Suggestions for Family Prayer
Make prayer a priority in your day.
Make time for personal and couple prayer.
Have a set time and routine . . . dinnertime, bedtime or breakfast time, whatever works best in your schedule.
Use a devotional that is appropriate to you children‘s ages.
Visit the Adoration Chapel – even if for just a brief “hello to Jesus” with little children.
Take an Adoration Hour as a family, taking turns within the family to cover the hour.
Pray the Rosary or just a decade of the Rosary with little ones.
Read a short scripture verse and devotional after dinner each evening.
Keep a journal that you write prayer requests and the names of people to pray for. Perhaps at dinner or bedtime is a good time to do this.
Keep a “Thank You Journal”. Each day ask everyone what they are grateful for and record it. Being grateful helps us to remember how God always takes care of us.
On your way to Church – shut the radio and ask everyone to prepare their hearts for Mass. Perhaps lift up the Mass for a particular need or person.
On the way home from Mass, if the children are old enough, talk about the Readings and Homily. If not ask young children what they noticed – who said Mass? Was there a particular song they liked? What color is the Church decorated in?