receives sight! 
Teacher Background
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Monday
27 MARCH
  • Listen to the gospel reading John 9: 1-41  and invite students to enter into this scene using Ignatian Imaginative meditation.
  • Arts and Faith for Lent, Loyola Press, provide a video commentary about a work of art inspired by the Lenten Gospels for Cycle A. Pray with ‘Christ Healing the Blind’  painted by El Greco around 1567
  • Access other images of how artists have depicted the Man Born Blind  and invite students to reflect on one of these. Use imaginative meditation to enter into the art work: What is happening? What do I see? What can I hear? How does this painting make me feel? What is my prayer? 

Tuesday
28 MARCH
Echo Prayer:
  • We pray for stillness.
  • ALL: We pray for stillness. (Pause for 20 seconds)
  • We pray for silence
  • ALL: We pray for silence. (Pause for 20 seconds)
  • We pray for peace
  • ALL: We pray for peace. (Pause for 20 seconds)
  • Continue to add to this last prayer e.g. hope, love, joy. 

Wednesday
29 MARCH
Mindful Walking
  • Lead students in a mindful or prayerful walk for 10 minutes.
  • Encourage them to stop and wonder, pause and give thanks for creation.
  • Invite them to breathe in the air, feel the ground beneath their feet and notice the sky.
  • Questions for them to consider include:
  • What do I see? What do I hear?  What do I smell? How do these wonders of creation make me feel?
  • Conclude this walk with a time to respond in prayer and gratitude. 

Thursday
30 MARCH
Project Compassion Story
  • Watch the story of Semiti from Fiji.  
  • Semiti grew up in an informal or 'squatter' settlement in Fiji. With the help of Caritas, he is now a Director of the People's Community Network. He works to help thousands of landless Fijians living in informal
  • settlements.
  • Pray for Semiti and all people who are homeless.
  • Pray for the Caritas workers as they try to find the best ways to help people in need.  

 Friday
31 MARCH
Gratitude Prayer
  • Pray with the song Grateful by Josh Blakesley.
  • Listen for the words Josh uses to describe who God is for him.
  • Notice the grateful messages that people are holding in the video.
  • Spend time in silent prayer and name in your heart what you are grateful for.
  • Write a prayer of thanksgiving for this past term.
  • Post prayers or make a class video with people holding up prayers of thanks.