Praying for Lent
Week 1
- Introduction: Praying with intention
- How to make prayer beads
- Praying with Prayer Beads
- A Rhythm of Prayer – Sarah Bessey (a brand new collection of prayers/reflections from a variety of contemporary laity and clergy)
Week 2
- Praying with silence
- How to make a meditation bottle
- A primer on centering prayer from Fr. Thomas Keating
- A guided time of centering prayer from Thomas Keating
Week 3
- Praying with movement
- How to draw a labyrinth
- Pocket Labyrinths
- Podcast on Medieval Pilgrimage (from the BBC, a historical perspective on how walking/movement was used in medieval prayer life)
Week 4
- Praying with Scripture: Psalms
- How to make paper stained glass
- Stained glass frame with Psalm 51
- Praying the Psalms – Walter Brueggemann (takes his Hebrew Bible scholarship and applies it to devotional life)
- Podcast with Walter Brueggemann on the Psalms (starts with loud music)
Week 5
- Praying with Scripture: Gospels
- Illuminating Bible Stories
- Illustration of Jesus from the Book of Kells
- Fr. Jim Martin on Ignatian Contemplation
- Animated film on the Book of Kells: The Secret of Kells (2010)
Week 6
- Praying with Community: Evening Prayer
- How to make ribbon bookmarks
- Venite, a website app for the Daily Office (and other liturgies from the Book of Common Prayer)